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"Sitting down for a family feast, do you need to gird yourself for battle in the ongoing sociopolitical culture war? In today's hyperpartisan United States, common food products have become proxies for conservative and liberal values.

Recently, The Lancet presented information on what experts considered a healthy and environmentally sustainable diet – plant-based, less meat.

Thanksgiving Week is one of the craziest but funnest of the year. It's the perfect American holiday: Tons of tasty food on Thursday, insane shopping on Friday, and lots of football to watch in between naps.

“It sounded like a good idea. If your fish population is dropping just spawn more in a hatchery and then deposit them back in their native waters.

Actor Mark Ruffalo, who played the Hulk in The Avengers series of movies, was invited to testify to Congress on an incredibly important public health topic regarding the intersection of chemistry, toxicology, and epidemiology.

“The bacteria Yersinia pestis, which causes the plague, is thought to be responsible for up to 200 million deaths across human history — more than twice the casualties of World War II.

“In short – being a denier is about your behavior, not your position or even necessarily your credentials.

This past weekend, we turned back our blocks an hour as Daylight Saving Time came to an end. Many people are sick of this, and several states have passed laws abolishing the practice.

What do you do when you have two expert opinions, one saying the probability is 60%, the other expert says its 80%? Even more perplexing, what if one opinion is likely and the other very likely?

“Around 12 million people were listening, most got the joke.