China is considering allowing genetically modified foods to be grown and sold. If they approve them, GM foods will most likely be here to stay, no matter how much the rest of the world may object.
If you looked at the rates of crime, welfare dependency, and drug use in the 1990s, things in America looked pretty bleak. Then, unexpectedly, the trends started moving in a positive direction. What happened?
A number of observers are looking askance at the aggressive maneuvers of corporate Russia, fueled by oil and gas revenues, steered by a semi-authoritarian government with global ambitions, and equipped with a foreign-policy instrument called Gazprom.
Nothing epitomizes the modern American office economy like the flimsy, fabric-covered partitions that enclose millions of employees throughout their working lives. Odd to think that cubicles were envisioned as a way to create flexible, open offices intended to promote communication among coworkers, flatten office hierarchies, and foster individuality.
Looking at the recent rash of official "apologies" from the Catholic Church, governments, and others for past transgressions, a humanities professor notes how history depresses, saddens, chastens, tempers, and rigorously instructs us. It’s an essential process, he says. But “no more apologies.”
Johann Sebastian Bach may be one of our most revered musical geniuses, but he is also one of the least known.
Plowing up undisturbed lands to plant biofuel crops could release far more carbon dioxide than simply burning fossil fuels.
Being smart seems to help when it comes to amassing wealth, but brains don't necessarily shield people from financial disaster.
The beleaguered newspaper industry has looked to the Web for salvation, but even though online revenue has doubled in the past four years, it can't support the huge costs of old media.
Are older people more conservative? Doesn't seem so. Americans over 60 are as likely as those under 40 to hold different views on hot-button social issues.