Dead But Not Gone
To paraphrase Stalin, one dead body is a fact; a million dead bodies are a point of contention.
Browsing Tag
July-August 2010
21 posts
‘Courts and Kids’ Argues for Equal School Funding
State courts should stand firm on equal school funding and make sure legislators and governors show kids the money, a law scholar writes.
UCLA’s New School of Thought
A collaboration between UCLA and the Los Angeles school district aims for the kind of bilingual excellence that's common in Europe.
Can Busing Desegregate Schools Legally?
Perhaps. A Minneapolis experiment offers voluntary busing of minority schoolchildren as a way to deal with segregated schools.
List of Neglected Tropical Diseases
Almost everyone in the world's "bottom billion" has at least one of a dozen or so tropical diseases that mostly ignored by Western medicine and pharmaceutical companies.
The AIDS Funding Dilemma
In the "AIDS exceptionalism" debate, emotions run high, and the options are difficult: Shift some AIDS funding to other care, or find billions in new support.
Skateboarders Try Riskier Tricks for Women
Researchers find that skateboarders will take more risks with their tricks and boast higher testosterone levels when women are present.
Studies That Stretch to Infinity, and Beyond
As Pixar launches "Toy Story 3," we look at research the innovative animation studio has inspired.
Counterinsurgency Training by ‘Virtual Human’
Using artificial intelligence and the graphics techniques behind "Avatar," a USC institute creates “virtual humans” and interactive immersions that train American soldiers to win hearts and minds in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Value of Dead Bird Watching
University of Washington researcher Julia Parrish founded COASST, a nonprofit that allows hundreds of citizens to serve science by cataloging dead birds on West Coast beaches.