Books & the Arts / A new history examines the long history of a radical and sometimes conservative concept. Peter E. Gordon ...

Brian Oliver receives funding from the NH&MRC and the ARC. He is affiliated with Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand, and the European Respiratory Society. The distinctive smell of smoke in ...

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Joe Grantham is a contributor from the UK with a degree in Classical Studies. His love for gaming is only rivaled by a deep passion for medieval history, which often seeps into his articles. With over ...

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks during a news conference outside his office at the U.S. Capitol Building on October 2, 2025 in Washington, DC. Getty Images There’s been a rash of ...

SALT LAKE CITY — This month figures to be one of Salt Lake City's warmest on record as its running average temperature on Wednesday is just a tick below a record set over a century ago. A ...

Florida law currently prohibits smoking tobacco and vaping in enclosed indoor workplaces, with some exceptions. A new bill, HB 389, proposes to ban smoking and vaping in nearly all public places, ...

A prescribed burn in Picayune State Forest is believed to have contributed to a deadly crash on Interstate 75. State officials said the fire was extinguished about 12 hours before the multi-vehicle ...

When a delicate object crashes onto the floor, most people expect it to shatter into several pieces. What they might not know, however, is that the sizes of those fragments—whether from a broken plate ...

Most people know secondhand smoke is harmful — but thirdhand smoke? That’s the toxic residue tobacco leaves behind on surfaces like carpets, furniture, wall boards, and clothing, where it can linger ...

A dropped plate, a smashed sugar cube and a broken drinking glass all seem to follow the same law of physics when it comes to how many fragments of a given size they will shatter into. For several ...