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The novelist Muriel Spark died almost 20 years ago, but she still regularly appears on lists of top comic novelists to read on this subject or…

The federal government is full of scientists who lend their expertise to key decisions about our food, medicines, environment, health care, and more. But as the…

In the US, residents have to contend with bears and racoons rummaging through the trash.In the UK, we have donkeys.A decision to introduce food waste bins…

After the U.S. bombed Iranian nuclear sites, protests sprung up around the world. Some supported Trump’s actions while others expressed dismay about America’s involvement in the…