However, at the heart of the Lunar men's interests lay a driving curiosity in the workings of the natural world (fittingly, they had chosen the full moon to meet because it gave the most light as they stumbled home, drunk on fine ideas and clever talk).

ECONOMIST: 18th-century science

Police in every state will be out in full force conducting sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols to catch drunk drivers, according to the Governors Highway Safety Association, which represents state highway safety offices.

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