From Popular Science, a special report on the future of the environment, including 10 audacious ideas to save the planet; and here's how scientists are bracing themselves for the moment aliens make contact and what form it might take (and Christian theologians also prepare for extraterrestrial life). It doesn't take an Einstein: The problem with using scientists' words to support religious beliefs. Sexual reorientation: Get ready for a world where you can choose your kid's sexual orientation. Study shows male homosexuality can be explained through a specific model of Darwinian evolution. Get ready for Darwin hats, t-shirts, action figures, naturally selected fireworks and evolving chocolates, but does he deserve all this? From The Washington Post, a three-part series on the U.S. housing bust. Bailing-out the banks while leaving defaulters to rot is just the latest in a 30 year campaign of ripping off the American working class. Why is crime rising in so many American cities? The answer implicates one of the most celebrated antipoverty programs of recent decades. A review of When You are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris. Imagine what would need to happen for university presses to return to what was once, long ago, their virtually exclusive mission. The Battle for Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg launched an online empire from his dorm room at Harvard; now four fellow students say he stole their idea.
