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Despite the reality of fighting two foreign wars, it is hard to recall a time when foreign policy issues played so diminished a role in the American public's thinking.
Fleeting feelings of heat—such as a warm drink or living in a tropical region—increase our willingness to trust strangers. New research on how bodily cues influence our beliefs.
The latest deadly school shooting, in Wisconsin, will result in agitation for the right to bear arms, not gun control. Go figure, says Alex Hannaford at The Guardian.
The former vice president said that corn ethanol was a “mistake.” He went further, saying that he supported ethanol production because the first presidential primary is in Iowa.
The WikiLeaks cables reveal a profound hatred for democracy on the part of our political leadership, says the world-renowned political dissident and linguist.
A frail mouse with failing organs was restored to vibrant youth when researchers re-activated production of the enzyme telomerase. Discovery News on the recently reported findings.
Are we free not to be radiated or groped? We are not. Naomi Wolf says we should follow the money when asking about new invasive airport security measures.
Mathematics seems to be a universal language and when you stop to think about it, that’s quite remarkable. Mark Vernon asks if mathematics is a divine language?
The Chronicle of Higher Education has a deeply interesting feature up today about the stirrings of disciplinary controversy within the American Association of Anthropology. No doubt this will raise once […]
Optimism about a cure for HIV/AIDS is the highest it's been since David Ho pioneered the Highly Active Antiretroviral Treatment (HAART) drug cocktail in 1996. Just last week, the powerful […]
Next year marks the 30th anniversary of the epidemic. Here is a look back at the successes and disappointments of the past couple decades. [Click timeline to enlarge]
Oh, look, Vanessa Grigoriadis has a another very polished but utterly vacuous feature in New York Magazine. She's marking the 50th anniversary of the approval of the Pill with some […]
So what has animated the British media the most about Wikileaks? Could it be the pressure exerted by the Saudis and Gulf States on the United States, who wanted the […]
Graphene is in incredibly strong, one-molecule thick layer of carbon atoms that could someday be used to create life-sustaining nanorobots.
Join us on Friday December 3 at the Bowery Poetry Club for Radical 80's Prom, a gender-bending night of sheer awesomeness featuring original mashups by Marc Faletti, DJ Amanda Marcotte, […]
A student asked Wire creator David Simon whether he saw any hopeful signs for the younger generation.... [Photo credits: "Correction," great catch by Dennis G. of Balloon Juice, David Simon […]
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Time's Man of the Year in 1996 discusses how his background in physics helped him develop the Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Treatment (HAART) that revolutionized AIDS treatment in the mid-1990s.
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Hill’s last boyfriend wasn’t pleased when she came out to him, but he doubted she was really gay because she hadn’t told her mother. So that's exactly what she did […]
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Even in 2010, people are still worried to share their HIV status with family members and co-workers. But as more people come out, the stigma will begin to abate.
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AIDS is the most pressing public health issue of our time in this country, yet the media’s lack of coverage contributes to a widespread assumption that it is under control.