The Hour of London
As the best athletes in the world descend on London for this summer’s Olympic Games next week, they’ll…
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Jul/Aug 2012
18 posts
To Find America, Follow the Yellow Brick Road
New books, movies, and plays keep spilling out of the perennial wellspring of Oz. Each reveals a facet of that fabled land—and of the generation that produces the work.
Silence’s Loud Goodbye
Cries for turning down the volume on Earth grow louder, but can they be heard over the din of a noise-pollution epidemic?
Bring on the Noise
BEFORE BEATS BY DR. DRE, before the iPod’s earbuds, before even the Sony Walkman’s headphones, there was Thaddeus…
Researchers & Discoveries: An Eye for Medicine
University of Washington bionanotechnologist Babak Parviz on medical technology that can live on a contact lens
Mammograms: The Year of Living Dangerously?
Three years ago, a health task force sparked a heated debate when it recommended that women between 40 and 50 stop getting mammograms every year. Did timing, insurance, and emotion quash their findings?
Freeing Tangled Leviathans: The Whale Wrangler
The world’s largest animals get snarled in every kind of sea gear that has rope—mooring lines, gillnets, shrimp pots, anchors. Scott Landry figures out how to wrestle them free.
Have You Heard the One About the Guy with Prostate Cancer?
Should therapists be turning to football and jokes to reach a wider audience of men in need?
Aversion to Therapy: Why Won’t Men Get Help?
Research shows that men benefit from talk therapy just as much, if not more, than women. Yet most men still won't go.