The New Trans-Atlantic SWIFT Agreement
Will it give European intelligence agencies access to U.S. banking records?
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Watchdog 2.0
The emergence of a video showing pedestrians mowed down in Baghdad by U.S. gunships illustrates how traditional media's watchdog role is being usurped.
Are Parents Too Involved With Their Children?
While being involved in your children’s lives and studies is intuitively (and statistically) smart, some techniques are better than others.
Professor Predicts Baseball’s Best Teams for 2010
The Yankees look to be the dominant team in baseball for 2010, according to a New Jersey Institute of Technology mathematician (and Mets fan).
Wood and Civilization
Wood, as fuel and building material, is the unsung hero of the technological developments that brought humanity from a bone-and-stone culture to the Industrial Revolution.
Medicine Means Sometimes Having to Say You Are Sorry
As medical malpractice sticks in the craw of the American health reform debate, draining some of the denial out of the process picks up steam.
The Salty Taste of Energy Independence
Innovation, and not just drilling the same well deeper, could make energy in America as common, as, well, salt.
There’s No Brewsky in the Food Pyramid
This just in: Drinkers more likely to pair potato chips than apple slices with beer.
Maine Passes Landmark Product Stewardship Law
Bipartisan effort promotes manufacturer 'take-backs' of discarded goods
Extreme School Makeovers
The 1 in 20 truly wretched schools in America need interventions, but the 'turnaround' effort has yet to prove itself the answer.