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Most E-mailed news on 23 September 2009 |
Op-Ed Columnist: Blue Is the New Black
Studies show women are getting gloomier and men are getting happier. Did the feminist revolution end up benefiting men more than women?
Really?: The Claim: Lack of Sleep Increases the Risk of Catching a Cold.
As cold season approaches, many Americans stock up on their vitamin C and echinacea, but heeding the advice on getting more sleep could be more important.
Music Review: At the Metropolitan Opera, a Kinky Take on a Classic
The director Luc Bondy was booed during his bows as the Met opened its season with a new production of ?Tosca.?
First Woman Ascends to Top Drill Sergeant Spot
Command Sgt. Maj. Teresa L. King will become the first woman to run the Army?s drill sergeant school.
The Holy Grail of the Unconscious
What the unearthing of Carl Jung?s Red book is doing to the Jungs and the Jungians (and maybe your dreams).
Findings: To Explain Longevity Gap, Look Past Health System
Researchers calculated that if deaths due to smoking were excluded, the United States would rise to the top half of the rankings for developed countries.
Refitted to Bury Emissions, Plant Draws Attention
The world watches a coal-fired power plant?s effort to capture and bury some of the carbon dioxide it creates.
Op-Ed Columnist: Three Cheers for Irving
Irving Kristol thrust himself into every ideologically charged battle of his age, but he was able to pick a side without losing his clarity.
Cultured Traveler: ?Twilighters? Put Small Town in the Spotlight
Fans of the ?Twilight? book series have turned Forks, Wash., a two-stoplight town on the western end of the Olympic Peninsula, into an unlikely tourist hot spot.
Tie to Pets Has Germ Jumping to and Fro
Don Graff of Belle Mead, N.J., with his English setter, Sunny. The dog contracted MRSA after a spider bite but was given medication and has improved.A germ that used to be of concern only in humans but has leaped to pets can be curtailed with hand washing.
Benefit and Doubt in Vaccine Additive
In Pune, which has reported the highest number of H1N1 flu deaths in India, a man wears a mask in an effort to contain the virus.Additives could stretch the supply of swine flu vaccine, but U.S. officials have doubts about the substances? safety.
Op-Ed Columnist: The Hard and Bitter Truth
President Obama will face hard realities if he continues the war in Afghanistan.
Editorial: The Rights of Corporations
The Supreme Court should recognize that the constitutional rights of corporations should be very limited.
Uneasy Engagement: China Spreads Aid in Africa, With a Catch
Anticorruption crusaders complain that China?s foreign aid secrecy invites corruption, and that corruption debases the assistance.
With Low Prices, Hyundai Builds Market Share
The South Korean automaker benefited from the clunkers program and ?went from the perception of cheap to an excellent value,? says one analyst.
Well: In TV Series, Some Reality on Weight
In ?Drop Dead Diva? on Lifetime, a thin model is trapped in the body of a lawyer played by Brooke Elliott, center, shown with Margaret Cho.A new dramatic series is challenging the conventional notions about dieting and willpower.
Scientist at Work: Carolyn Porco: An Odyssey From the Bronx to Saturn?s Rings
One of Saturn?s moons, Mimas, casts a long, dark shadow across the planet?s rings.Carolyn Porco, head of the Cassini mission?s camera team, has been pursuing a future glimpsed through a rooftop telescope at 13.
A $1 Million Research Bargain for Netflix, and Maybe a Model for Others
Even the near-miss losers in the Netflix million-dollar-prize competition seemed to have few regrets.
New Life Where Towns and Teams Are Dying
Football is the connective tissue running through Canadian, a small town in the Texas Panhandle that has reinvigorated itself and its high school team.
F.D.I.C. May Borrow Funds From Banks
Bankers fear the alternative to the plan to have healthy banks lend billions to help the fund would be worse.
A Doctor for Disease, a Shaman for the Soul
Va Meng Lee, a Hmong shaman, performs a ceremony intended to summon the runaway soul of Chang Teng Thao at Mercy Medical Center in Merced, Calif. A California hospital?s attempts to cater to its immigrant patients resulted in a policy allowing for Hmong shamans to practice within their walls.
For MacArthur Grants, Another Set of ?Geniuses?
The 24 recipients of the ?genius awards? include a poet, a scientist, a journalist, a mixed-media artist and others.
Gossamer Silk, From Spiders Spun
The first recorded example of a hand-woven brocaded textile made entirely from the silk of spiders will go on display at the Museum of Natural History.
Op-Ed Columnist: Real Men Tax Gas
There is something wrong when our country is considering sending more troops to Afghanistan, but can?t even talk about a gasoline tax to reduce our dependency on oil.
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