Unfortunately, that “knowledge” often comes from hearsay or outdated information. Believing these myths can seriously backfire—sometimes costing you thousands of dollars in medical bills ...

The Pahalgam attack – in its aftermath – has spawned a number of claims and conspiracy theories, as well as calls for retaliation on social and electronic media. The confusion, claims, and ...

It was the stuff of myth. Many thought it was a miracle. But Elián would become a nightmare for others, in particular the United States government and its Immigration and Naturalization Service ...

As summer approaches, a familiar ritual begins in workplaces across the land. Employees dust off their vacation calendars, float suggestions about “summer hours” and dream of logging into Zoom calls ...

Yes, the climate is warming. We can deal with that. What annoys me is politicians, activists and media pushing hysterical myths. Myth 1: The Arctic will soon be ice-free. It “could already be ...

What was reality is myth and what was myth is reality. It's easy to start thinking about truths as fallacies and vice versa. It's hard to recall at this point. It all needs to be addressed to ...

Social media is abuzz with bewildering (and even worrisome) theories about cholesterol and the medications used to lower it. We sort out what’s truth, what’s error, and what’s conspiracy to ...

Some recent science has helped bust myths around what people of middle-age and beyond can do safely. “We are still fighting the old message that people need to slow down when they hit a certain ...

But behind the sugary smiles and cartoonish ears lies a far older and more complex tale. One steeped in ancient myth, pagan fertility rites, and cultural evolution. This is the Easter Bunny as you’ve ...

Donald Trump’s statement that "Ireland was very smart, they took our pharmaceutical companies away", is not quite true. Mr Trump has repeatedly suggested that Ireland has taken the US's ...

This isn’t just about business – the omnigenius myth runs deep in our culture. In Walt Disney’s Marvel Comics Universe, Bruce Banner remarks that he has seven PhDs, an (absurd) shorthand for ...

When looking at this history, one needs also to examine the myths created by two poets that still cloud, to this day, the reality of the events 250 years ago. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow beginning ...