My younger daughter studied abroad this past semester at the University of Tasmania and loved it so much she is transferring there to finish college. I've just spent the last ten days in Tasmania checking it out, and I can see why she loves it so much. This IFOD is a...

From 1920 to 1933, federal law prohibited the “manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors” in the United States. This dark period of American history is known as "Prohibition." Even though alcohol was illegal, the U.S. didn't become a nation of...

I've followed a vegan diet for 21 years. I love it when a restaurant menu labels items that are vegan -- it makes ordering easier for me. But it turns out that labeling items as vegan dissuades people from ordering those items. Researchers at MIT conducted a study to...

I've been hearing about a ton of carjacking in St. Louis. Stories from people I know who know someone who was recently carjacked or witnessed a carjacking. Plus, there seem to be more media reports about carjacking these days. There Have Been More Vehicle Thefts and...

Our waking activities fall within the broad categories of work, leisure, and play. These categories are relative. What one person considers work, another might consider leisure or play. And the context matters: if you have to read a book for work or school, it might...

Lehman Brothers failed 15 years ago today. The Financial Crisis had been brewing for over 18 months, but Lehman's collapse was an epochal event that brought the global financial system to the brink of collapse. The root of Lehman's failure was excessive risk-taking....

Ever since Charles Darwin and Sir Alfred Russel Wallace developed the theory of evolution, naturalists have been hard at work figuring out why various animals evolved as they did, including why zebras are striped. Over the last century, various theories have included:...