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After conducting an 11-year study, researchers found that women who drank 6 or more cups of decaffeinated coffee a day were 33% less likely to develop type 2 diabetes. The researchers suggest that this is because coffee is rich in antioxidants, which may protect the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. In type 2 diabetes, patients don't make enough insulin to keep sugar levels under control.

DEFINITION: (adj.) Lacking intelligence or wit; foolish. SYNONYMS: nitwitted, soft-witted, senseless. USAGE: He was a witless soul who never learned from his mistakes.

Blind and deaf from the age of 2, Helen Keller was put under the care of Anne Sullivan, who became her teacher and companion for 49 years. As a pupil, Keller made rapid progress and graduated from Radcliffe College with honors. The famous play The Miracle Worker is about how she learned to communicate. Keller traveled extensively, raising funds for the training of the blind and promoting other social causes. What was Alexander Graham Bell's role in her life?

An ATM, or automated teller machine, is a device used by bank customers to process account transactions, such as dispensing cash, accepting deposits, transferring funds, and providing information on account balances. The world's first ATM, invented by John Shepherd-Barron, was installed by Barclay's Bank in North London on June 27, 1967; however, a mechanical cash dispenser, arguably an ATM, was installed in New York how many years before that?

After distinguished service as a monk and scholar, Torquemada grew close to Ferdinand II and Isabella I of the newly created kingdom of Spain and was appointed Inquisitor General in 1482. Remembered for his cruelty, he owes his reputation to the harsh rules of procedure that he devised for the Spanish Inquisition and to the rigor with which he had them enforced. Torquemada was largely instrumental in bringing about the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492. What does "auto-da-fe" refer to?