Culture – Page 19

Dreaming of a World With No Intellectuals
By the Editor on July 20, 2012
Are conservative intellectuals anti-intellectual? The short answer must be no. Edmund Burke, Leo Strauss, Gertrude Himmelfarb, Harvey Mansfield, Wilfred...
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Future of Liberal Religion: A Counterculture Blooms?
By the Editor on July 19, 2012
Amid a cascade of comment on the decline of mainline Protestantism, an historian argues that a great progressive tradition...
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We Punish Out of a Desire for Fairness, Not Revenge
By the Editor on July 19, 2012
Punishment helps discourage the dishonest from destroying the fabric of cooperative human societies. But that’s not what you actually...
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Upbeat U.S. Research Trends Buck Trend
By the Editor on July 17, 2012
The headline on the press release about a new report warns of “R&D trends posing a threat” to the...
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From Higgs to Humanity: Discoveries for the Common Good
By the Editor on July 16, 2012
Big scientific discoveries, such as the God particle, can have great Earthly potential that must be shared by the...
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Americans’ Confidence in the Church at All-Time Low
By the Editor on July 16, 2012
Americans’ confidence in organized religion is at its lowest in more than three decades, with just 44% having a...
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Chimps Use Human-Like Gestures to Communicate
By the Editor on July 16, 2012
Wild chimpanzees communicate using similar gestures to humans, according to a Stirling researcher. Anna Roberts said she had identified...
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Women in Science in Developing Countries Still Face Barriers
By the Editor on July 13, 2012
In many cases in the developing world, red tape and lack of funding ensure that the best projects go...
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Spearheads, DNA Point to Second Founding Society in North America
By the Editor on July 13, 2012
Stone spearheads and human DNA found in Oregon caves, anthropologists say, have produced firmer evidence that these are the...
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BPA Causes Interspecies Mating
By the Editor on July 13, 2012
The hormone-disrupting chemical makes it hard for some fish to recognize their own species, a problem that could ripple...
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