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The perils of plastic are nothing new to most of us. A lesser-known fact, however, is that plastic has a higher energy value than just about any other type of […]
The other shoe has dropped in Harvard's investigation into allegations of scientific misconduct by Marc Hauser, the cognitive psychologist. Harvard announced last week that it had found Hauser responsible for […]
The rate of change in our culture is increasing—and in order to compete, businesses need to increase their rate of change as well, says management guru John Kotter. In his […]
I am proud to announce that the second season of "Sci Fi Science: Physics of the Impossible," debuts next Wednesday, Sept. 1, at 9 pm, on the Science Channel (check […]
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Things have improved tremendously for LGBT youth since Testone was young, but there are still plenty of kids without supportive families who come to New York and end up homeless.
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At first,Testone feared coming out to her friends would shatter the narrative she had created in high school. Looking back, she calls that fear internalized homophobia.
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Despite working for a gay organization, Testone thought she was completely straight—until one special night at a lesbian bar in Dallas.
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A conversation with the director of the LGBT Center in New York.
We are currently in the midst of earth's "sixth great extinction." For the past 10,000 years, existing species have been dying out faster than new species have been evolving, say […]
In a series of posts over at Scientific American's blog CrossCheck, John Horgan describes how several recent articles and books have prompted him to re-evaluate his views on nuclear energy. […]
Amid questions over U.K. taxpayer money spent on sex services for the disabled, Naomi Jacobs rejects the "myth" that the disabled need to exploit prostitutes to have sex.
New research once again shows that the poor are not only more generous than those wealthier and they are also more charitable, trusting and helpful.
"Disney has a long history of dress policies and is within its rights in restricting where a restaurant worker can wear a hijab," says the L. A. Times in an editorial.
"There's a reason we're fighting to keep this unretouched image of Aniston on our website. And it's not just because we like her freckles." Jezebel on the impact of for retouching.
"The messages lost through faulty translation in Afghanistan are sabotaging the mission there as badly as any physical enemy ever could," warns Neil Shea.
Strange, unworkable, controversial. That's some of the reaction to a German proposal to prevent bosses from checking job candidates' social networking profiles.
Writer and marketing guru Seth Godin is spurning traditionally published books. As Mathew Ingram notes, self-published PDFs and e-books are increasingly attracting such authors.
Eilert Sundt must have had a busy, happy week. As the president of the Norwegian Cartozoological Society, Mr Sundt probably is the world’s most prominent ambassador of the obscure discipline […]
Hurricane Katrina may have cost them their homes and split up their families, but some credit it as the impetus to reinvent their lives for the better, explains Nicole LaPorte.
Of the problems that afflict the U.S., "the underlying one is mental feebleness." N.Y.T. Op-Ed Columnist David Brooks sets out the case for more mental courage.