That鈥檚 the classic exchange between British Secret Service agent James Bond and archvillain Auric Goldfinger as a laser beam begins to inch up the gold-plated table on which Bond is bound,...
鈥淵our breath will smell as if you鈥檇 been French-kissing your dead grandmother.鈥� Anthony Bourdain, chef, journalist, travel documentarian certainly had a way with words. Here he was describing the...
The glass cases at the Warren Anatomical Museum in Boston are filled with a variety of fascinating items that have played a role in the history of medicine. On display is a one- meter long iron rod...
It is always a challenge to find a catchy headline for an article. For this one, a connection to the classic 1966 鈥渟paghetti western鈥� that propelled Clint Eastwood to fame seems fitting. The film...
In 1942 nylon went to war. American paratroopers dropped from the sky with nylon parachutes and hunkered down in nylon tents. Soldiers on leave hoped to seduce European women with gifts of nylon...
I鈥檝e judged a lot of science fairs in my life. I鈥檝e seen innumerable baking soda volcanoes, vitamin C analyses and models of the solar system. Usually, the judges鈥� task is over once the winners are...
