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"What if the Eyjafjallajokull ash cloud is "not just a minor volcanic hiccup, but the beginning of an event that causes in time a mass extinction of some form of earthbound life?" asks Simon Winchester.
"Combining as it does great energy expenditure and risk with apparent pointlessness, [play] is a central paradox of evolutionary biology,” writes anthropologist and neuroscientist Melvin Konner.
Women remain much choosier than men when it comes to dating. Is this difference a vestige of our early ancestry? Or could it be the result of something more modern and mundane?
This Monday marked the 15th anniversary of the Oklahoma city bombing, an attack which killed 168 people and injured 680 more. As we know now (and as we were reminded […]
In his State of the Union address, President Obama said the Supreme Court had "reversed a century of law that I believe will open the floodgates for special interests—including foreign […]
The first job my mother ever held involved plucking hundreds of dandelions by their tenacious little roots from her family’s tiny lawn. Her father had set her to the task, […]
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Life is full of heartbreak, but the actor and former High Times editor tries not to sweat the small stuff.
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"As wild as you think it is, as wild as you imagine it is—it’s even wilder." says former High Times Magazine editor John Buffalo Mailer. "It is a crazy Willy […]
The cover of this month’s issue of Fast Company has an excellent article by Anya Kamenetz on how smart phones are leading the charge in revolutionizing traditional methods of teaching and learning. […]
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The author and former vet wishes war movies could give audiences a taste of reality, and that warmongering politicians would risk their own lives on the front lines.
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The former "High Times" editor thinks America is "going the legalization route." But will marijuana lose its outlaw mystique?
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Oliver Stone is our culture's best at combining storytelling with social awareness, says John Buffalo Mailer. But others also carry his father's torch.
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The novelist was often portrayed in the media as a humorless misogynist. His son knew a different side of the man.
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What the writer taught his son has shaped his life and helped him cope with his mother’s cancer.
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Theater has more of a "human touch," but telling someone about a great live performance is like telling them about your dream.
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Preparing for his role in "Wall Street 2," the actor discovered just how addictive Wall Street culture is—and why it’s not as soulless as many believe.
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A conversation with the actor, writer, producer, and journalist.
Is there anything we can do about the global increase in tropical storms? Ernst Weizsäcker, co-chair of the U.N.’s International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management, thinks Hurricane Katrina may have […]
Has President Obama given up on being bipartisan? New Yorker editor David Remnick, author of the new Obama biography "The Bridge," thinks that while the President's political personality "aims toward […]
If you want to rile up a biologist and have no pointed stick handy, try this: Tell her that chemistry or physics are "harder," more fundamentally "sciencey" sciences than hers. […]