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Muse, 07/01/09 by Conniff, Richard · More from publication
Abolish the word 'taxes'

By RICHARD CONNIFF

THE WORD "TAX" was never pretty. But it has lately become the ugliest word in the English language, right up...
The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA, 04/17/08 by RICHARD CONNIFF · More from publication
That great beast of a town: in the 1770s, London became the epicenter for a great intellectual quest: discovering the incredible diversity of life on Earth

[ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] In November 1774, a cask of rum arrived in London spiked with four dead electric eels, the...
Natural History, 03/01/08 by Richard Conniff · More from publication
Happy birthday, Linnaeus: the great biological classifier celebrates his 300th birthday in 2007, while Buffon, born the same year and Linnaeus's greatest rival, has been forgotten. Are we celebrating the wrong birthday?

Come and stand here," said a guide in a room on the second floor of the house where the naturalist Carl Linnaeus lived with his wife, five...
Natural History, 12/01/06 by Richard Conniff · More from publication

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Even smart people make financial moves that are downright illogical. Emotions and superstitions have a sneaky way of keeping you from rational financial decisions. But dumb choices can have serious, real-world consequences. Here are some of the biggest blunders we all make, plus tips from the experts on how to keep cool.