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The term “Old Testament” is a loaded one since it assumes the existence of a “new” testament — an idea Christians and ...

The 21st century pharmaceutical and biotech sector has come a long way from its roots in 19th century pharmacy. pharmaphorum looks at its evolution over the centuries. The roots of the ...

This story, parts of which are likely apocryphal, showcases how Mumbai functioned as the beating heart of classical music in the country since the 19th century ...

A taboo-busting Brooklyn memoir, a tender Japanese novel about the beauty of connection, a book by a death doula: Editors and writers from around the newsroom describe their favorite books of the ...

Rickey Henderson, the greatest leadoff hitter and base stealer in Major League Baseball history, died Friday. He was 65.

The women’s movement sought to elevate women to legal equality with men and then to greater power, turned “female problems” ...

In Israel, David Ben Gurion may have railed that “ the words of a ‘lying prophet’ are not preserved ,” but in recent years, ...

Rickey Henderson, the greatest leadoff hitter and base-stealer in Major League Baseball history, has died, according to MLB.

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