What Major League Baseball Is Doing To Keep Bats Inside the Diamond
Experts say a seven-game World Series will see three-and-a-half broken bats.
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The Music Man
Steven Angel uses drumming to teach literacy. Across L.A., juvenile-detention centers, schools, and libraries have fallen in love with his program. But scientists say there’s no reason to believe it should work.
A Giant Leap Forward
Forced to go it alone into space, China has reaped the benefits of building an aerospace industry from the ground up. Now that the future of America's program looks most uncertain, China may be poised to slingshot ahead.
The Wars That Really Ended All Wars
What happens when a premodern society swaps axes for semiautomatic weapons?
Performance Anxiety? Take a Deep Breath
Australian researchers report deep breathing—with or without the help of biofeedback equipment—reduces musicians’ performance anxiety.
Free Your Mind: Experience Awe, Have More Time
If it feels like the day isn't long enough to do everything you'd like, research suggests adding a dash of wonder to stretch out the moment.
Drowning in Good Intentions
Heroism is a virtue, but how do we keep water rescuers from becoming victims themselves?
Veiled Doubts: New Data on Reasons to Say ‘I Don’t’
Doubts before “I do” can predict unhappy marriages and even divorce, but many brides walk down the aisle anyway.
The Speech Obama Should Give about ‘Innocence of Muslims’
A professor of the politics and culture of the Middle East argues that the current violent furor linked to a blasphemous YouTube clip offers a unique chance to deliver a telling message about freedom of speech.
Gangster Anthropologist
Jorja Leap / Youth violence researcher / University of California, Los Angeles