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Bravo to Canadian literary legend Margaret Atwood for waging online warfare against library closings this week. When Toronto councillor Doug Ford floated some made-up statistics about the number of libraries […]
At this year's Lindau meeting of Nobel Prize winners, the virologist Harald zur Hausen said vaccinating only boys against the human papillomavirus would achieve better results.
In a recent essay posted online, NASA scientist James Hansen explains what he calls the "Easter Bunny" fantasy that we can adequately address climate change by providing subsidies for renewable […]
Contrary to common wisdom that superbugs with antibiotic resistance are outcompeted by their non-super neighbors, multidrug-resistant bacteria may be here to stay.
Good news for parents: You can get your children to eat zucchini, broccoli, tomatoes, cauliflower and squash—and like them. Just don't mention that is what they are really eating.
A Swiss immunologist says that an antibody which recognizes all strains of influenza A could be a universal vaccine blueprint and could overcome the flu's ability to continually mutate.
The modern social science classic Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus will soon turn twenty. The book reinforces gender stereotypes that hurt society, says Niobe Way.
All eyes in the soccer world are on the United States this weekend with the Friday announcement that Jurgen Klinsmann will be taking over as head coach of the U.S. […]
I started reading Norwegian mystery writer Jo Nesbo's The Snowman while on vacation over Memorial Day in Maine. Four of Nesbo's Harry Hole crime novels later, I find myself wondering, […]
Here's a strange story: Erica Herrera plans to marry Curtis Allgier, even though he's an incarcerated alleged murderer with white supremacist tattoos all over his face and she's not white. […]
80 is the new 40: With life expectancy and the retirement age creeping inexorably upward, how are you planning to spend your eighth decade? Starting a new company? Writing your memoirs? Or […]
Former New York Times Ethicist Randy Cohen tackles the ethics of asymmetrical relationships.
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Former New York Times Ethicist Randy Cohen tackles the ethics of asymmetrical relationships.
My post attributing the death of Borders to Amazon’s sales tax advantage raised some hackles among commenters and fellow bloggers alike. Matthew Nisbet over at Age of Engagement countered that the reasons […]
There is a new radio ad for the Oprah Winfrey Network’s new show Ask Oprah’s All Stars in which Dr. Phil proclaims “60% of you are not having sex!” Well, […]
This past spring semester, American University hosted an event featuring Roger Pielke Jr., a Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Colorado-Boulder and author of The Climate Fix: What […]
As KQED's Climate Watch team reported this week at NPR, the 103 nuclear reactors in the United States power the equivalent of 3 million households. Since 1982, these nuclear energy […]
Unlike King Lear who ended up in tatters, raving on the beach, Murdoch can walk away as a great operator undone by his grubby news hounds—for now...
Qassem Suleimani is the elusive Iranian general who has the power to orchestrate Iraqi politics without showing his face. He is everywhere and nowhere at once, say American soldiers.