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In the Long Term, American Odds Look Good at Tennis's US Open

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:39:01 EDT

With Sam Querrey's loss to the Swiss player Stanislas Wawrinka in a five-set heartbreaker, the US's last hope for an American men's singles champion at tennis's US Open fizzled out for 2010.

Paying for College in the 21st Century

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:40:24 EDT

Two-thirds of undergraduate students will receive financial aid in an academic year, and a sizeable slice of that aid comes from loans, just waiting to be repaid.

Friday - Making Rounds: Love in the Time of Medical School

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 08:30:34 EDT

My last boyfriend, of many years ago, was an officer in the military, a field drastically different from medicine, yet the same in the devotion and personal sacrifice it demands. In both, at least for awhile, your time isn’t really your own.

Gender Discrimination Persists in the Workplace

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:37:49 EDT

Women may outnumber men in the workforce and on US campuses, but gender discrimination hangs on stubbornly in the workplace.

Bullying

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:19:42 EDT

The most shocking thing about the suicide of 13-year-old Megan Meier was when “Josh,” the insensitive boy who had cyberbullied Megan into despair, turned out not to be a boy at all. Megan’s real Internet tormenter was the mother of a schoolmate.

IQ: What Are the Odds You're a Genius?

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:45:04 EDT

The idea of measuring brainpower began in the late 1800’s with Sir Francis Galton, a privileged Victorian-era Englishman who had more than enough brains of his own to measure.

The ABCs of Hepatitis

Wed, 05 May 2010 14:49:38 EDT

It's no fun having hepatitis. Your liver—the largest organ in your body besides your skin—swells up, perhaps until your abdomen is tender to the touch.

What If Surfing for Porn at Work was Work?

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:59:22 EDT

From its humble beginnings as privately circulated ASCII pr0n in the late 1970’s, Internet pornography has grown to truly titanic proportions.

Shoplifting Isn’t Free

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:24:25 EDT

Cleptomaniacs and Shoplifters Anonymous, LLC, asks: “How much would you have to steal to finally feel satisfied or to make life fair?” The implied answer: you could never steal enough.

Union Membership by Age

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:01:58 EDT

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the odds an employed person 16 or older is a member of a labor union are 1 in 8.13 (12.3 percent) compared to 20.1 percent in 1983.