A Republican conservative friend of mine was crowing the other day about his party's success in political contests around the country. They control the House, the Senate, and the presidency, and ...

If you believe the pendulum theory of politics, you would conclude that in Vermont the pendulum has swung well to the left. But if you believe the theory, you know it won t always stay there.

A replica of Foucault's famous experiment at the Museo Nazionale della Scienza e Tecnica in Milan, Italy Wikimedia Commons On February 3, 1851, a 32-year-old Frenchman—who’d dropped out of medical ...

The iconic Moai statues of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, have long fascinated researchers and tourists alike. Recent ...