Lindsey McCormack

A new book argues that the growing megacities like Lagos and Dhaka — with their massive suffering and chaos — are breeding grounds for epidemics and worldwide terrorism. And maybe its time for the U.S., and other developed nations, to intervene.

Researchers propose pulling patients out of anesthesia with "a shot of adrenaline to the brain."

Economists study European soccer stars to understand how the wealthy respond to tax increases and what states should do as a result.

The controversial DREAM Act, a fixture in the immigration debate since 2001, would give undocumented students the chance to become citizens. Its chances of passing are better than ever, and legal immigrants say they deserve to take part.

Charities wonder if giving donors control over their donations makes for wise policy.

The impassioned arguments around Daylight Savings Time generate a lot of energy

A Miller-McCune.com interview with the authors of the new book Economic Gangsters: Corruption, Violence and the Poverty of Nations

Sara Mednick pits the world's No. 1 stimulant against napping in a test of memory.

Biologist Christopher Clark builds sonic buoys that help ships avoid running down the last of the right whales.

A Massachusetts architect and a personal solar power system — Portable Light — bring comfort and better medical chances to South African TB patients.