May-June 2009
A New Clue to Finding Land Mines
Duke University Engineers use the classic detective game of CLUE™ to teach robots how to navigate minefields and find hidden explosives.
An Economy of Change
Our spinogram allows you to watch the U.S. economy change before your very eyes.
Morals Authority
Liberals and conservatives conceive of morality in decidedly different ways. Jonathan Haidt has mapped out their competing ethical universes in hopes they can learn to peacefully coexist.
We Are Accused of Over-cheerfulness
Letters to the editor: OK, bucko, step outside and say we're afraid of population growth. Go ahead. See what happens.
Leon Botstein: In It for the Duration
A Miller-McCune interview of intellectual provocateur Leon Botstein.
Cajune Brings American-Indian History to Public Schools
Julie Cajune leads a groundbreaking Montana initiative to compile American-Indian history and include it in public education.
Lessons From the Reverse Engineering of Nature
A Miller-McCune Research Essay by Columbia University professor Shahid Naeem on the importance of biodiversity and the true significance of the human species.
A Government at Risk?
Wonks examine the state of American self-governance; little hopeful audacity is found.
Study in Contrepreneurship
In its first four years, Catherine Rohr's Prison Entrepreneurship Program shows some success in turning drug dealers and other convicts into legit businessmen.
The Salt Mine Solution
In the Salado salt formation a half-mile below the New Mexico desert, WIPP has room to store all the radioactive waste an expanded nuclear power program could produce. Emphasis on the word could.
Tilting at Turbines
Many environmentalists oppose a "green" idea for tidal power in the U.K. So do British surfers.
Benefits of the Daddy Brain
New research shows that fatherhood can make you a better man. While men don't endure the pangs of childbirth, studies show they get some of the same cognitive and physical benefits from their own altered biochemistry, which occurs once the baby arrives.
Nonprofit-Funded, University-Based News
Can journalism schools oversee the public-interest news organizations of the future? Yes, with caveats.
Golf of Ages
We look at studies analyzing the longevity of pro golfers' careers, health benefits for amateur players, environmental impact of the greens as well as sexism on the links.