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Jul. 3rd, 2014 11:10 amIsrael Boosts Gaza Forces as Killings Heighten Escalation Threat
Extremist Group (ISIS) Takes Syrian Towns, Key Oil Field
Protesters block immigrants from entering federal processing station
The World Health Organization launched an ambitious plan for rich countries to sharply reduce tuberculosis infections and serve as a model for harder-hit countries of Africa and Asia, where the disease still thrives.
Ebola virus: Can nations stop deadliest ever outbreak from spreading? Also here.
Fourteen prominent faith leaders — including some of President Obama’s closest advisers — want the White House to create a religious exemption from his planned executive order banning federal contractors from discriminating against gays and lesbians in hiring.
U.S. job growth surges, unemployment rate near six-year low
The crucial FDA nutrition label battle you probably don’t know about, but should
More than 130 children have been kidnapped by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), inside Syria’s town of Manbij. The children have been missing for a month, yet their kidnapping has gone largely unnoticed.
Thin filaments of fungi form a dense network between the roots of most of the world's food crops. Some researchers believe that working with such microbes rather than against them, as has often been the case in conventional agriculture, will help the world grow more food with less environmental impact.
Japan lifts some North Korea sanctions amid report of surviving abductees
China Bans Ramadan: Uighur Muslims Punished For Fasting In Holy Month
"Cool kids", according to a new study, are those early teens (aged 13 to 15) who want to be popular, and try to impress their peers by acting older than their years. They have precocious romantic relationships, commit relatively minor acts of bad behaviour (such as sneaking into the cinema without paying), and surround themselves with good-looking friends. These teenagers attract respect from their peers at first, but what's the story by the time they reach early adulthood?
Does the Theory of Evolution really matter?
There is a myth people who aren’t autistic just automatically know social rules, and that it’s only autistic people who need to put serious effort into learning them.
It’s not true. Neurotypical people have to learn all kinds of things on purpose
The Secret World of Fore-Edge Book Paintings
The Lost Beauty of Book Endpapers
The GOP's Religious Liberty Sham Is About to Blow Up Their Immigration Reform Excuse
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Was Right, and We Already Have Proof
Extremist Group (ISIS) Takes Syrian Towns, Key Oil Field
Protesters block immigrants from entering federal processing station
The World Health Organization launched an ambitious plan for rich countries to sharply reduce tuberculosis infections and serve as a model for harder-hit countries of Africa and Asia, where the disease still thrives.
Ebola virus: Can nations stop deadliest ever outbreak from spreading? Also here.
Fourteen prominent faith leaders — including some of President Obama’s closest advisers — want the White House to create a religious exemption from his planned executive order banning federal contractors from discriminating against gays and lesbians in hiring.
U.S. job growth surges, unemployment rate near six-year low
The crucial FDA nutrition label battle you probably don’t know about, but should
More than 130 children have been kidnapped by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), inside Syria’s town of Manbij. The children have been missing for a month, yet their kidnapping has gone largely unnoticed.
Thin filaments of fungi form a dense network between the roots of most of the world's food crops. Some researchers believe that working with such microbes rather than against them, as has often been the case in conventional agriculture, will help the world grow more food with less environmental impact.
Japan lifts some North Korea sanctions amid report of surviving abductees
China Bans Ramadan: Uighur Muslims Punished For Fasting In Holy Month
"Cool kids", according to a new study, are those early teens (aged 13 to 15) who want to be popular, and try to impress their peers by acting older than their years. They have precocious romantic relationships, commit relatively minor acts of bad behaviour (such as sneaking into the cinema without paying), and surround themselves with good-looking friends. These teenagers attract respect from their peers at first, but what's the story by the time they reach early adulthood?
Does the Theory of Evolution really matter?
There is a myth people who aren’t autistic just automatically know social rules, and that it’s only autistic people who need to put serious effort into learning them.
It’s not true. Neurotypical people have to learn all kinds of things on purpose
The Secret World of Fore-Edge Book Paintings
The Lost Beauty of Book Endpapers
The GOP's Religious Liberty Sham Is About to Blow Up Their Immigration Reform Excuse
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Was Right, and We Already Have Proof
