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Tic-tac-toe is about as simple as games get—but as Scientific American’s legendary contributor Martin Gardner pointed out ...

A doomed expedition by hydrogen balloon to the North Pole was the backdrop for a play at Spoleto Festival, sparking deep ...

Trump's parade, No Kings protests and horrific political violence converged to make Saturday, June 14 a look at how great the ...

I have a challenge for you,” I offered my husband, Francis, this week while planning our annual family vacation to North ...

Years ago, when Francis was active duty Navy, he packed efficiently for TDYs, deployments and other trips. But when he ...

After many hours of staring unblinking at a small patch of sky, JWST has given us the most detailed map ever obtained of a ...

SALEM – Registration is currently open for Salem Public Library’s July activities. All events are free of cost and open to the public. Most events require advanced registration and can be completed ...

GOP-led inquiries in Congress, the White House, and at the DOJ are escalating into whether former President Joe Biden was fit ...

However, Koos Polak (aka JJ Polak, in his spare time economic councillor to the managing director of the IMF), who often played Scrabble with his wife (although he lost most of the time), published an ...