Written history and recent experience show that plagues and pandemics bring mass tragedy and grief, but also opportunity for change.

What’s the best way to cope with a pandemic?

Cannabidiol (CBD) products, derived from marijuana, are increasingly popular. Do they work, and are they safe?

With a glut of information at our fingertips, three authors not only discuss the challenge of determining whom we can trust but also offer some helpful guidelines.

Rebuilding the world economy on a more sustainable model is a daunting task. It has to start with you and me—and at that level, it isn’t so hard after all.

Are saturated fats as harmful as we have been led to believe? Saturated fat, it seems, deserves another chance.

The past century has seen great changes in what we call food. Life in the kitchen may be easier thanks to our love of scientific progress, but at what cost?

The Scopes Monkey Trial, which took place in Dayton, Tennessee, in July 1925, was a major media event. Yet many misconceptions remain about its conclusions.

Easter is considered one of the oldest and most sacred Christian holidays, but what do rabbits and eggs have to do with the celebration?

History gives some clear answers related to the mysterious tale of the Easter bunny.

Even a creature as mundane as a cow responds to proper, respectful treatment, as Ted Forrest Fansher showed many decades ago.

Despite his perpetually youthful appearance, Cupid is no neophyte. History shows that this veteran Valentine has been plying his trade since ancient times.

DDT had no practical use until Paul Hermann Müller, a chemist working in Basel, Switzerland, discovered that it was an effective contact insecticide.

Survey finds that teens who have seen their parents drunk are more than twice as likely to get drunk themselves in a typical month.

The prophet Isaiah wrote of a time when instruments of war would be turned into implements for farming. But today, the opposite occurs far too often.

While current health news articles warn of the expanding problem of obesity in adults, our children are growing into the problem as well.

Prue Leith, international food expert and chair of the United Kingdom’s School Food Trust, discusses current health news and family relationships.

Fairy tales have clearly evolved over the centuries. And the changing tales say a lot about the changing times.