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Paul B. Farrell: New China billionaires' Happy Meditation Guide
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Filmmakers would focus on LGBT rights
Named by Filmmaker Magazine as two of the 25 New Faces of Independent Film, Katherine Fairfax Wright and Malika Zouhali-Worrall are the directors of "Call Me Kuchu," a documentary currently in theaters that addresses the struggle of homosexuals in Uganda under a government that is threatening to make homosexuality punishable by death.
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Smog reported to increase autism risk
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Morning Read: 'Addiction Runs Deep'
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VHS seniors party toward graduation
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21 hrs ago | Science Daily
Researchers demonstrate use of stem cells to analyze causes, treatment of diabetes
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Obesity Associated with Hearing Loss in Adolescents
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Caps On Soda Size Don't Discriminate Against Poor People, Just Fat Ones
I'm the founder of Science 2.0 and co-author of "Science Left Behind". A wise man once said Darwin had the greatest idea anyone... Almost no one outside New York City government and health advocates engaged in social experimentation thought a ban on some drink sizes for New York City made any sense or would actually do any good.
Cosmic Cartography: Here Is Your (Local) Universe
Caleb Scharf is the director of Columbia University's multidisciplinary Astrobiology Center.
XQs I: A Conversation with Teena Purohit
The inaugural issue of a regular series on CM, XQs , is a conversation with the author of new and exciting works in South Asian Studies.
Move Over, Groupon! New Sites for Deals Target Kids, Couples
Email boxes are flooded with deals for food, shopping and travel, but two new sites want to remove the clutter and boredom to provide kids and couples with ideas for fun activities.
Standardized admission testing reshaped elite
On June 17, 1901, 973 students sat down for the first standardized college entrance examination administered in the United States; the students took the exams all week.
Keeping it personal in Defiance
Or you might know he's approaching by the greetings from students, many of whom call him by one of his nicknames: Prez or PG.
We hope the entertainer will have the strength to stand up to all the flak she is getting after her decision of integrity.