By Robert DarntonInformation is exploding so furiously around us and information technology is changing at such bewildering speed that we face a fundamental problem: How to orient ourselves in the new landscape? What, for example, will become of research libraries
By Joyce Carol OatesThe Enchantress of Florenceby Salman RushdieIn Salman Rushdie's Fury (2001), a novel of Swiftian dyspepsia published the very week of September 11, the fifty-five-year-old misanthropic Professor Malik Solanka, 'retired historian of ideas,' has enjoyed an unexpected popular
By Freeman DysonA Question of Balance: Weighing the Options on Global Warming Policiesby William NordhausGlobal Warming: Looking Beyond Kyotoedited by Ernesto ZedilloI begin this review with a prologue, describing the measurements that transformed global warming from a vague theoretical speculation
Looking for tips on how to save time, money, and the planet while tending to your lawn and garden this summer? Check out EPA's new GreenScapes exhibit at the U.S. Botanic Garden's summer exhibition "One Planet--Ours," which opens to the
MOSCOW - Members of Russia's Communist Party are calling for a nationwide boycott of the new Indiana Jones movie, saying it aims to undermine communist ideology and distort history.
BEIJING - Eight pandas arrived safely in Beijing on Saturday after a long journey from their damaged reserve near the epicenter of last week's China earthquake.
BERLIN - Authorities in southern Germany said Saturday they have taken custody of a 7-month-old boy after his parents posted an ad on eBay offering to sell him for one euro, the equivalent of $1.57.
Researchers at the University of Minnesota have been breeding apples for 100 years, and developed the Honeycrisp variety a little more than 30 years ago. The patent expires this fall -- so this weekend, breeders are busy cross-pollinating trees in
Indiana Jones has taught the world what it takes to be an archaeologist: carry a bullwhip and avoid Nazis. Real-world archaeologist Rebecca Graff's brand of archeology is a little closer to home -- she and a team of 20 undergrads
Betsy Franco is a children's poet and author of many books. She shares some of her favorite poems about summer, and what it's like to be young and full of wonder as the days turn hot and the nights are
We've been asking you about the music that plays in your time off -- your Weekend Soundtrack. This week's story comes from Julie Nicholds. She listens to us in Wauwatosa, Wis. The soundtrack to her weekend is "Stuck in a
Fleet Week reminds Donna Renae of the old days. Renae served on a Navy ship in the '80s, just as the Navy was starting to let women serve onboard alongside men. She says being a woman among men on shore
Associated Press - May 24, 2008 11:23 AM ET MOSCOW (AP) - Members of Russia's Communist Party are calling for a nationwide boycott of the new Indiana Jones movie, saying it aims to undermine...
Six Weeks Till Journey's End THIS WEEK IN DOCTOR WHO May 24, 2008 - Vol 11, No 20 The weekly guide to Doctor Who and Sarah Jane broadcasts worldwide. by Benjamin F. Elliott http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thisweekindoctorwho http://groups.yahoo.com/group/torchwood Section A - Everything But
BBC Magazines have asked us to alert readers of Doctor Who Adventures of a faulty pin mechanism on the plastic badge cover-mounted on the current issue of the magazine. While they don t believe the badges pose any serious hazard,
The Material Girl parted with a few personal possessions — acustom-made white guitar and the contents of her handbag — at a benefitto raise money for AIDS research. Madonna emptied her purse and came up with a magnifying mirror,hair clips,
The woman named as "the other woman" in the break up of Shania Twainand producer Mutt Lange's marriage says she is not to blame for theirmarital woes, E!Online reports.
