The Artful Reinvention Of Klansman Asa Earl Carter
In the early 1990s, The Education of Little Tree became a publishing phenomenon. It told the story of an orphan …
Couples Should Get Tested For HIV Together, WHO Says
The World Health Organization is telling couples around the world to get tested together to see if either is infected …
It’s All Politics, April 19, 2012
Just when we thought the debate season had wound down, the general election season heats up. With pre-buttals, rebuttals and …
Exercising Even A Little Bit Makes It Easier For Smokers To Quit
Smoking is bad. Quitting smoking is hard. But exercising can make quitting easier, and make sliding back into smoking less …
Dutch Government Set To Reconsider Restrictions On Bird Flu Study
A Dutch virologist is considering his full range of legal options if his government refuses to lift the restrictions it …
For Most Of Human History, Being An Omnivore Was No Dilemma
If diet is destiny, then modern humans should thank our ancestors for their ability to eat just about anything. Two …
George Zimmerman To Be Released On $150,000 Bond
UPDATE at 11:10 a.m. EST: Judge Kenneth Lester says George Zimmerman can go free as he awaits trial if he …
Rewash That Pre-Washed Bag Of Lettuce? Don’t Bother (Probably)
It’s the unscripted, offhand comments that get you in hot water in journalism. Yesterday, in an on-air conversation that introduced …
Government Takeover Of Farm Subsidy Would Save Billions, Economist Says
Arithmetic can be quite enlightening sometimes. One of the country’s top agricultural economists just fiddled with the government’s balance sheet …
As Workers Age, Oil Industry Braces For Skills Gap
Two years after the Deepwater Horizon accident killed 11 men and sent oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico, the …











