“I have lost D’Artagnan, in whom I had every confidence,” wrote King Louis XIV to his Queen Consort, Maria Theresa of Spain, after he received news that his right-hand man, Charles de Batz de…

The future career arc for my house is a library bed-and-breakfast. It will be just like it sounds; every bedroom is also a library, as is the house. Except not a government library, with sterile…

The other day I traveled with Kalliopi and our two newborns to Padova from Lulea. After six full months in Lapland - a full autumn and winter, in fact - I needed to get back to my original office,…

Older people who eat large amounts of meat have a lower risk of dementia and cognitive decline than they should have with a gene that some link to increased risk. The gene that has been linked to…

"Medical" marijuana is legal in many places but often just an excuse to buy recreational drugs, as shown in uptake data that 60 percent of pain patients are older women while 75 percent of medical…

Communist dictator-funded social activists are scrambling to do damage control again after Honda has followed GM, Hertz, and many others in declaring a giant loss due to their electric car business.…

Communist dictator-funded social activists are scrambling to do damage control again after Honda has followed GM, Hertz, and many others in declaring a giant loss due to their electric car business.…

The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System "concentrated" solar thermal plant in the Mojave Desert is by any measure an unmitigated disaster. The party that is now claiming they are rescuing the…

Younger man, Generation Z according to marketing groups who invent new generations every 10 years, have a lot less interest in dating than in years past. It could be that they feel besieged in…

Younger man, Generation Z according to marketing groups who invent new generations every 10 years, have a lot less interest in dating than in years past. It could be that they feel besieged in…

Rosie The Riveter was born on this day in 1920. Well, one of them. And maybe on this day. All of those diet claims about centenarians and their lifestyles could be suspect if so many are fraud or…

Rosie The Riveter was born on this day in 1920. Well, one of them. And maybe on this day. All of those diet claims about centenarians and their lifestyles could be suspect if so many are fraud or…

A new DNA analysis reveals that long before the Incan Empire took over Peru, animals were being transported across the Andes, a trek that also involved rainforests, highlands and deserts. …

Personalized online ads must work for the same reason advertising must work; it wouldn't be a trillion-dollar industry if it didn't work. Even supplements and organic food are only $140 billion, and…

A new paper says teens are not getting enough sleep and a lot of parents with teenage children may disagree. Others reflexively blame phones and tablets. It isn't a new concern, though. Nor is…

Publicly doctors say all of the things you'd expect a group with heavy state and federal scrutiny to say about weight loss drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy but privately they say things like 'people…

In 1918, with Gen Black Jack Pershing off to France to stop the Germans in World War I, the United States instituted Daylight Saving Time. The public were told it was to save energy sources that…

Although I have long retired from serious chess tournaments (they take too much time, a luxury I do not have anymore - even more so now that I have two infants to help grow!), I insist playing online…

The common imagery of prehistoric people is either rooting through dirt for grubs and picking berries, or hunting mastodons with spears. Those are both true but some also had a good variety in meals.…

Epidemiologists say that pollen can cause worse outcomes for students in math, chemistry and physics. Allergic rhinitis, an allergic reaction to things such as dust, pet hair, and pollen, is common.…