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We are shaped by our past and cannot escape our personal, familial or societal history. Caitlin Flanagan, whose writing in The Atlantic cuts to the heart of modern life’s most charged topics, has a ...

The field of paleo-inspired robotics is opening up a new way to turn back time and studying prehistoric animals.

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WASHOUGAL — Doctors said he might live for months, but Genia Stemper’s father lasted just four days after his sudden, shocking diagnosis of stage 4 cancer.

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Stephen King’s Danse Macabre (1981) argues that horror serves a cathartic function, allowing creators and audiences to confront fears safely, providing an emotional “workout” that helps individuals ...

Enzymes are proteins – large molecules that do the behind-the-scenes work that keep all living things alive. These proteins are made up of amino acids, a set of building blocks that can be stitched ...

North Sentinel Island remains one of Earth's last true time capsules—its people living as their ancestors did for millennia, untouched by modern civilization. And since 1956, the Indian government has ...

“A locket is a sexy piece of jewelry,” said Monica Rich Kosann, whose namesake brand headquartered in Connecticut specializes ...