Daniel Day-Lewis won the 2012 Academy Award for his portrayal of Abraham Lincoln. Is Spielberg's historical drama a good way to learn about the 16th U.S. president?Touchstone PicturesHollywood loves history. At this year’s Academy Awards, three nominees for Best Picture (“Fences,” “Hacksaw Ridge” and “Hidden...
Recent reports suggest that terrorists can now create bombs so thin that they cannot be detected by the current X-ray screening that our carry-on bags undergo.
In an effort to protect against such threats, the U.S is considering banning laptops and other large electronic devices in the passenger cabins of airplanes flying between Europe and the...
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Do the rules of success apply equally to all women?Nick Lehr/The Conversation via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SABy and large, critics have taken Ivanka Trump at her word about her new book, “Women Who Work.”
She claims she wrote it before her father’s election, “from the perspective of an executive and an entrepreneur.”...
Trump and Lavrov in the Oval Office on May 10, 2017. (Russian Foreign Ministry via AP)Russian Foreign Ministry via APAccording to the Washington Post, President Donald Trump revealed highly classified information to the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and members of his delegation during a May 10 meeting in the Oval Office.
In a May 15...
People protest Comey's firing in Los Angeles on May 10, 2017. AP Photo/Reed SaxonWhy has President Trump failed to convince anyone other than his ardent supporters that he was justified in firing FBI Director James Comey? Even more, why did he fail to realize that the firing would call up strong objections, not only from Democrats, but from many...
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Beach closed to protect threatened bird species, Chincoteague, Virginia.brownpau/Flickr, CC BYEditor’s note: The following is a roundup of archival stories.
The Endangered Species Act, passed in 1973, created a framework for protecting and recovering species in peril and the ecosystems on which they depend. Critics in Congress are pressing to...
Is there something wrong with the culture at United Airlines?
A series of recent incidents have reinforced this view, from the horrifying moment when security officers violently dragged a passenger off a plane in April to a more recent incident in which an airline employee canceled a man’s flight after he began taping their heated exchange.
Th...
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Is electrical pulse to the brain your favorite memory enhancer?U.S. Air Force photo by J.M. Eddins Jr., CC BY-NCThe first time I heard that shooting electrical currents across your brain can boost learning, I thought it was a joke.
But evidence is mounting. According to a handful of studies, transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), the...
Where is a fainting couch when you need one? Michael C. Gray/From www.shutterstock.comOver one million Americans faint every year, and countless more do worldwide. Fear, pain, the sight of blood or prolonged standing – think the long lines of summer travel – can trigger fainting.
These triggers set off a reflex in our nervous system...
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Drama at the FBI is nothing new. Given its 109-year history, the FBI has seen many scandals and numerous directors come and go.
Its directors, in fact, have always been the face and driving force of the FBI. Most have retired or moved on to other work, four were forced to offer resignations, but only two, including most recently James Comey, have...