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Prue Leith, international food expert and chair of the United Kingdom’s School Food Trust, discusses current health news and family relationships.

According to the FBI, identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes in the United States—it claims more than 10 million victims a year, and this number is expected to rise.

An old African proverb observes that it takes a village to raise a child; but in our fragmented, pressured society that kind of traditional village is a rarity.

After about two months of Martian days on the surface, NASA’s Phoenix robotic lander is well down the road to completing several important aspects of its mission.

Teen pregnancy statistics can be very misleading, but the important role that strong family relationships play in reducing them cannot be exaggerated.

A month after learning he was losing his battle to pancreatic cancer, Randy Pausch gave one last lecture to students and colleagues, hoping to leave a legacy.

World War I has been described as the war to end all war. The ensuing years—most notably, the Second World War—showed that this thought was ridiculously naïve.

Democracy seems to be catching on around the world. Does that mean peace is just around the corner?

People think forgiving is forgetting everything. From my personal perspective, it’s not.

Although it is impossible to be completely safe from identity theft, there are many simple and inexpensive steps that can be taken to reduce the danger.

China’s First Emperor, of the short-lived Qin dynasty, had extravagant ambitions—not only for his earthly life but for the afterlife he anticipated.

Vision explores what it takes to build resilience for robust emotional health in an increasingly turbulent world.

Russia’s struggle for national identity sheds light on our own need to know who we are and what’s expected of us.

Zionist ideology formed the core of David Ben-Gurion’s identity. From his youth, the importance of settlement in the land was central to his views.

Many people believe that we can watch anything and everything to no ill effect. But is this true?

If new stem cells could be grown in the lab, could a patient’s cells be cloned and used to replace or repair his degenerative disease?

In Flat Earth News, Guardian journalist Nick Davies shows how a vocation that once prided itself on uncovering the truth is no longer able to do so.

How much would you pay to know what thoughts are swimming around in someone else’s head? And if you could really know their truthfulness how much more would you pay?

When Ben-Gurion proclaimed the State of Israel on May 14, 1948, he likely did not envisage how long the conflict with the Arab world would persist.