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A wreath of ten crAssviruses – hugely abundant viruses that infect gut bacteria and are part of your normal, healthy ...

Columnist Dave Simpson writes, “We all know that Democrats, with their big hearts and vast faith in government, almost always ...

First the penny. Next, paper checks? When the US Mint stopped making pennies last month for the first time in 238 years, it drew a lot of attention. But there have been quiet moves to stop using paper ...

Nearly ten years after it first sent shivers down spines, “Stranger Things”, Netflix’s paranormal adventure, returned for its fifth and final season on November 26th. The quirky drama, set in Indiana ...

When I first saw Carta Varese wrapping paper a few years ago at Goods for the Study, McNally Jackson’s stationery store, it stopped me in my tracks. It seemed to be from another era than the rolls I ...

The minute you land at Changi—one of the world’s truly great airports—everything about the country works. Singapore is efficient, clean, and safe. It is always ranked at or near the top of the ratings ...