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When only six people showed up for a panel designed to raise awareness of banned books, the pot needed to be stirred a bit.
Exxon wasn’t the only giant corporation to have climate scientists in the 1980s. Scientists at GM and Ford also honed in on climate change, but they – and their companies – took very different paths.
With the Iran deal, Obama may be repeating a famous strategic misstep from World War II.
Why does emotional learning matter for children?
A gene variant prevalent in African Americans may play a role in post-donation kidney failure for living donors. A test for it exists, but there are no guidelines for when it should be used.
Should conservationists ‘sell’ the value of nature by focusing on the ecosystem services nature provides people? Surveys show this may be the wrong tack.
NASA has set a target date of 2030 for a manned mission to Mars. With no real scientific breakthroughs needed, success depends on developing the proper technology.
Today marks a milestone in our transition to more secure electronic payments, yet the costs and benefits are not what they seem.
Conservative religious families turn to homeschooling as a way to ensure that their children will grow up to be like them. Does it work?
If the antioxidants that occur naturally in food are good for us, that must mean antioxidant supplements are also good for us, right? Not quite.
Mining waste rock from historic mines or even treated sewage to find useful metals and minerals could be a sustainable way to meet demand for these finite resources.
Ten years after the Danish cartoon crisis, it’s time to discuss how freedom of religion and freedom of speech can coexist.
Did environmentalists force Shell to exit the Arctic? Not really. Blame economics and geopolitics first and foremost.
Recent targeted killings by Pakistan prove that drone warfare is expanding – and in unpredictable ways. It’s time for the US to reconsider its own policies.
Sales of e-readers are on the decline, with more people succumbing to the convenience of reading books on their phones.
Volkswagen’s emissions cheat didn’t just anger owners and regulators; the cost to human health from violating air quality rules exceeds US$100 million.
Studio heads are hesitant to give a woman the reins of a late night show. Are they pandering to their target audiences?
Increasing trade and commerce will make it easier to verify the Iranians are keeping their promises under the nuclear agreement.
Kids today face a variety of digital stressors –from negotiating how much communication to have with close friends to digital abuse.
AB InBev’s expected bid for SABMiller continues a trend of industry consolidation at the top, but the strong growth in craft brewing is challenging that strategy.
When older people live predominantly with others their own age, there are far more benefits than costs.
Regulations are catching up with toxic chemicals we’re exposed to as products’ end users. But workers in un- or underregulated places are still at risk, even from chemicals designed to be “green.”
Shell has abandoned oil exploration offshore Alaska for now but a variety of trends are driving the energy industry to take a fresh look at Arctic drilling.
Students at American universities are spending more and more years on completing their PhDs, only to find there are fewer and fewer tenure-track jobs.