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Something’s Fishy About That Red Snapper
Preventing seafood fraud won’t be easy, but a new law has potential to stop fish poaching and laundering, which involves mislabeling fish in restaurants.
The Greening of Angela Merkel
German Chancellor (and physicist) Angela Merkel did a 180 on nuclear energy after Fukushima, setting off an “energy revolution” in the process.
PTSD Affecting More U.S. Soldiers Than British
Why do so many American and so few British soldiers suffer from post-traumatic stress?
Start Slow With Bullet Trains
Will investing in speed and electrification create the “sparks effect” needed to convince Americans to ride high-speed rail?
‘Shooting Galleries’ Take Aim at Illicit Drug Market
The idea that governments can reduce both addiction and street crime — and maybe bleed black markets dry — by managing drug distribution has gained momentum.
Enlightenment Islam?
New Islamic theology courses offered at Goethe University in Frankfurt are an example of a new movement to train imams in Europe.
Don’t Panic. It’s Only the Internet.
International treaties aren’t the way to combat cyber sabotage.
Betting Against the Euro
Why euro-bashers could turn against the dollar, and how they might be stopped.
A Right to Home-School?
A U.S. immigration court creates a new persecuted group in Europe: Christian home-schoolers.
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Who Are You and What Did You Eat?
The voracious U.S. appetite for intel on casual tourists pushes the boundaries of privacy without necessarily keeping Americans safe.
Question Time for Denialism
The BBC finds the right way to counter Holocaust deniers: You have the public question them.
The Real Cost of Ransom
How can the U.S. and Europe keep ship owners from paying ransoms that make Somali pirates more dangerous?
Karl Marx and American Health Care
As the Germans and French have shown, a ‘public option’ for health insurance needn’t give government a socialistic monopoly.
Germany’s Fine Failure
Feed-in tariffs grow green power but may fall victim to energy politics, German-style.
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Gender Wage Gap Skewed By Survey Flaws
The wage gap between the sexes in America has been closing much faster than anyone realized, but that’s tempered by learning it’s been much wider than measurements had shown.
‘Orcas as Slaves’ Argument Sinks
An effort to identify five performing orcas as slaves failed in part, argues one scholar, because there’s no legal precedent establishing them as persons.
The Perceived Delicacy of the Female Conductor
New research finds listeners judge symphonic music differently when they’re told the conductor is a woman.
House 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.
Better Super Bowl Makes for Better Ads
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.
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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?
