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The amazing universe of Brown Dwarf stars: the most numerous of all in the galaxy, they form like normal stars do but lack the mass neede ...

January 28, 2013 — Why do people make decisions they regret 10 years down the road, like getting a tattoo or rushing to ma ...

Last week Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced that he was ending the military’s ban on women serving in combat positions. “Femal ...

GUEST: AMY WILENTZ It’s been three years since Haiti was rocked by the 2010 earthquake that has left the countr ...

January 26, 2013 — A common houseplant pest this time of year is the mealybug, but you can safely and easily do away with ...

The massacre last month at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut galvanized the national conversation on gun control, but ...

New Jersey artist William Kendzierski creates sculptures that he considers “h ...

Novelist JULIE OTSUKA didn’t dream of being a writer. She pursued fine ...

Arnold Schwarzenegger talks with Patrick Stoner about his return to films in “The Last Stand” and the changes he made in film ...

In his inaugural speech, President Obama made climate change a central priority of his second term: “We will respond to the threat of c ...

AYANA MATHIS is living every aspiring writer’s fantasy. Your first book gets published and then the good reviews start ...

In his new book, The Parties Versus the People:  H ...