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The Descendants is the most critically acclaimed film in the theatres right now. I’m not sure I know quite why. Well, one reason is the excellent track record of its […]
A systematic review has shown that psychological interventions to prevent depression in children and adolescents have protective effects that last for up to a year.
A new procedure that involves inserting electrodes into the brain shows promise in reducing seizures for people with epilepsy, thereby improving their quality of life.
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Roger Martin, Dean of the Rotman School of Management in Toronto, on the power of changing the way you think.
The announcement this week that two groups of scientists have narrowed the search for the elusive Higgs Boson made headlines around the world. Next year, physicists actually hope to find […]
This piece was originally published on AlterNet. When America was founded, it was the first modern nation to throw off the rule of absolute monarchy and prove that democracy was […]
Most atheist writers in America have encountered the phenomenon of "fatwa envy", where Christian apologists sneer that we wouldn't dare criticize Islam in the same way we criticize Christianity. (This […]
My latest article has been posted on AlterNet, How We All Pay For the Huge Tax Privileges Granted to Religion -- It's Time to Tax the Church. In it, I […]
In a watershed moment for chimpanzee research, the US Institute of Medicine says “most current use of chimpanzees for biomedical research is unnecessary.”
A recent two-year trial of telehealth technology for monitoring people who are chronically ill found it works particularly well for people with conditions like diabetes and heart failure.
There is no question that in many cases, we are cancer phobic, more afraid of the disease than the medical evidence says we need to be, and that fear alone can be bad for our health.
ABA, a time-intensive autism treatment called applied behavior analysis, has wide support and is now a profitable business. But the jury is still out on its effectiveness.
Christopher Hitchens and Steve Jobs were among the first patients to benefit from very new technology using DNA sequencing to pick the cancer drugs likely to be most effective.
Telling people how much exercise they'd need to do to burn up the calories in junk food is a much more effective deterrent than telling them the calorie count, researchers have found.
Christopher Hitchens has died. I never personally met the man, but I want to say a few words in tribute. Of all the popular figures commonly styled as the New […]
Imagine you’re an expert on some famous artist. Now imagine someone comes to you with a painting they believe is by that famous artist. After looking at the painting, you […]
The fierce moralist and political writer has died of oesophageal cancer and the outpouring of remorse at his loss is as varied as the arguments he made during his life. A fond farewell, Hitch.
Washington political analyst and author of Primary Colors, Joe Klein is back with his yearly awards for courageous politicians. Some you've heard of, some you probably haven't.
America needs to make the dollars it spends on higher education work more efficiently.