Microtransactions in games don't really bother me. If it's taking away something tedious or just letting game players do something faster, no big deal.  Yet imagine you paid a small fortune,…

Microtransactions in games don't really bother me. If it's taking away something tedious or just letting game players do something faster, no big deal.  Yet imagine you paid a small fortune,…

People talk about how couples in trouble may be experiencing the seven-year itch. The rock band The Clash sings ‘Should I stay or should I go?’ It’s clear that some couples separate at this point in…

Very few people are average, that is the problem with using population level statistics in a clinical environment, and why few do it. Yet a population can show what questions to ask, like if there…

Atopic dermatitis (AD), also called atopic eczema, is a common, chronic, recurrent, inflammatory disorder of the skin which affects 5 percent of children worldwide and perhaps more. Moisturizers…

And back at home, Congressman John Curtis (R Utah) tells National Public Radio that the “conservative climate caucus,” which he chairs, seeks climate solutions that “don’t demonize fossil fuels.”*…

Count the times the word “culture” came out of reporters’ mouths last week, and you’d think they were anthropologists. Usually in this context: “The culture of white supremacy has gone fully…

NASA is really excited they can fly a spacecraft near the moon. This seems odd, since they did a flyby nearly 60 years ago, as preparation for the moon landing in 1969. Now, some people think the…

NASA is really excited they can fly a spacecraft near the moon. This seems odd, since they did a flyby nearly 60 years ago, as preparation for the moon landing in 1969. Now, some people think the…

If you’ve drunk the MBA kool-aid, you believe VCs and M&A bean-counters rationally price their investments. If an honest professor has confessed to you that company valuation is a black art, i.e…

Migraine is a common condition, involving a severe recurring headache but sometimes nausea, weakness and light sensitivity as well. According to the American Migraine Foundation, over 37 million…

With the population at 8 billion and on its way to 10, there is renewed concern about resources, but water? Yes, though the percentage of the world's water that is potable can be counted on one hand…

Elite performance takes natural ability coupled with elite levels of training. That last part has an effect later in life, according to a new analysis. It found that one in four retired Olympians…

Welcome to modern colonialism. Literally, the parents of a wealthy cryptocurrency grifter got handed an expensive residence in the Bahamas once inhabited by plantation owners. And now the two…

Welcome to modern colonialism. Literally, the parents of a wealthy cryptocurrency grifter got handed an expensive residence in the Bahamas once inhabited by plantation owners. And now the two…

A new study finds cholesterol makes no meaningful difference in your health. Who knew?Well, everyone. Because it lacked a biological explanation, it was instead looking at a statistical risk…

A new study finds cholesterol makes no meaningful difference in your health. Who knew?Well, everyone. Because it lacked a biological explanation, it was instead looking at a statistical risk…

A hundred years ago today, a negotiation set the stage for western expansion. Six states negotiated a way to share water. The drought of 1863 decimated most of Southern California's cattle ranching…

A hundred years ago today, a negotiation set the stage for western expansion. Six states negotiated a way to share water. The drought of 1863 decimated most of Southern California's cattle ranching…

It's no secret that California is having a crisis of confidence. Water is too expensive and too scarce but politicians jammed through the implosion of four more dams anyway, while energy costs are…