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.
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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 […]
So what has animated the British media the most about Wikileaks? Could it be the pressure exerted by the Saudis and Gulf States on the United States, who wanted the […]
Graphene is in incredibly strong, one-molecule thick layer of carbon atoms that could someday be used to create life-sustaining nanorobots.
Join us on Friday December 3 at the Bowery Poetry Club for Radical 80’s Prom, a gender-bending night of sheer awesomeness featuring original mashups by Marc Faletti, DJ Amanda Marcotte, […]
A student asked Wire creator David Simon whether he saw any hopeful signs for the younger generation…. [Photo credits: “Correction,” great catch by Dennis G. of Balloon Juice, David Simon […]
Inventor, entrepreneur, author of best-selling book The Singularity is Near, and futurist Ray Kurzweil recently spoke to TIME magazine about his predictions for humanity’s future. Some highlights: 1) Computers are becoming cheaper, […]
Narcissists, much to the surprise of many experts, are in the process of becoming an endangered species. The diagnosis will no longer be officially recognized by 2013.
As science shows our planet could warm by as much as seven degrees, researchers predict what problems that could cause. Discovery News reports on current warming targets.
As the number of allergy sufferers soar, potential cures are getting more radical. Alternative theories abound on why developed countries have such high rates of allergic reactions.
Even though Silvio Berlusconi’s political reign may be drawing to a close, thanks in part to recent accusations of colluding with Russia, his media legacy will live on.
Islamic suicide bombers are motivated by a lack of sex, says evolutionary psychologist Satoshi Kanazawa. The scientist has put forth some controversial views on popular topics.
The mobile device has become such a ubiquitous technology that it is redefining the way we engage with people, information, and companies. It is changing society’s social fabric.
This huge uproar might make you think that QE2 represents some radical shift in the Fed’s mission. It doesn’t, says The New Yorker in defending the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy.
Although we might look foolish flailing around the living room, Kinect has managed to excite our flesh, and that means our emotions aren’t far behind, says Jonah Lehrer.
Why is the U.S. such an outliers when it comes to criminal sentencing? Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens writes for The New York Review of Books.
WikiLeaks plans to release an American bank’s damning internal documents early next year, the website’s leader Julian Assange has told Forbes Magazine.
Given the Internet’s decentralized structure, it is virtually impossible to shut down this outlaw conduit and its public releases of secret government and corporate information.
The continent would be ruled by ten neat little empires.
The stories intertwine on the point of personality: is Mark Zuckerberg a genius? Is Julian Assange? At what point does (at least in Aaron Sorkin’s vision of the Facebook founder, […]
He’s known as the “Berlin patient,” and he seems to be the first man to beat HIV.
The first effective anti-retroviral treatment for HIV, Azidothymidine (AZT), was approved for treatment in 1987. But HIV is highly prone to mutations and thus likely to develop drug resistance. It […]
The disease seems to develop as beta amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tau tangles gather inside the brain to clog synapses and nerve cells—but what is its root cause?
On the issue of climate change, among the most important, yet frequently overlooked segments of the public are farmers living in the agricultural Midwest and across major agricultural districts of […]
Desperate times call for desperate measures. But what happens when desperate times strike cultural institutions such as museums? The International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art (aka, Cimam) […]
Quick note as I almost forgot to post last week’s Smithsonian/USGS Global Volcanism Program’s Weekly Volcanic Activity Report. Busy week all around for volcanoes – we’ve seen activity at Bromo, […]