Fukushima: Keeping Children Indoors for Three Years Now
Japanese government officials discourage kids from playing outdoors near Fukushima more than a few minutes a day; colleges have trademarked some ridiculous phrases; meanwhile, sleep troubles could have to do with low brain volume. These discoveries and more after the jump.
Japanese government officials discourage kids from playing outdoors near Fukushima more than a few minutes a day; colleges have trademarked some ridiculous phrases; meanwhile, sleep troubles could have to do with low brain volume. These discoveries and more below.
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The Short Memory of Condoleezza Rice How can any editorial by Condoleezza Rice on conflict in Ukraine can fail to directly address the failures of the Iraq War?
Senate Investigation of Bush-Era Torture Erupts Into Constitutional Crisis A gripping battle between the Central Intelligence Agency and the Senate Intelligence Committee broke into public view Tuesday morning.
The Ridiculous Phrases That Universities Have Trademarked Various institutions have obtained federal trademark registrations on certain phrases, presumably to stop other people from using them in any context remotely related to education.
Study Ties Troubled Sleep to Lower Brain Volume People who have trouble sleeping tend to have less volume in certain regions of the brain than those without sleep problems, a new study of Persian Gulf War veterans suggests.
Wall Street Journal Adopts Native Ads, Tactic Its Editor Has Said Can Lead to Faustian Pacts The Wall Street Journal is introducing native advertising to its website less than six months after Editor-in-Chief Gerard Baker described many publishers’ moves in the arena as a “Faustian pact.”
Traveling Through Palestine While Black: A Firsthand Look at a Slow-Moving Annexation In the first several days after returning from Israel and Occupied Palestine, Bill Fletcher, Jr. dreamed of Palestine each night.
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