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Pitocin is a biochemical weapon. It is designed to disrupt the natural birthing process and undermine the mother's ability to produce natural oxytocin. Oxytocin is the hormone of love and bonding. When this hormone (in its natural form) is absent during...

Each year, I keep a running list of exceptional nonfiction that I encounter as I publish The Best of Journalism, an email newsletter that I curate weekly for its subscribers. This is my annual attempt to bring some of those stories to a wider audience...

Click to enlarge. Summer is very nearly over in the Northern hemisphere. Fall and winter creep ever closer. As the temperatures drop, we begin to think about pulling out our warmer clothes. We shake out our jackets. Those with oil heat make sure their...

99 Fascinating Facts About . . . Babies Salt receptors on the tongue develop roughly four months after birth A baby cannot taste salt until it is 4 months old. The delay may be related to the development of kidneys, which start to process sodium at...

By Mel Lefebvre & Lydia Christine Zilahy Ever had that nightmare where the teacher calls on you to write on the board, and once you’re standing at the front of the class, you realize you don’t have any pants on? Well, this one woman...