* A USDA hotline is blowing up with complaints from government scientists about censorship of science, begging the question: Who does the USDA work for?…

Listening to someone complain, even if it’s yourself, has never done anyone any good. Some people say that it may act as a catharsis, a…

A few weeks after The New York Times released a controversial video of a Success Academy Charter School teacher lashing out at a student, New York City’s deep-pocketed charter school advocates are looking…

With General John Campbell’s tour of duty in Afghanistan finished, a new commander has taken over.  Admittedly, things did not go well during Campbell’s year…

"Completely and Utterly Fail in an Earthquake" The Fukushima story you didn't hear on CNN On the Fifth Anniversary of the meltdown, the con continues I've…

Consumption of broccoli has increased in the United States over the last few decades as scientists have reported that eating the vegetable three to five…

“Sustainable development” is a claim to virtue. The word “development” used in this sense is a lie. The word “develop” means “to grow,” “to progress,”…

Earlier today Phil and I wrote about a new survey of Israeli attitudes by the Pew Research Center. The poll response that is generating the most attention…

Regardless of the outcome of the American presidential primaries, or even the result of the general elections next November, a frightening phenomenon is under way.…

The other night on John Oliver’s HBO program, I saw a funny montage of President Obama repeatedly stating his intention to close Guantanamo. In the…

Collective motion can be observed in biological systems over a wide range of length scales, from large animals to bacteria because collective systems always work…

This winter was the warmest on the record for the continental U.S., new data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows, as average temperatures climbed nearly 5 F…