‘A Landscape in Hell’: Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s Eyewitness Account of Nagasaki Bombing Aftermath
Aug 9, 2018 The legendary poet was in the city shortly after its destruction. This week, on the 73rd anniversary of the second atomic bombing, a top U.N. official and the city's mayor called for nuclear disarmament.
Have We Learned Anything From My Lai?
Mar 15, 2018 The 50th anniversary of the U.S. massacre in Vietnam offers an opportunity to take stock of American culpability for the gravest of crimes.
Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Sep 11, 2013
Olympics Dumps Wrestling to Make Way for New Sport Called Wrestling
Sep 9, 2013 A bizarre sequence of events has secured an ancient and original sport a place at the 2020 Olympics, but not without exposing the byzantine workings of the International Olympic Committee.
Japanese Reconstruction Minister Creates PR Disaster, Quits
Jul 5, 2011 After spring's catastrophic earthquake and tsunami, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan's administration created the position of minister for reconstruction and looked to appointee Ryu Matsumoto to help the recovery effort on several levels. That didn't turn out so well.
Radioactive Iodine Taints Japan’s Tap Water
Mar 20, 2011 Adding to safety fears for those in Japan, the government there has reportedly found trace amounts of radioactive iodine in the tap water of six areas, including Tokyo.
Tsunami 2011
Mar 12, 2011Nerd Alert: IBM Does ‘Jeopardy’; Scientists Invent Ambulatory Goo
Apr 29, 2009 Tired of making machines that beat humans at chess, IBM is prepping a computer competitor for "Jeopardy," which makes sense since Alex Trebek himself is computer-generated. Japanese researchers, meanwhile, have created walking goo.
