When Healthcare Is About ‘Parts and Money’
March 21, 2017
Abraham M. Nussbaum— As you become a physician, you feel as if you are learning to see people as a compendium of parts and a source of income: parts and… READ MORE
Category: Science
Should You Go to a Sleep Clinic?
March 17, 2017
Meir Kryger— Many millions of people throughout the world have sleeping problems. In America alone, an estimated 80 million have had problems with their sleep. The percentage of people in… READ MORE
Groundwater: Overpumped, Undervalued, and Essential to Water and Food Security
February 23, 2017
William M. Alley and Rosemarie Alley— Groundwater is the source of drinking water for about half the world’s people, as well as the dominant source of household water in rural… READ MORE
Silent Assassins: How Owls Adapted to Nocturnal Hunting
February 20, 2017
Mike Unwin— You needn’t be a birder to recognize an owl. The round face and large, forward-facing eyes immediately distinguish it from any other bird. And it is arguably this… READ MORE
Stage Fright, Shyness, and Speaking to the Crowd
February 17, 2017
Joe Moran— I have been shy for as long as I can remember. For half of my life it just seemed an inconvenience, something to live with rather than be… READ MORE
Why Israel’s Population Matters
January 5, 2017
Alon Tal— Some fifty years ago, environmentalists began to speak out about the grave environmental impacts of an exponentially growing population. These concerns resonated with large elements of the public,… READ MORE
Finding Solace in the Cosmos
December 23, 2016
David Bercovici— I was born in 1960, and by the time I decided I wanted to be a scientist at the young age of 12, the Vietnam War had been… READ MORE
Vera Rubin and the Discovery of Dark Matter
December 20, 2016
James Owen Weatherall— When Vera Rubin was first invited to use the telescope at the Palomar Observatory, in the mountains outside San Diego, the form she was asked to fill… READ MORE
Politics in the Age of Social Media
December 14, 2016
Emily Weinstein & Howard Gardner— While there was never a “golden age” of politics, journalism, or democracy, social media has permanently disrupted assumptions that were widely shared for much of… READ MORE
Surprises Springing from Trees
December 13, 2016
Fiona Stafford— At a secret location somewhere in the White Mountains of California is the world’s oldest individual tree. This ancient Great Basin bristlecone pine (pinus longaeva) has been growing… READ MORE
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