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"If al-Qaida terrorists are stuffing PETN into underwear or packages, that must mean that they do not have access to cutting-edge biological research or nuclear bomb components."
"That there are seemingly endless metaphors and universal life lessons that can be gleaned from baseball is one of the many things that make the game so interesting."
The immune system has been found to target viruses inside cells, suggesting new strategies against infections including the common cold and winter vomiting bug."
"Female politicians, candidates and leaders face blatant sexism and misogyny in both corporate media and parts of the blogosphere."
Spiegel sees the U. S. as despondent, hopeless, pessimistic and with a political system plagued by lobbyism and stark hatred, and incapable of reaching consistent decisions.
"We are at a crossroads in the music business... But I see the glass as half-full: the internet and social networking are new avenues for the next Bob Dylan to be born on."
"The pieces of our universe fell into the places where they are, not because of a guiding hand and a grand design, but through mere accident," says physicist Victor Stenger.
"A democracy is strengthened when its citizens are confronted with the raw truths that follow from the choices of their elected leaders." The New Yorker on WikiLeaks.
"England’s economic crisis is a great deal like ours; its response has been dramatically different." Judge Richard Posner on the U.K.'s austerity measures.
Could life on earth have come from outer-space? NASA finds that the universe is filled with giant carbon buckyballs that might have fallen to earth a long time ago.
"It's high time we recognize that carbon dioxide has been treated unfairly." Forbes' Larry Bell touts the accomplishments of the oft-reviled chemical compound.
The Supreme Court is to consider whether to strip First Amendment protection from violent videogames that critics say appeal to the deviant interests of children.
"Why does the name 'Hitler' still hold this magical fascination?" Cornelia Günther reviews only the second exhibition in Germany ever dedicated to Adolf Hitler.
Was the development of computing the most significant technological advance of the twentieth century? The Economist hosts an online forum for debate.
"Some of the boldest eco-warriors are those with the most to lose—our children." The Independent says pester power can get parents to go green.
"Much of what medical researchers conclude in their studies is misleading, exaggerated, or flat-out wrong." The Atlantic investigates the veracity of medical science.
A study from the U.K. says that while heroin causes the user harm, the adverse effects of alcohol on the wider community are significantly greater.
Theodore C. Sorensen, the special counsel to President John F. Kennedy who wrote the president’s speeches and helped shape his policy, has died, according to an obituary in the New […]
"I don’t know why the telephone, the analog landline telephone, was never formally mourned." Virginia Heffernan remembers when phones actually worked.
"It's easy to decide to change, but harder to make that change feel normal." Trent Hamm gives tips on how to turn good intentions into new good habits.