Touch, according to the author, has become a new science, and neuroscientists continue to learn more about how skin is busily sensing our relationships to others.

Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb is urging Republicans in the state legislature to pass a hate crimes law.

Last year I wrote a column about two of the smartest men who lived in the modern era (1700 to the present). On further deliberation and careful thought I nominate two others to consider.

Now that Democrats have dug in on their refusal to spend $5.7 billion on some sort of border barrier, I thought it might be fun to point out some expensive things that do get approved.

In a “Remember When” column written a few months ago, Kristina Smiley described an event that occurred 50 years ago pertaining to required tuberculosis (TB) testing in Warsaw Community Schools.

A story on Associated Press this week caught my eye. It was about Tesla, the U.S. electric automaker. I’ve never been a big fan of government subsidies for this technology or that technology. …

Two weeks ago, at the last city council meeting of 2018, the final municipal property tax rate for 2019 was approved. We were all very happy with the result.

Viruses may be the most bizarre of all life forms, although they are not truly living.

If you ever wondered what’s wrong with politics and government, look no further for evidence than “the wall.”

Those humble zebrafish swimming gracefully in your aquarium have become excellent models for studying childhood cancer and a host of other diseases.

I’m sure the shepherds wondered why their celestial visitors came to them, lowly agricultural workers. They were instructed to go to Bethlehem and see this child who had been born.

E. coli can double its population in less than two hours under the right conditions, which means that it has the potential to make people, especially children and the elderly, very sick.

Last week I wrote about what I perceive as a double standard with regard to the level of scrutiny applied to different people by the media, I would like to clarify that a little bit. Let me be clear. …

The widespread availability of quack medical products was instrumental in the enactment of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1938 and the Medical Device Amendments in 1976.

I wonder if there are times when people look at followers of Jesus (I’m including myself) and see us being synthetic.

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The latest census estimate (July 2017) for Indiana puts our population at almost 6.7 million. Of that total, 66.3 percent (over 4.4 million) live in a Hoosier city or town. The City of Warsaw population is estimated at 14,478.

Scorpions deserve multiple entries in the Guinness Book of Records; they are some of the biggest, meanest, longest-lived, most sensitive, most maternal, least fraternal, slowest and quickest creatures among the arachnids and insects.

One reporter was talking about the issues of our day and saying that this is one of the darkest moments in our history. I almost laughed out loud.

If someone next Thanksgiving asks you what you are thankful for, I have a suggestion. Why not describe all the things your body does to keep you healthy and alive, the automatic processes you have no control over.

Madagascar, a huge island off the southeast coast of Africa, is primarily renowned for its high biodiversity. Proportionate to land area, there is no other zone in the world with higher concentrations of biotic endemism (restricted to a certain country of area) across different species.

It seems at times when we pray the sky is built of brass and our prayers bounce off of its surface, not getting to heaven.

One of the past unsung heroes in medicine is John Snow, a pioneer in a number of fields.

This Sunday, Nov. 11, is Veterans Day. Please take a moment of silence to remember the sacrifice that has been given for liberty since the Armistice on Nov. 11, 1918.

Anyone with a sense of humor and a predilection for science will enjoy a visit to the Annals of Improbable Research website and the annual list of Ig Nobel awards.