Americans have choices about how they react to the terrible, tragic massacre that took place yesterday. They can simply condemn it and feel morally s…
Read moreNational Geographic has just published a special issue on The Holy Land, with a lead off essay by yours truly, entitled "In the Beginning.&qu…
Read moreA great man is gone. R.I.P. More about him . From my Science colleague Constance Holden.
Read moreI hope that Mickey Chopra, chief of health at Unicef, is being misquoted in the following lead of a story in the International Herald Tribune today…
Read moreOn Science 's online news service, ScienceNOW, I report on a very interesting paper from Leslie Knapp of the University of Cambridge and her col…
Read moreNot that we really need it, but do read this Los Angeles Times story about how Anthem Blue Cross denies coverage to some people for pre-existing co…
Read moreThis is a headline news story on the BBC, but don't count on hearing much about it in the U.S. press. Amnesty's press release, and the full …
Read moreToday on Science 's Origins blog, I report on the first public debate over the significance of Ardipithecus ramidus , the candidate human ancest…
Read morePlease DO NOT miss Frank Rich's column in today's New York Times , one of his wisest and most insightful ever into the warped perspectives o…
Read moreOkay, I have a confession to make: Despite more than a decade covering human evolution for Science and other publications, it has taken me until thi…
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