So the NBA says it wants to 'protect players from themselves' by implementing the age-limit rule? After the O.J. Mayo saga, Gary Parrish wants to know who is it saving now?
The first generation of mass-deployed medical microrobots is likely to consist of many different types of artificial cell, designed and grown to perform specific tasks in the body. As ScienceDaily notes, scientists are already making inroads into the basic tools
Many people marvel that we live in a universe that seems to be precisely tailored to suit the development of intelligent life. The observation is the basis for some forms of "Anthropic Principles" that strive to explain why the laws
Physicists from the University Munich in Germany and the University of Topeka, Kansas have strong new evidence that snakes can hear through their jaws. Snakes don't have outer ears, leading to the myth that they can't hear at all.
The University of Rochester will mark another important step in the effort toward attaining sustainable fusion, the ultimate source of clean energy, Friday, May 16.
Teenage girls of all ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds still experience sexism and sexual harassment -- but cultural factors may control whether they perceive sexism as an environmental problem or as evidence of their own shortcomings. Older girls and those from
Outings often involve bumpy rides, but they are still worthwhile, says Charlotte Phillips According to their schools, my children have been educated to within an inch of their lives by school trips. They've got to grips with animal conservation at
Chris Tarrant TV presenter One of my earliest memories is my first-ever day's fishing. My grandad took me. I was just four. I caught a fish, dropped grandad's rod and fell in the river. All in all, it was pretty
Did it have a traumatic effect on us? Not a bit of it. Three days later, we all reconvened for a birthday party on our aeroplane roundabout and there's a photo of us all smiling away. Today, of course, we'd
When these independent creatures choose to spend time with us, they make us feel we've earned their affection, which adds a different tone to our relationship with them. Pedigree cats have elegant looks and quirky personalities, but are prone to
Russian author Yuri Rytkheu has passed away; see, for example, Victor Sonkin's piece in The Moscow Times, Yury Rytkheu, an author from Chukotka, has died in St Petersburg. Archipelago have brought out his A Dream in Polar Fog, with The
In Chasing the printed word in The Age Jane Sullivan finds that: Australian literature is a strange market. You can't buy new copies of some of our most revered and loved books for love or money: they are as rare
BBC FOUR Samuel Johnson Prize-judge Claire Armitstead wonders Just how many books should you read to judge an award ?, wondering: So is the call-in system actually worth the extra work it generates ?
In The Times Megan Walsh and Caroline White have assembled The 30 best books festivals in the British Isles: the definitive 2008 guide -- and it really is pretty useful.
Secretary Spellings named 44 Jacob K. Javits fellows to pursue graduate study in selected fields within the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Selected from 899 applicants, fellows are chosen on the basis of superior academic achievement, financial need, and exceptional
