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When Kids Learn the Truth About Santa, Anything Can Happen

18 Dec 2025

My moma [sic] said the chimney was blocked. Thus reads the letter from a 10-year-old girl in Wisconsin who was told by her mother that Santa Claus would not be dropping off gifts that year. The...

Nutritional Studies Can Drive One Batty

17 Dec 2025

Just about every day we are confronted with some report about some food that is going to extend our life or accelerate our demise. Sometimes its even the same food! One day we are urged to use...

Searching for the Elusive Fountain of Youth

12 Dec 2025

This article was first published inThe Montreal Gazette.

Are Levitating Trains a Health Hazard?

12 Dec 2025

For anyone who flies into Shanghai Pudong International Airport, its a rite-of-passage to take the Maglev -- short for magnetic levitation -- train into the city. The railway is as much a tourist...

Antsy About Getting Old? How about Some Ant-Yogurt?

10 Dec 2025

I do get some interesting questions. How about this one? Why in Central Europe did we as kids put a straw on an anthill, wait for the ants to crawl over it and then suck it for its sour taste? My...

The 'Nappuccino': Myth or Midday Miracle?

28 Nov 2025

If theres one thing to know about me, its that I never quite outgrew the afternoon nap phase we all went through as kids. Among my friends, napping was (and still is) considered to be my thing."...

Hydrogen-Rich Gary Brecka Is Floating on Air

27 Nov 2025

The penthouse at the top of the glass tower is vast, airy, and very angular.

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