In detective fiction, a common plot device is the broken clock or watch that tells the time of the murder. Does this ever happen? Has a broken clock or watch […]

Bed-wetting has often been linked to antisocial tendencies, mostly as part of an unholy triad of behavioral disorders: enuresis (bed-wetting), fire-setting, and animal abuse.

I don’t dismiss concerns. Nonetheless, the environmental cost of fracking so far seems controllable and beats alternatives like coal.

Homo sapiens began spreading out of Africa around 60,000 years ago, and reached Europe 45,000 years ago. A short time after that, archeologically speaking, the Neanderthals were gone. Just how short is a matter of debate—some researchers think it may have been as little as 5,000 years.What happened?

I have a dear friend who’s an alcoholic. When he came out of treatment, I told him I couldn’t see why he wasn’t able to condition himself to have, say, […]