Body Count: Putting a Price on Invasive Insect Damage
There’s a 1-in-3 chance that the next decade will see a serious new foreign insect bore through America’s forests.
If Postal Service Diversifies, It Can Deliver
Most of the U.S. Postal Service's plans for surviving in the short term come down to cutting costs and not implementing the new ideas its own consultants have called for.
Scientists Find Missing Drink, umm, Link
In Miller-McCune's continuing examination of brewer's yeast, we look at a new find in the world of lagers.
‘Sky Island’: Climate Change and an Alpine Oasis
A documentary film airing on PBS looks at New Mexico’s Jemez range, and gently and sparely shows how changing climate affects these unique "sky islands."
China Overreacting to Fears of Arab-Spring Style Uprising
China’s repressive efforts to prevent its own Arab Spring, which included detaining renowned and outspoken artist Ai Weiwei — who was released Wednesday — just may be way overblown.
U.S. Military, Citizen Disconnect Growing
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has been telling all and sundry about the growing disconnect between the 1 percent of the nation involved with the U.S. military and the other 99 percent of the nation.
Male Circumcision Ban Makes Cut for November Ballot
Despite concerns that outlawing circumcision may harm efforts to limit the spread of AIDS, San Francisco’s intactivists have gotten a proposed ban on the ballot.
Demjanjuk Found Guilty of Nazi War Crimes
Even with the passage of time, the idea that “foot soldiers” responsible for the Holocaust — even in a small way — must pay their accounts remains alive.
Burqa Ban a Boundary to Multicultural Impulse?
France's newly enacted law banning face coverings in public reinforces the idea we explored last year that waves of multiculturalism are receding for now.
Solar Energy Powers Cleanup of Superfund Site
The Frontier Fertilizer Superfund site in Davis, Calif., installs a suite of solar panels, paid for with stimulus funding, to power its own rehabilitation.