Nature & Technology News in Brief Previous Site Sections Could Climate Change be the Epitome of Partisanship? Why the environment has been so conspicuously absent from this year's debates Michael Todd
Social Justice Some Context for the CNN Controversy on Women, Hormones and Voting CNN, which has suffered more than its share of missteps of late, has been widely ridiculed this week… Tom Jacobs
Economics A Calmer Voice in the Mourdock Controversy In this day, always important to have a calm voice when dealing with headline-grabbing stories that take on… Maria Streshinsky
Economics An Emmy for ‘Where Soldiers Come From’ Last November, we alerted you to keep an eye out for “Where Soldiers Come From,” a superb documentary… Tom Jacobs
Economics Rocking the Subcontinent Zither what? Metallica meets Mumbai. From “Bombay Death City,” writer Michael Edison Hayden’s dissection of the unlikely world… Marc Herman
Education The Smart Money Getting Smarter Venture capitalists have plunked $15 million into Udacity, the free online university that Kevin Charles Redmon told us… Michael Todd
Economics Junkies Get a Break in France Life may soon get a little easier for French intravenous drug users, AFP reports: France’s Socialist government plans… Vince Beiser
Economics Scandinavians to Experiment with Internet Meme-Based Political System Via Singularity Hub: 49,999 signatures to go. The ever-experimental and entertaining Finns are about to consider the first… Marc Herman
Economics Numbers Point to a Tigers World Series Victory Mathematician Bruce Bukiet has good news and bad news for San Francisco Giants fans. The bad news: The… Tom Jacobs
Economics Virginia is for Lovers – of Machine Guns Note to both presidential candidates as they pursue votes in the swing state of Virginia: don’t overlook the… Vince Beiser