Vol. 147 No. 2880, September 2018
Index
- Choosing the Best College Cities in the U.S.
- ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS STRESSED OUT.
- IS RELIGION A STEM DETERRENT IN MINORITIES?
- MY HORMONES MADE ME DO IT.
- PART-TIME STUDENTS' ACHIEVEMENT GAP WOES.
- AIR TRAVEL DELAYS ON THE RISE.
- HOW TO STAY COOL IN A BROILING EUROPE.
- WHY SO MANY AIRCRAFT CRASHES?
- Global Warming Dooming Conifers.
- PERMEABLE PAVEMENT TO ABATE FLOODING?
- STRUGGLE FOR FOOD WORSE THAN THOUGHT.
- Immigration Vital To U.S. Economy.
- PATIENTS WELCOME CLINICAL TRIALS.
- PUNISHING SMOKERS DOESN'T HELP THEM QUIT.
- TIME'S TICKING: GET YOUR POOL READY FOR WINTER.
- DOES DIVERSITY REALLY UNITE US? '... How does diversity strengthen us? Is it a force for unity and cohesiveness, or is it a source of division and contention? Does it promote the common good and the friendship that rests at the heart of citizenship, or does it promote racial and ethnic division and something resembling the tribalism that prevents most of the world from making constitutional government a success?'.
- Anti lmmigrant Policies Are Worsening the Health-Care Labor Shortage: "Because of the extraordinary expense of long-term care, families turn to immigrants in the 'gray economy/meaning immigrants here without papers.... Inquiring about the person's legal status [is not a] first priority".
- Health-Care Nonsense Goes On and On: "A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take everything you have".
- It Is Not Government's Job to Keep Us Healthy.
- Stranded in SwampCare: "... A huge part... of the health-care dollar is diverted to bureaucrats, compliance officers, administrators, CEOs, managed-care profits, middlemen such as pharmacy benefits managers, and other swamp dwellers who contribute nothing to the actual care of patients. Then a goodly share goes to lobbyists and congressmen to keep the racket going".
- Mission Impossible.
- HOUSES ARE "HIGH" IN PRICE: Houses--specifically single-family residences--in close proximately to legalized retail marijuana stores have increased in value by almost 10%.
- Let's Crow Our Own.
- Paying for Pot with Digital Currency.
- Toking on the Job.
- Addicted to Temptation.
- MISUNDERSTOOD MAGAZINES: "... The term 'high capacity' is used by legislatures to describe standard, common equipment rather than magazines that stretch a weapon's capacity beyond its intended design..... Magazine restrictions should be understood as restrictions on weapons themselves and thus should be taken as seriously and subject to as much scrutiny as restrictions directly on firearms".
- Calling Out NATO.
- A JOURNEY FROM ROCK BOTTOM TO REDEMPTION: Whistleblowers take care of people and society, but who takes care of them?
- When Ride-Shares Go Wrong: "As the popularity of ride-share companies continues to increase, so do criticisms about the safety of using them as an alternative to taxi and limousine services".
- GENOCIDE: Stories of Survivors and the Dead: "The Interahamwe clubbed Consolee, Angelique, Florence, Illuminee, and Jeanne, then threw them, still alive, into a nearby septic tank. They were screaming; they were calling us, 'says [their sister] Rosette... until she heard them no more".
- Justifying Genocide.
- ARE FISH FRIEND OR FOE? Fears of contaminants make many shy away from seafood--unnecessarily.
- Fish Farming Ready to Hit Its Stride: '... The world's oceans are rife with aq[upsilon]aculture 'hot spots' that provide enough space to produce 15,000,000,000 metric tons of finfish annually. That is more than 100 times the current global seafood consumption'.
- Plant-Branching Architectures.
- Ship Strikes Sink Whales: "Blue whales are the largest animal that has ever lived. They pump blood with a car-sized heart through arteries that are large enough for a diver to swim through. This is an animal whose future we want to protect".
- Dine with Your Own Kind: Mapping whale calls, researchers find the predators feed in species-specific hotspots.
- Injured Jellyfish on the Mend.
- WHAT A FISH TALE: "Megalodon was a real monster, the prehistoric cousin of our modern-day Great White shark, only it was 50 to 70 feet long and weighed close to 70,000 pounds.... Its head alone was probably as large as a pickup truck; its jaws could have engulfed and swallowed half-a-dozen grown men whole....".
- Serious About Superheroes.
- The Art of Rube Goldberg: '...The exhibition will chronicle all aspects of the artist's 72-year career, from his earliest published drawings and iconic inventions to his Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoons and beyond'.
- ROBOTS MUSCLE UP: "Not only can the artificial muscles move in many ways, they do so with impressive resilience. They can generate about six times more force per unit area than mammalian skeletal muscle can....".
- Thinking It Through.
- DNA-Based Robots.
- Education's Wrong Turn.
- ARMY ANTS' "Living" Bridges Span Collective Intelligence: "Finding out how sightless ants can achieve such feats certainly could change the way we think of self-configuring structures in nature--and those made by man".
- Mapping the Social Landscape.
- SHARE THE WEALTH: "Today, 10% of American possess 76% of the nation's wealth; the top one parcent owns 40%; and... the richest three Americans own 40%; and... the richest three Americans own more wealth than the bottom half of U.S. population combind".
- BRAINSTORMING GONE BAD: "In a world where innovation is an essential ingredient for business success, the ability to generate fresh, new thinking freely and consistently is crucial. Ideas are the lifeblood of business".
- SEEKING ANEW RULE BOOK: "Men... are both a product and keeper of this system that women are subjected to. Contrary to popular belief, however, men are not the problem in this dilemma".
- TANGLED UP IN IVY: Attending an Ivy League school comes with bragging rights and promising career choices--but what if you don't get in?
- TAKING THE TOUR.
- Don't Tell Me I Can't Do It!(MIND BODY)
- HERE'S AN IDEA... "While it is true that both the best and worst teachers seek maximum autonomy, it is incumbent upon their supervisors to know the difference between them".
- The Heat Is On: "How do we discuss the reality and causes of-as well as the solutions to--global warming?".
- LET THE MUSIC PLAY: 'There are mountains of research supporting the positive correlation between music education and success in school'.
- A Way to Double Your Hammock Pleasure.
- JAMBER: NOW THAT'S A REAL MUG OF COFFEE.
- PLUGGAGE MEANS SMART LUGGAGE FROM DELSEY.
- YARDMASTER IS THE ULTIMATE CHORE MASTER.
- Chug-a-Lug with Andrea's Truffles.
- CREATE ARTWORK LIKE THAT OF "DOHVINCI".
- FEED YOUR FACE LIKE NEVER BEFORE.
- THERE'S NOTHING QUITE LIKE FREEZER FOOD.
- Baseball Book Brings National Pastime to Life.
- IMMIGRANT FAMILY SEPARATION ON VIEW.
- 4D SPECIAL EFFECTS THEATER IS JUST THAT.
- I THINK OUR CARS ARE TURNING JAPANESE.
- Our National Parks Never Looked So Good.
- Plight of the Village People.