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This column originally appeared on the blog Dissenting Justice . President Obama correctly stated that people should not "rush to judgment" regarding the motivation of Nidal Hassan -- the individual who killed 13 people at the Fort Hood military base.

Researchers have built an artificial intelligence -based wearable computer with digital eyes that could help future robots or astronauts "see' and discover signs of life in the desert-like conditions found on Mars or the Moon.

Is eating a hamburger the global warming equivalent of driving a Hummer? This week an article in The Times of London carried a headline that blared: "Give Up Meat to Save the Planet." Former Vice President Al Gore, who has made climate change his signature issue, has even been assailed for omnivorous eating by animal rights activists.

Neil Pendock: Writers of a book about bizarre connections would find inspiration in the SA wine industry Current Font Size: Economists are nothing if not resilient.

Howard Zinn Speaking in Chicago! Nov 7 @ 7 pm University of Chicago Mandel Hall 1131 E. 57th St., Chicago, IL Reserve your ticket www.nodeathpenalty.org Howard Zinn in a conversation with Dave Zirin The Power of the People Saturday, November 7th, 7pm University of Chicago Mandel Hall 1131 E. 57th St., Chicago, IL *reserve your ticket now, info ...

Nov. 6, 2009--Chicago-based Hyatt Hotels Corp. made a strong showing Thursday in its trading debut.

Nov. 6 -- Steven Davis, a professor at the University of Chicago, talks with Bloomberg's Margaret Brennan about the impact government programs may have on jobs growth and economic sentiment.

Todaya s senior citizens are proving that you can enjoy sex well into your 80s. During a survey, published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine, conducted by the University of Chicago, men and women ranging in the ages of 57 to 85 were asked questions regarding their sexual activity over the past year.

SEVERAL MONTHS ago, I heard Republican candidate for Gov. Tom Campbell give a presentation in Berkeley.

The University of Illinois is honoring Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh with its annual Illinois Prize Lifetime Achievement in Journalism.

Anyone who has taken an anthropology course has probably heard of Claude Levi-Strauss, who died recently at age 100.

Tel: +1 773 702 1537; Fax: +1 773 834 7698; E-mail: hdew@uchicago.edu Received 1 June 2009; Revised 19 August 2009; Accepted 15 September 2009; Published online 4 November 2009.

Francisco Ayala, a novelist, sociologist and one of Spain's leading scholars, died Tuesday at age 103 after outliving the dictatorship that led him to flee into exile.

Imagine waking up after surgery to find out you have lost your sighta 'permanently. Although rare, postoperative visual loss is a well-recognized complication of anesthesia and surgery that is more common after certain types of procedures and in some groups of patients, according to a study in the November issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia , official ...

Having lived in Chicago for several years, I have yet exhausted the possibilities of the "city of big shoulders." With it's neoclassical architecture, many sections of Chicago look incredibly beautiful and it's a great place to experience many things for free.

Better than David Gregory with Tim Geithner: Berkowitz w/former Reagan adviser Art Laffer and FNC's Steve Moore; Cable and Streaming Art Laffer [former Reagan economics adviser]: We all want to see the poor do well.

Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced the presentation of new data from fidaxomicin's North American phase 3 study at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America in Philadelphia, PA.

In this age of raucous and rabid partisan polarization, it's easy to picture two forces, one on the far right and the other verging on communism, poised to battle each other to the death.

Share + Oct 31, 2009 3:26 pm US/Central A 3-month-old Stony Island Park neighborhood girl found unresponsive at her South Side home Friday afternoon was murdered.

Biographical details on the candidates for New Jersey governor: Democrat Jon Stevens Corzine AGE _ 62; born Jan.