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Anne Wojcicki and Linda Avey joined forces to establish the genetic testing company 23andMe. Was it a good move?
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A conversation with the Co-founder and President of 23andMe.
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Diane Morgan, Director of Career services at London Business School tells how in this economic downturn now more than ever you need to be on the top of the pile. […]
Last year Bill Maher released a movie ridiculing religious beliefs, including those of creationists. But he's now ranting against vaccination (Orac's blog is all over it), saying the same thing […]
In a vindication of sorts for Stalin’s victims – as many as 20 million – a Moscow district court last week ruled against the dictator’s grandson, who sued a Russian […]
A burka is visible from 20,000 feet. So is an AK-47. That is not insignificant, as the debate rages on over whether to send more troops to Afghanistan. One alternative […]
Illegal pet turtles spike blamed for salmonella outbreak last year.
Bottlenose dolphins have been caught on film playing soccer with jellyfish.
Clinton and other US envoys will lead America’s long awaited Sudan policy. But where’s Obama?
Online Forums at the Guggenheim billed as ‘innovative’ may be a bad idea in retrospect.
Research finds that only a few specific ‘friendly bacteria’ actually aid the immune system.
Would you hang cancer on your walls?
Democrats must work to wake up young voters, says E.J Dionne Jr.
Scientists have developed the first artificial hand with feeling.
New research shows growing numbers of homeless lost houses to foreclosure.
A new federal policy will be launched today advocating dope for medical use.
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Kurt Andersen grants that drugs and alcohol offer few benefits and almost certainly don’t enhance creativity, yet the author does believe that they can play a key role in making […]
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For Kurt Andersen, mistakes are trivial and easily forgotten—unless the effort was uninspired to begin with.
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Kurt Andersen worries that America’s political conversations are turning into polarized and specious ‘echo chambers.’
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Despite the surfeit of bad habits that Americans have picked up during years of prosperity, Kurt Andersen feels that a new form of citizenry is starting to emerge that will […]