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Getting in better shape is one of Americans' top resolutions for the new year, but many people give up after six months.…
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Many Americans have a distrust of atheists. A group of researchers found that some of the distrust relates to beliefs about…
About 24,000 square miles of Amazon rainforest have been deforested over the last decade.
A historian connects the $100 billion reportedly at the church's disposal with the rocky start Mormons got in finance…
Researchers know the basic biology of what happens to your system after a night of heavy drinking. Unfortunately, evidence-based…
A new analysis of over 400 actors shows that gender discrimination plays a major role in Hollywood salaries.
US officials have consistently lied over decades about progress in the Afghanistan war. The lies are no surprise, writes…
Obamacare has been under siege since its passage in 2010. A ruling by a three-judge panel on Dec. 18 further chopped at…
More and more district attorney candidates are running on reversing the government's traditional approach to crime and…
Scholars explain important moments in the Democratic presidential debate on Dec. 19.
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