Oscar-nominated director: Human nature is miserable
Agnieszka Holland, director of the Holocaust drama "In Darkness," says you can't ever expect people to do right
Thursday, Jan 26, 2012 4:30 PM UTCEntertainment Movies, Academy Awards
Arthur Allen
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Death by sneezing
As the U.S. hunts for germ weapons in Iraq, world health officials scramble to stop a fatal mystery disease that spreads like the common cold.
Wednesday, Apr 2, 2003 8:31 PM UTCNews
Buffalo soldiers
When bison wander from Yellowstone National Park, they fall prey to Montana gunmen -- unless they're rescued by a motley band of eco-warriors.
Thursday, Mar 28, 2002 8:52 PM UTCEntertainment
Back to nature
The bioethics czar's new right-hand man is passionately opposed to abortion, public schools, federal taxes and Democrats.
Friday, Nov 30, 2001 7:57 PM UTCLife Abortion, Stem cells
The scramble for the smallpox vaccine
Barely 25 years after a public health crusade eradicated the disease, scientists are gearing up to defeat it again. But should everyone get vaccinated?
Monday, Nov 12, 2001 10:58 PM UTCNews
Who should get the anthrax vaccine?
A federal panel debates making the controversial drug, now restricted to the military, available more widely.
Saturday, Nov 3, 2001 12:06 AM UTCNews
In Cipro we trust?
A pre-Gulf War study showed that a combination treatment of antibiotics and vaccination is the best way to fight anthrax. So why is the government relying on one drug?
Friday, Oct 26, 2001 3:56 PM UTCNews Terrorism
Postal precautions
After two post office employees die from anthrax, Cipro is handed out to more than 2,000 D.C. mail workers.
Wednesday, Oct 24, 2001 8:00 AM UTCNews
Anthrax attack — or panic attack?
As suspected bioterror incidents are reported from Oregon to New York, medical experts fear the nation is on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
Saturday, Oct 13, 2001 7:30 PM UTCEntertainment
Size doesn’t matter
As scientists unveil the human genome findings, it turns out we have a lot fewer genes than we'd thought, and not many more than a fruit fly.
Tuesday, Feb 13, 2001 5:27 PM UTCNews Science
Will Thompson, Bush clash over human embryo research?
The HHS nominee supports it, but right-to-lifers want it stopped.
Friday, Dec 29, 2000 11:25 PM UTCPolitics Abortion, Science
Warming to malaria
With fears mounting that global climate change may cause the dreaded disease to spread, scientists turn their attention to vaccine research.
Friday, Dec 15, 2000 8:00 PM UTCLife
A cure worse than the disease?
Fearing sickness and debilitation, startling numbers of American troops are refusing to take mandatory anthrax vaccinations.
Friday, Oct 27, 2000 7:30 PM UTCLife
Gore or Bush? Who cares? Not environmentalists
After eight dispiriting years of Clinton-Gore, frustrated green groups are targeting corporations instead.
Monday, Oct 23, 2000 7:30 PM UTCLife Environment, Global Warming
Drug war politics
The presidential candidates have not widely touted their plans to deal with drug abuse. Is it because of their own suspect histories?
Thursday, Oct 12, 2000 7:00 AM UTCLife George W. Bush, Al Gore
The drug war’s Tweedledee
Does National Institute on Drug Abuse chief Alan Leshner push propaganda over science in his close coordination with drug czar Barry McCaffrey?
Tuesday, Oct 10, 2000 7:00 PM UTCLife
Bioethics comes of age
A lawsuit blaming the nation's most prominent bioethicist for the death of an 18-year-old prompts a reexamination of the field.
Thursday, Sep 28, 2000 7:00 PM UTCLife
The battle over bio-terror
A recent report urges America to pour $13 billion into preventing disease-based warfare, but evidence suggests that our fears are misplaced.
Tuesday, Sep 12, 2000 7:00 PM UTCLife Bill Clinton
Portrait of a drug czar
Gen. Barry McCaffrey drives his government office like a lockstep battalion, but some contend his ruthless schedule and egomaniacal ways are only hurting his effort to bring sanity to America's drug policy.
Wednesday, Aug 30, 2000 9:04 AM UTCLife Latin America
Handicapped
Why are we hearing about a successful hand transplant two years after the fact? Maybe because the field's first poster child turned out to be a criminal who couldn't afford his meds.
Thursday, Aug 24, 2000 7:00 PM UTCLife
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