Another Data Point That Picks Away at Obamacare
More evidence from Dr. Brian Elbel shows that menu labeling isn't really working.
We’re Buying Fewer Cars, Driving Fewer Miles—and Buying Less Gas
Evidence keeps mounting that Americans' love affair with the car, while hardly over, has entered a new phase.
A Lesson in Democracy From Driving Down the ‘Arab Street’
Reconciling democracy and shari'a is certainly do-able, but the results may not enthrall the West.
Even for Dropouts, Being on the Right Side of the Digital Divide Matters
If you drop out of high school, odds are you'll end up in a dead-end job for life. But the odds get a lot better if you happen to have some computer skills.
The Financial Meltdown of the New Orleans Slave Market
As you watch 12 Years a Slave recall that the market in humanity really was a market—with dizzying asset price changes, speculative bubbles, and a fear of volatility greater than a fear of civil war.
Europe Now Looking Over Its Shoulder at Syrian Polio Outbreak
As feared, the possibility of once rare or neglected diseases slopping out of the cauldron that is Syria is becoming more real.
Windmills: 600,000, Bats: 0. Time for a New Game?
A new study estimates that at least 600,000 bats died last year in the Lower 48 from wind turbines.
The STEM Gender Gap That Boggles Even Physicists
A new analysis of the gender gap in physics assessments between male and female students doesn't solve the STEM disparity, but it's a good primer on current thought.
Another Benefit of Immigrant Workers: Shock Absorption
In continuing to address the chicken-and-egg question of jobs and population, it seems that Mexican-born workers are quick to relocate to greener pastures.
Artificial Intelligence Will Have to Figure Out Which Triangles Are the ‘Trianglest’
Understand that human thinking is fuzzy around the edges, which is totally different from how computers compute.