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Bipartisan cooperation isn't something you see very often these days. But the Senate just passed The Food Safety Modernization Act by a vote of 73 to 25. 14 Republicans joined Democrats […]
Is lowering the gonorrhea rate worth risking an increase in HIV?
Some AIDS activists and epidemiologists believe that agressive testing and treatment might be enough to stave off the epidemic for good.
To say I'm busy this week is the understatement of the year - we have our finalist coming in to interview and that eats more time than you might imagine […]
Two years ago, the Swiss Federal commission for HIV/AIDS released a controversial statement indicating that people who are HIV-positive and on regular antiretroviral therapy do not transmit the disease through […]
The signs of the holiday season are upon us: Black Friday, Cyber Monday, twinkling lights, overdecorated malls, and now, finally, the annual conservative cri de Coeur—The War on Christmas! This […]
The world's largest particle accelerator has produced a primordial state of matter akin to what existed at the dawn of the universe by smashing lead ions together creating small Big Bangs.
Comcast has become the quintessential broadband bully—an image that is part outside perception, part self-fulfilling prophecy. Here is a look at Comcast's missteps along the way.
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 […]