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Is Ultraprocessed Food Really That Bad?

A Harvard professor challenges conventional wisdom. 

by Craig Lambert

Compelling evidence of black holes

Astronomers at the Center for Astrophysics (CfA) presented data that strongly suggest the existence of an "event horizon"--the black hole's one-way boundary from which nothing, not even light, can escape.

The Deadliest War

Drew Faust speaks on how the Civil War’s astounding death toll reshaped American society.

by Craig Lambert

Secret Errors Kill

Meaningful mistakes, deceptive voices, smoking and mental health, the source of human speed

by Craig Lambert

Bluffing the Baritone

Just as looks can be deceiving, so, too, can sounds mislead.

by Jonathan Shaw

Inhaling Distress

After 40 years of scientific and news reports on tobacco's hazards, smoking today may be a fundamentally irrational act.

The Source of Human Speed

What is it that makes Michael Johnson, world's fastest human, swifter than a typical man or woman plucked at random from the street?

by Jonathan Shaw

Work at Its Best

Moral excellence in the professions

by Craig Lambert

Some Classical Profanity

Classics debowdlerized

Stubborn Theorems

Seven math mysteries

Very Young Beauty Queens

Baby beauty contestants

by Craig Lambert