The Tyranny of Today: Not Who You Were, Nor Who You’ll Be
Making sense of who we were, and who we’re likely to become.
Put Down the iPad, Lace Up the Hiking Boots
That sneaking suspicion that you’re a more focused, creative person out in the woods? It’s true.
Climate Change: Harbinger of ‘End Times’?
Somewhere, James Hansen is weeping. Last week, we reported on American attitudes toward climate change, a post-Kyoto framework,…
Unsportsmanlike Conduct, Off the Field
Domestic violence in the U.K. is said to spike every time England loses a football match. A BBC reporter and a statistician team up to uncover the full story.
The Other “Cliff”
The Kyoto protocol is about to expire and that two-week international conference on climate change did little to avert the looming crisis.
Coming Home Shell-Shocked
How do we treat post-traumatic stress disorder if we don’t first understand it?
Back to Brain Damage
No, Kansas City Chiefs player Javon Belcher's murder-suicide probably didn't have anything to do with traumatic brain injury. But the league still has a problem on its hands.
Sex and the Teenage Girl, Redux
Like the morning-after pill, the HPV vaccine doesn’t encourage teen promiscuity, either.
Performance Pay Comes to the Hospital
Schools and Wall Street—and now Obamacare—use it, but does pay-for-performance make for better health care?
Giving Teen Girls a Plan B
The American Academy of Pediatrics says docs should pre-prescribe Plan B birth control to girls under 17.