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Breakthrough study: Vitamin B3 may prevent miscarriages and birth defects
Could salmon be the simple solution to pregnancy woes?
08/10/2017 16:09 UTC
NYC's high school wars: Helicopter parenting hits a new peak
"School choice" in New York has birthed a bizarre system that rewards parental madness and reinforces inequality
12/09/2017 17:00 UTC
NKorean TV Shows Young Kim Threatening War In 2009
01/08/2012 16:45 UTC
NKorean TV Shows Young Kim Threatening War In 2009
01/08/2012 16:45 UTC
You are what you type
Why do people love taking personality tests online?
04/23/1998 23:00 UTC
New AIDS optimism
There is new hope that the spread of the AIDS virus could be dramatically stemmed
07/09/2012 12:19 UTC
"I am not a puzzle, I am a person"
People with autism don't need to be "cured," argues the burgeoning "autism culture" movement. Not all parents or medical experts agree.
04/27/2009 14:18 UTC
One mean Renaissance man
As Machiavelli becomes the poster prince for a new kind of power-hungry self-help genre, scholars are using the 16th century political philosopher as a litmus test for human behavior.
09/13/1999 20:00 UTC
The rise of the flexitarian: Is a social omnivore diet the way of the future?
For those who are unable to entirely give up animal products, why not give up at least a fraction?
03/06/2023 20:30 UTC
Universities think I'm disposable, but my non-tenured status makes me a better teacher
As an adjunct, I'm in the institution but not of it, an often-invisible loose end; I wouldn't have it any other way
04/03/2016 03:29 UTC
Why the CDC warns antibiotic-resistant fungal infections are an urgent health threat
Fungi are now on the CDC's list of public health threats as the number of deadly infections they cause rise
11/24/2019 02:00 UTC
The first big voter fraud case of 2016 was by a Donald Trump supporter
An Iowa woman voted twice because, as she put it, "the polls are rigged." She's a very very big Trump supporter
10/31/2016 15:25 UTC
Donald Trump blames the bombing victims: That didn't take long
Whatever rote condemnations Trump offers, it was inevitable that he'd use the bombs as an intimidation tactic
10/25/2018 17:30 UTC
One weird small-town political drama shows why America needs voting reform
The mayor of Fall River, Massachusetts, was recalled and then re-elected — on the same day. That shouldn't happen
03/18/2019 10:00 UTC
Truly random drug testing: ADHD patients face uneven urine screens and, sometimes, stigma
Some adults who take medication for ADHD are required to have their urine tested for drugs
04/11/2023 15:15 UTC