Baseball Whiffs When Setting Salaries
As one team after another gets eliminated in the baseball playoffs, no doubt many fans are grousing that…
Help Someone Out, Turn Someone On
A good deed is its own reward, but selfless behavior may have a side benefit. According to new British research, altruism can be sexually attractive.
Lose Your Job, Lose Contact With Your Community
Two troubling trends have reshaped the lives of Americans over the past few decades: Our jobs are less secure, and we are less likely to participate in social and community groups. A first-of-its-kind study suggests these phenomena are linked.
Palin, Biden Both Winners
A poll taken just after the Vice Presidential debate provides fresh evidence that such face-offs tend to raise the favorability levels of both candidates.
Surprising Season Throws Baseball Guru a Curve
While most of math professor Bruce Bukiet's divisional-winner picks failed to come home, he says his system can still score.
To Kill, or Not to Kill
Soldiers of Conscience, a PBS documentary, examines the ethics and emotional cost of killing on the battlefield.
All You Need is Loving Lyrics
Are you feeling charitable today? The answer may depend upon the contents of your iPod.
Protecting Academic Inquiry Off-Campus, Too
Academic researchers in California who have been harassed by animal-rights activists have a new layer of protection, thanks…
A New Stones Age
The EPA acknowledges, finally, that climate change will have public-health implications, increasing the incidence of heart disease, allergies, asthma, tropical diseases and ... kidney stones.