Why Obama Shouldn't Worry About His Lousy Poll Numbers
Five reasons why President Obama's numbers might not be as troublesome as they sound.
Five reasons why President Obama's numbers might not be as troublesome as they sound.
"There is something in Indian classical music," says Prassana Malaviya, a research scientist and choir member. "When you're really into it and you're really singing it, you feel 5,000 years of history gushing through you. And that is an unbelievable, incredible experience."
In the essay "The Myth of Sisyphus," philosopher Albert Camus — who would have turned 100 on Thursday — explored the nature of boring work. There's new psychological research into why people end up in boring jobs.
Has new tracking technology put us on a slippery slope toward microchipping our own children? Commentator Barbara J. King worries that it has and asks if this practice is healthy for kids and parents alike.
The term "hoodlums" was first widely used in the 1870s in San Francisco, where gangs of young men would commit acts of violence and mischief, often targeting Chinese immigrants.
A likely change in obscure rules governing the Affordable Care Act could save unions a bundle. A fee that starts at $63 for each person covered by union insurance in 2014 would be waived if the administration proceeds as expected.
For months, I got dozens of calls. Many of the callers has strong foreign accents. One caller, who said his name was Kevin, told me that [the name I made up] had been approved for a loan of up to $5,000 - 10 times what I initially asked for.
The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Wednesday in a case questioning the use of prayer at government meetings. But first, the marshal will ask "God" to "save the United States and this honorable court."
This case is proving a tough nut to crack: Thieves have been making off with shipments of walnuts and almonds in California's Central Valley. The latest heist is valued at $400,000.
The torch will accompany astronauts on a spacewalk before returning to Earth this weekend.
Female farm workers are starting to speak up about the hidden price some pay to keep their jobs in the fields: enduring sexual harassment, sexual assault and rape. It can be emotionally difficult for any rape victim to press criminal charges, but for female farm workers, there are other obstacles.
The advent of 3-D printing brought on a number of innovations worthy of news coverage. Printers have created prosthetic hands, action figures, food, even blood vessels, simply by depositing layer after layer of different kinds of ink. Now a handful of engineers around the world are trying to push the boundaries one step further — by printing objects that can build themselves.
The hunt for dark matter started in the 1930s and shows no signs of ending any time soon. But commentator and physicist Marcelo Gleiser says our inability to pin down this key component to reality only makes it more alluring.
Craft brewers around the country are making beers with foraged seeds, roots, fruits and fungi from their backyards and backwoods. It's a challenge to the placelessness of mainstream brewers, who mostly use the same ingredients grown in the same places - barley from the Great Plains and hops from the Pacific Northwest.
A triple stabbing at a Chinese hospital is the latest in a string of attacks against doctors by disgruntled patients in China. Policies intended to improve and expand health care have led to overcrowded facilities, overwhelmed doctors and corruption.
Parents of new babies know they get sick a lot. That may be because infants deliberately suppress their immune systems so that essential microbes have a chance to settle in. An immune suppression system in the blood of newborn babies could be key to building a healthy microbiome.
Called the "Eighth Wonder of the World," the Astrodome was the first fully air-conditioned, enclosed and domed stadium. But it hasn't been used for years. Voters rejected a referendum that would have raised money to turn it into a convention center. Now, lawmakers are expected to say the dome should come down.
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