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Climate change brings needed rain to Africa

File photo – A Sahrawi man stands in the Sahara desert between Tindouf and Tifariti, (REUTERS/Juan Medina) Climate change has been going on since the beginning of time, but has been the source of intense debate in recent years. In…

10 ways to get through an MRI or CAT scan if you’re claustrophobic

(AP) For many people, the thought alone of an MRI is enough to cause a full-blown panic attack. Approximately 9 percent of people have a clinical diagnosis of claustrophobia or a fear of enclosed places, according to a study in…

Bill and Hillary Clinton: Will scandal ever stick to the Clintons?

“This vast right-wing conspiracy,” Hillary Clinton said, “has been conspiring against my husband since the day he announced.” That was the “feminist” first lady’s response when her husband was accused of having sex with a 21-year-old. Bill was more lawyerly.…

Depressed? Botox might be the key to happiness

Picture this: your appointment with your therapist is coming to a close and instead of writing you a prescription for an antidepressant, he gives you an injection of Botox and sends you on your way. This, experts say, could be…

Can Clinton coalition be rebuilt amid racial unrest?

Buzz Cut:• Can Clinton coalition be rebuilt amid racial unrest?• Baier Tracks: ‘Clinton Cash’ questions not going away• Rand tackles Bush legacy: toppling Saddam a ‘mistake’• Jeb edges Hillary in swing state poll• Ah, youth CAN CLINTON COALITION BE REBUILT…

Our fawning press and Hillary Clinton’s Iowa magical mystery tour

Maybe the third time Hillary Clinton runs for president, she’ll get it exactly right. That Goldilocks campaign – in 2020? — will be large and distinguished enough to accommodate a woman who has been prominent on the national stage for…

The Hillary Clinton Juggernaut: What she’ll need to win White House

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivers remarks after being presented the 2013 Tom Lantos Human Rights Prize Dec. 6, 2013 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) (2013 Getty Images) After Hillary Clinton left the State Department in…

Indiana and the culture wars

If I visit a kosher restaurant and order a pork chop, am I being discriminated against when the waiter says they don’t serve pork? If an establishment requires that men wear jackets and women dress in what that establishment defines…

Car-size salamander with toilet-seat head ruled ancient rivers

(Steve Brusatte/Richard Butler/Octavio Mateus/Seb Steyer) A small-car-size “super salamander” with a toilet-seat-shaped head may have perished some 220 million to 230 million years ago alongside hundreds of its kin when its lake home dried up, researchers say. An international team…

Psychedelics not linked to mental disorders, study finds

(Chris Kilham) In the ever-changing health landscape, sometimes methods and medicines are vilified for a time, only to emerge anew, bolstered by science. Such is the case with psychedelics, those potent mind-manifesting drugs that caused a furor in the 1960s…