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Thursday, Nov. 21 is the Great American Smokeout, which encourages smokers to take those initial steps toward quitting.

Robert Melnick, professor emeritus at the University of Oregon, discusses the consequences of leaving a bag of Cheetos at Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico.

An excerpt from KCRW's "The Anti-Dread Climate Podcast" on whether eating chicken or fish is ultimately better for the environment.

We asked visual search scientists, a metal-detecting enthusiast and a detective to share the most effective strategies to find missing objects.

Tiffanie Drayton's mother moved her family to the U-S for a better life. But it wasn't all it was cracked up to be. Now back in her native Trinidad, Drayton tells host Michel Martin what inspired her to share her story in the Salon piece 'Goodbye to my American Dream.' Byline: Michel Martin

The survey gauges people on five traits. It's used to screen applicants for jobs and predict earning potential. But its accuracy may depend on whether you live in a rich country or a poor country.

After harvest, apples can be stored for months in controlled atmosphere storage rooms where the temperature, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and humidity levels are adjusted to put them into hibernation.

During Harvey, Irma and Maria, rising floodwaters and high winds raised alarm. But afterward there are new risks — standing water, mold, mosquitoes, deadly heat. Despair can linger, too.

A new study of the dental plaques of three Neanderthals reveals surprising facts about their lives, including what they ate, the diseases that ailed them and how they self-medicated (and smooched).

Many universities have seen increases in academic misconduct. And while cutting corners took on different forms during the pandemic, the jury is still out on whether cheating actually went up.