Aug 20th, 2008 · In his new book Why We Hate Us, Dick Meyer argues that for the most part Americans are dissatisfied with their own society. But he offers a solution: "a return to some traditions that predate the '60s."
Jun 9th, 2008 · James Bevel was one of the key strategists of the civil rights movement. But he was also a child predator, who exploited the trust of his family by molesting his daughter Aaralyn Mills. She shares her story, reflections about her father, and her experience as an abuse survivor.
Mar 27th, 2008 · Researchers have figured out a way to play back the earliest audio recording -- one that predates Thomas Edison's. A French inventor had an extremely innovative approach to capturing sound.
Mar 27th, 2008 · Thomas Edison wasn't the first person to record sound. A French man named Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville actually did it earlier. He recorded someone singing in 1860 and now a group of researchers have figured out how to play it. They are presenting it publicly for the first time on Friday at Stanford University.
Mar 26th, 2008 · A captivating English translation of Jiang Rong's award-winning novel chronicles a Beijing student's immersion with nomadic farmers of the Mongolian grasslands just before the Cultural Revolution. The story becomes a passionate eulogy to a ferocious and far-flung way life, and to the wolf, the foremost predator of the grasslands.
Feb 22nd, 2008 · The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced plans to take the gray wolf off the endangered species list. Hunters and ranchers once again will be allowed to kill the predators. Wolf advocates argue delisting puts that population at risk.
Feb 22nd, 2008 · Those long, spiky thorns on Fifth Avenue trees are no accident, says one biologist. He suspects they evolved millions of years ago to protect the honey locusts from a very large pre-Manhattan predator: mastodons.
Jan 4th, 2008 · The Canadian singer-songwriter's "self-determined pricing" strategy for selling her songs predates Radiohead's. But it's only one of the ways that Issa, once known as Jane Siberry, is adapting to the Internet era in music.