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Monday, Aug 17, 2009 03:15 PDT

Should we forgive Michael Vick?

Science says we'll be healthier if we do, but some argue there's room in a healthy life for a good grudge
By Dana Scarton
Thursday, Aug 13, 2009 03:18 PDT

Cogito ergo sum, baby

Toddlers have amazing philosophical minds that work like computers and can teach us a world about ourselves
By Robert Burton
Thursday, Aug 13, 2009 03:13 PDT

What's really in your shampoo

Sure, a couple ingredients clean your hair. But the rest are a veritable toxic dump on your head
By Bill Bunn
Wednesday, Aug 12, 2009 10:13 PDT

"Death panel doc" is all about life

Right-wing boogeyman Ezekiel Emanuel is a persuasive advocate for humane reform. Doctors like me need his wisdom
By Rahul K. Parikh, M.D.
Friday, Aug 7, 2009 03:16 PDT

Dolphins are dying to amuse us

SeaWorld and aquariums, implicated in the shocking new documentary about dolphin slaughter, "The Cove," strike back
By Katharine Mieszkowski
Thursday, Jul 30, 2009 03:30 PDT

The Huffington Post is crazy about your health

Why bogus treatments and crackpot medical theories dominate "The Internet Newspaper"
By Rahul K. Parikh, M.D.
Monday, Jul 27, 2009 03:23 PDT

Sushi to die for

Will bluefin tuna survive our insatiable appetite for status and taste?
By Katharine Mieszkowski
Monday, Jul 20, 2009 03:18 PDT

Goodnight, moon travel

It's time to save planet Earth. And our inspiration, once again, comes from JFK
By Joseph Romm
Tuesday, Jul 14, 2009 03:18 PDT

Will America's parks be his oyster?

Obama says politics will no longer cloud science. But his choice for national parks director is facing that charge
By Jacoba Charles
Tuesday, Jul 14, 2009 03:17 PDT

The FRAC Act under attack

Are Democrats going wobbly as energy companies resist curbs on the natural gas drilling practice known as fracking?
By Abrahm Lustgarten
Monday, Jul 13, 2009 03:20 PDT

Michael Jackson doctor went too far

The dermatologist who exposed the singer's medical history on "Larry King Live" committed a fundamental violation
By Rahul K. Parikh, M.D.
Monday, Jul 13, 2009 03:20 PDT

Why America is flunking science

Don't just blame poor education for our nation's scientific illiteracy -- but our politics and pop culture
By Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum
Saturday, Jul 11, 2009 05:10 PDT

I'm tired of just being a man

How I learned about my own animality (and "humanzees," Stalin and scary creationists) by living with a chimp
By Charles Siebert
Friday, Jul 10, 2009 03:17 PDT

Overheated by clean energy

As the debate over the Waxman-Markey climate bill rages on, Harvard's top environmental economist sheds some light Audio
By Katharine Mieszkowski
Tuesday, Jul 7, 2009 03:20 PDT

Life is out of whack

It may drive ecologists crazy to talk about a balance in nature. But it's more necessary than ever
By Jonathon Keats
Wednesday, Jul 1, 2009 03:31 PDT

Plundering the oceans

Overfishing continues at a shocking rate, as countries break one environmental promise after another
By Katharine Mieszkowski
Tuesday, Jun 30, 2009 03:30 PDT

Horses to the slaughter

U.S. horses are meeting gruesome ends abroad, while the debate rages on: Are horses 1,500 pounds of food or friend?
By Megan Wilde
Saturday, Jun 27, 2009 03:27 PDT

One brief shining moment for clean energy

Passage of the first climate bill in the House is a big first step to cut global warming. But it's not enough
By Joseph Romm
Wednesday, Jun 24, 2009 03:24 PDT

God, He's moody

In an interview with something to offend everyone, Robert Wright explains why religion has given us a fickle deity
By Steve Paulson
Thursday, Jun 18, 2009 03:20 PDT

Why we can't eat just one

We do it for the buzz. Like drug addicts. How do we stop the constant craving? Audio
By Katharine Mieszkowski
Tuesday, Jun 16, 2009 03:20 PDT

Auto safety for dummies

Critics who whine Obama is outlawing big cars for dangerous compacts are riding shotgun with empty barrels.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
Thursday, Jun 11, 2009 03:20 PDT

Big Pharma says your mysterious pain is real

A brain scan told them so. And now they can sell you a drug. But what is unreal pain?
By Robert Burton
Monday, Jun 1, 2009 03:30 PDT

The seldom-seen devastation of climate change

A NASA climatologist explains why global warming is more than starving polar bears, and skeptics are simplistic.
By Peter Dizikes
Saturday, May 30, 2009 03:30 PDT

Deadly heat

A controversial report from Kofi Annan's group says global warming is killing hundreds of thousands a year.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
Friday, May 22, 2009 03:41 PDT

Don't judge the chemo kid

Those who have been through the living hell of cancer treatment understand the Hausers' decision to run away
By Rahul K. Parikh, M.D.

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