I’m not sure we can harness desire into identity in a way that doesn’t do some violence to it.
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If I’m looking to find out what is the case with the war and whether the war is legitimate, I’m probably not going to be fully satisfied with the New York Times or theWashington Post or Fox News or CNN.
Is there something left of the human that can’t be dehumanized and what is this power to humanize or to dehumanize?
Cameras are part of war-waging and they’re also part of the way in which a general population assesses what is happening.
Americans should be aware that sugars subtly creep into their diets through fruit juices, caffeinated beverages, sweetened breakfast foods, and especially sodas. They can, and do, add up.
A new report shows worrisome incompetence among Air Force nuclear missile launch officers.
To condemn the riots that rocked Belfast last Friday as “shameful”, as the British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Theresa Villiers has done, fails to address the two conflicting […]
New Zealand-based Martin Aircraft has just been given the go-ahead to begin manned test flights of its P12 jetpack. If all goes well, a (very expensive) version could be on the market in as little as two years.
Facing up to 90 years of jail time for leaking classified documents, Bradley Manning apologized during the sentencing phase of his trial.
Do you know what a “tiger mom” is? Does the phrase “the tipping point” immediately bring Malcolm Gladwell to mind? “Idea entrepreneurs,” argues John Butman, are a new and influential breed, driven primarily by passion for an idea and the desire to spread it.
“Not only can small groups of people change the world, it’s the only thing that ever has.”
The Florida Keys Mosquito Control District is preparing to experiment with using Maveric drones to find pools of water that host mosquito larvae, ideally making eradication easier.
According to a study published in the Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, a disproportionate number of family killings happened in the month of August, and more than half on weekends.
As a society, we have so many hang-ups about sex. If we would address that head on, we’d have a lot less problems related to it. It’s just part of […]
I have friends who I’ve known since they were 12, and they wanted to be moms and that was going to be the focus of their life. I wasn’t in […]
Is neural signature going to tell you how much in love you are? Probably not.
I wanted to be a filmmaker because that film was a very transcendent film.
To what extent do we want to live in a society where everything is up for sale?
The more ambitious economics becomes the more it has to engage with hard moral questions.
If you look at the terms of political discourse today in the United States, it’s not a pretty picture.
We need to step back and have a morally robust debate about where markets belong and where they don’t.
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I’m getting old – my God, you know. It’s horrible because I am, in a way, in a good sense, a pathological person, in the sense that for a long […]
University of Strathclyde scientists have identified 12 asteroids that could be retrieved using current technology within the next three to eight years…assuming they work very, very carefully.
Virtually, that is: Researchers at Switzerland’s CERN laboratory have launched an app that allows the public to view and mark animations of particle tracks. Their discoveries could eventually help determine how, if at all, gravity affects antiparticle movement.
If it’s natural, that is: A recent study attempts to link the dyeing and medicinal capabilities of certain plants, and posits that minute quantities of dye absorbed from clothes into skin could improve wellbeing.
Time magazine covers seem custom-designed to annoy me. The latest example is their “The Childfree Life” cover. Stories of the childfree lifestyle are always illustrated this way. They feature a […]
This video, commissioned by WWF Germany, will make you think twice about throwing away an apple.
Specifically, five humble drive-ins: A Web site launched last week invites visitors to decide which ones will receive new digital projectors — and stay in business a little longer — courtesy of the automaker.
You may not make it to space in this life, but your ashes could be sent there after you die.