top story in March-April 2009
The Homemakers
Three innovators have created an approach that has greatly reduced — and just might end — homelessness.
State of the Investigative Art
Letters to the Editor: A guide to political funding across the country, courtesy of the National Institute on Money in State Politics.
Race Ball: Our National Pastime?
We look at studies analyzing Major League Baseball’s race relations, economics and pop-ups.
Meet the Real Islam
History professor and blogger Juan Cole succeeds at debunking American myths about the Muslim world. It’s the policy prescription that’s trite.
Making a Market for Kidneys
Using game theory and market-design software, doctors are arranging kidney-transplant ‘swaps’ — sometimes in long chains — to give more people with renal disease better transplant options and healthier futures.
The Bonfire of the Housing Vanity
If you’re looking for someone to blame for the subprime mortgage fiasco, don’t stop at George Bush. Go all the way back to Herbert Hoover.
Everyday Miracles
It’s not sexy enough to make a Grey’s Anatomy episode, but better primary health care would save a lot of money — and lives.
Downsizing CEO Paychecks
Amid severe economic gloom, some top executives take a pay cut, but it’s unclear how widely the salary correction will spread.
NAFTA and the Unmanning of North America
A trade case with Canada highlights the evidence linking everyday products to the feminization and outright disappearance of males from every species — including ours.
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Profit, Thy Name Is … Woman?
The consistent correlation between women executives and high profitability.
Simply Rwandan
A nonprofit group is working to create the new Rwanda, made by orphans.
Work Out Plan
Waiting for the Byrd to squawk, or how to tell if Congress and the White House are serious about fixing the economy.
The Ecologist and the Prisoners
Professor Nalini Nadkarni enlists a Washington state prison in sustainability research that has turned the prison green — and may help convicts turn their lives around.
Name That Tune. On Second Thought, Don’t.
A look at studies that highlight music’s affect on memory, the sturdiness of beer bottles and, of course, French rap.
The Key to Safe Driving?
It could be Key2SafeDriving, a new device that wirelessly links a cell phone and car key so your teenager can’t call or text while driving.
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business
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House Bill Puts Transportation in Partisan Crossfire
Transportation used to be one of the few guaranteed areas of agreement when ideology trumped pragmatism in D.C. But that’s no longer the case.
Pressure to Conform Can Inspire Creativity
New research suggests less-creative people do more innovative thinking when they are told individualism is the norm, and instructed to conform.
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A lot of people say they watch the Super Bowl mostly for the ads. But it turns out a good game surrounding those ads makes them seem better.
Overseas Troops Finally Get Fair Shot at Voting
After decades of obstacles hindering the voting process, new laws will allow overseas and military voters to submit their votes in time for the 2012 election.
Neglected Tropical Diseases Neglected No More?
World health leaders announce coordinated push to eradicate or control neglected tropical diseases.
Children’s Books Increasingly Ignore Natural World
A survey of award-winning children’s picture books from 1938 to 2008 suggests our increasing estrangement from the natural environment.
Traffic Solution: Make Drivers Less Lonely
Rather than moaning about too many cars on the road, the Ridesharing Institute says the real key to battling traffic congestion and pollution is filling empty passenger seats.
Numerology Doesn’t Know the Score
Various ways of assigning numbers to events, people, and actions is an ancient parlor game, but let’s not take it beyond that.
Conservatives’ Politics of Fear a Biological Response
Researchers looking at how we fixate on threats uncover more evidence of a biological component to the red-blue divide.
Morning People May Be More Creative in the Afternoon
New research finds problems that require a flash of illumination to solve are best approached during the time of day when you’re not at your peak.
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Slugging — The People’s Transit
In Washington, D.C., commuters have taken thousands of cars off highways via a homegrown rideshare system known as “slugging.” Can the government create more slugs — without stepping on any?
Bacteria ‘R’ Us
Emerging research shows that bacteria have powers to engineer the environment, to communicate and to affect human well-being. They may even think.
A New Take on Political Ideology
An evolutionary psychologist proposes a new framework for understanding the root causes of our political beliefs.
The Real Science Gap
It’s not insufficient schooling or a shortage of scientists. It’s a lack of job opportunities. Americans need the reasonable hope that spending their youth preparing to do science will provide a satisfactory career.
Triumph of the Cyborg Composer
David Cope’s software creates beautiful, original music. Why are people so angry about that?
