If Dante had been an almost-modern New Yorker with a beef against germaphobes, you can bet what their circle of hell would have involved: subway token sucking.

“Murderers do not come out in the dark with long teeth and saliva dripping off their chin … we want to be able to say we can identify these dangerous people … […]

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Martin Couney carried a secret with him, but the results are unimpeachable

Wild-growing cannabis descended from cultivated hemp plants

Focusing and unfocusing your eyes is typically an automatic function, but there are some conditions that may make it difficult.

Ruth Madoff, the wife of imprisoned swindler Bernie Madoff, agreed to pay $594,000 and surrender her remaining assets when she dies to settle claims by the court-appointed trustee liquidating her husband's firm.

At his small wilderness cabin near Lincoln, Montana, Theodore John Kaczynski is arrested by FBI agents and accused of being the Unabomber, the elusive terrorist

The first step in solving a problem is seeing it clearly. This article, part one of an ongoing series, defines the broad scope and depth of the literacy crisis in the United States, among both children and adults. Future installments will address the complex…

What's the actual evidence for whether these apes will hurt humans?

16th Century English currency policy

historically prominent French prisoner

Researchers modify microbe to manufacture cannabis compounds including the psychoactive chemical THC.

De facto regent of Denmark (1737-1772)

Martyred Intellectuals Day is observed on 14 December in Bangladesh

People with prosopagnosia, or "face blindness."

Reality TV queen Kim Kardashian boasts an Instagram following of well over 100 million people a recent report states about half of them are fake.

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Female fertility is affected by age. Age is thus a major fertility factor for women. Menarche, the first menstrual period, usually occurs around 12–13, although it may happen earlier or later, depending on each girl. After puberty, female fertility increases…

How Ian Fleming's unique writing approach helped create a billion-dollar franchise, an immortal character, and the world's greatest spy stories "My daily occupation in Jamaica is spearfishing and underwater exploring," wrote Ian Fleming, the now-legendary…

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