Science’s Amateur Hour
Crowdsourcing has started to affect the course of research, for better or worse
Prisoner-Turned-Chef Takes on Italian State Over Unpaid Wages
Italy, one of the most indebted countries in Europe, has ignored a court order to pay wages owed to a prison chef
What the Puck? Another Hollow Spring for the Toronto Maple Leafs
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford? A minor embarrassment. The Maple Leafs’ extended era of ineptness, however, is a font of civic shame.
Understanding the Epidemic of Farmer Suicide
Suicide is especially complicated for farmers, whose business and personal lives are so intertwined
Today in Tabs: The Tabliest Decade
A thirteen-year-old Mongolian girl who hunts with golden eagles, San Francisco's housing problems and interviewing billionaires
The Movie Transcendence Takes On Consciousness and the Singularity
The characters in Transcendence are way beyond crushing on their OS: They’re having their consciousness uploaded onto the Internet
Princeton Review Founder Blasts the SAT: ‘These Tests Measure Nothing of Value’
“I taught America to beat the SAT,” John Katzman writes. “That’s how I know it’s useless.”
Pro-Russia Separatists Take Armored Vehicles, Humiliating Kiev Forces
Government troops drove seven armored personnel carriers flying the Ukrainian flag into the town of Kramatorsk after securing control of a nearby airfield from the rebels
Over 280 Missing After South Korean Ferry Capsizes
Search operations continued at night under flares in what could be South Korea's biggest maritime disaster in over two decades
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Conventional Wisdom Watch
Names in the news: Up, down and sideways
