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A library of interviews with the world’s biggest thinkers.
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Since he’s left the paper, Okrent continues to come across things that irritate him about coverage. But it’s no longer his job to be the paper’s cop, so he lets […]
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There will always be plagiarists and reporters who didn’t make the phone call they claimed to have made. But an ombudsman can make the difference in preventing chronic lapses of […]
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Readers of the “paper of record” took issue with perceived bias in everything from headlines to photo captions. But they were most concerned about the use of anonymous sources.
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While Prohibition was certainly about drinking, it was also a stand-in issue in the battle among various groups over control of the country.
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A conversation with the journalist and former New York Times public editor.
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Why it’s “almost as much fun to destroy an idea as to create one.”
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Exxon Mobil made more money each of the last three years than any company in history. In our political system, that buys them power to prevent change.
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Unfortunately, no one source of renewable energy will be able to hold a candle to fossil fuel.
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These days, the average bite of food you eat has traveled 2,000 miles to reach your lips.
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As a first step, the government needs to put a tax on carbon dioxide emissions. Fossil fuel needs to pay the price for the damage it causes in the atmosphere.
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Our civilization is going to be forced to change dramatically as a result of global warming.
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The first person to come up with the idea of global warming was a 19th-Century Swedish chemist.
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A conversation with the writer and environmental activist.
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If American science education is to move forward, American culture needs to stop caricaturing scientists as socially awkward villains.
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New research on the underlying causes of autism could soon lead to earlier diagnoses and better treatments.
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The geneticist feels for parents who seek causes for their children’s autism in vaccinations. Unfortunately, no evidence yet supports the theory.
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Why is the risk of autism higher in boys than girls? Why do older parents tend to have more autistic children? New genetic research attempts to answer some of the […]
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The genetics professor describes one of the world’s most complex and controversial disorders.
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The brother of a childhood friend inspired Michael Wigler’s research into the minds of those who are, “in wondrous ways, very different from us.”
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New technology fueled by genomic research could soon make a simple blood test for cancer a part of ordinary visits to the doctor.