Hunting for Bear (Stearns) With the Martin Act
Today’s announcement by the elegantly named Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Working Group that it was suing over fraud allegedly…
Proof Positive That Our Sources are Geniuses
A quick shout-out to Raj Chetty, one of 23 recipients of this year’s John D. and Catherine T.…
Small Steps Toward Scientific Gender Equity
Tom Jacobs last week cited current research showing that job applications attributed to female scientists were received less…
Wind Turbines: Saving the Planet but Butchering Bats
At a recent evening “batwalk” at the University of California’s Sedgwick Reserve conducted by vertebrate biologist Paul W.…
A New Way to Play Taps for Your Tattoo
Not so long ago Chris Opfer told about the burgeoning business of tattoo removal fueled in equal parts…
Dark Tourism Has Its Fans
Just two days after the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks themselves, writer Michael Luongo’s piece, “Ground Zero…
Move Over Meth, Czech Moonshine Is Real Problem
A couple days ago Marc Herman told us that while Europe doesn’t have the meth habit the United…
Plentiful Natural Gas, Get It While It’s Cold
Back in May Bruce Dorminey outlined the potential benefits of tapping methane hydrates—a “frozen combo of methane gas…
A Hotter World Won’t Automatically be a More Fiery World
With 2012 on track to be the worst year on record for wildfires in the U.S.—although Isaac’s heavy…
It’s a Gull-Eat-Whale World Out There, Thanks to People
A month ago ecologist Leah Gerber asked our readers to consider a biodiversity conundrum—in preserving a natural habitat,…