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Spiders find a bloodsucking-by-proxy diet sexy—and it helps control malaria, new research finds.
For the first time in decades NASA will subject monkeys to radiation experiments to test the long-term effects of space travel on humans.
“Nobody who’s ever been poor would ever use the phrase ‘selling out.'” So said Sherman Alexie, award-winning author of “War Dances,” “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven,” and […]
“If someone tells you he is going to make ‘a realistic decision,’” Mary McCarthy wrote, “you immediately understand that he has resolved to do something bad.” Calling a course of […]
Today was the last of three days of hearings this week on the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act (CEJAPA), introduced by John Kerry (D-Mass) and Barbara Boxer (D-Calif) […]
Stories from major newspapers this week have examined this moment of crisis for American foreign policy in the Middle East. Afghanistan is expected to receive more American troops, while a […]
While sustainable agriculture is rapidly becoming one of the looming issues of our time, a myth-based propensity toward naturalness may be stripping the movement of any effectuality.
I am in the heart of Tamil territory. I am surrounded by jungles and tea plantations. A few miles north of me is a camp of 250,000 internally displaced Tamil […]
National unity can be a very elusive concept, even in a country like the United States (just ask anyone at a healthcare reform town hall). Then again, anyone who has […]
Author Janet Malcom’s book discusses the “morally indefensible” career of journalism in an industry which turns guttings into a spectator sport.
An aged Somalian man has made a 17-year-old his sixth wife after a huge wedding celebration with hundreds of guests.
New research reveals that birds use light rather than magnetic fields to aide their migration.
The Facebook game FarmVille is making agriculture sexy again. But are online farms warping our view of how food is made?
Sex could be ruled out of baby making if new artificial egg and sperm technology takes off.
“Curb Your Enthusiasm” comic Larry David is under fire from critics over a fictional incident where he urinates on a painting of Christ.
Google takes on iTunes with its new music search platform integrated with sister firms MySpace and LaLa.
Is the shady figure in a new video released by Al Qaeda the most wanted man on Earth, Osama Bin Laden?
Britain’s drug chief says ecstasy, LSD and cannabis are less harmful than cigarettes and alcohol.
A gigantic explosion on the edge of the universe has given scientists an insight into the “cosmic dark ages” of 13.7bn years ago.
“Free,” to Chris Anderson, is a magic word. It’s the future of business. It’s something we all need to start wrapping our heads around. Anderson chatted with Big Think’s co-founder […]
Matthew Hoh thinks there is no good reason. And his opinion is significant, because he is the U.S. Government’s Senior Civilian Representive in the Afghan province of Zabul — or […]
Two men have been arrested in connection with a terror plot against the Danish newspaper which published cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.
Gunmen stormed a hotel in the Afghan capital this morning killing 12 people, including six UN staff.
The Chamber of Commerce is set to run TV advertising warning against Obama’s proposed healthcare reforms.
A nasty virus has been hitching a lift on Facebook’s password reset confirmation email, posing a risk for users.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has allegedly sent a hidden “f*** you” to one of his critics.
Reported ties between the Afghan president’s brother and the CIA call into question America’s strategy in the region.
Women under 45 who experience migraines with sensory disturbances are twice as likely to suffer strokes, new research has found.