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Articles of continuing interest

Business, Economics, and Finance...

Intel Announces New Transistor That Will Form Basis of Microprocessors that Run at Speeds of 10 Gigahertz

The Threat of a Regulatory Recession


Crime...

A Field Guide to Modern Psychopaths


Politics...

Concealed Weapons: The Controversial Book Arming America Has the Facts All Wrong

Doris Lessing: Unexamined Mental Attitudes Left Behind by Communism

The New York Times' Continuing Love Affair with Communism by Ronald Radosh

Text of Supreme Court Decision That Led to George W. Bush's Electoral Victory(300K PDF)


Science...

Astronomers Believe They Have Found Invisible Galaxy Composed Entirely of Dark Matter

Breakthrough in Physics: Scientists Bring Light to a Dead Stop

Chemical Mop: Could a Weekly Pill Stop Cancer Before It Starts?

Chip Designers Might Turn to Biology as Miniaturization Approaches Outer Limits

Critical New Details on How Viruses Reproduce Inside Cells

Dark Energy Theory Bolstered

Dolly Team Creates Designer Chicks

First Complete DNA Sequence for a Plant Could Have More Impact than Its Human Equivalent

Galaxies May Be Shadowed by Invisible Doubles

Gene Therapy Breakthrough: In Animal Tests Scientists Reverse Damage Caused by Heart Failure

HIV Research Takes Promising New Direction

How Zero Became a Hero

Huge New Hydrothermal Vent System Found on Ocean Floor; Surprise Discovery Dubbed 'Lost City'

Manipulation of Gene Greatly Extends Lifespan of Roundworm; Possible Implications for Human Longevity

Mars Global Surveyor Finds Ancient Lakes

Migraine Risk Highest During First Two Days of Menstrual Cycle

Modification of "I'm Not Dead Yet" Gene in Fruit Flies Could Lead to Doubling of Human Life Span

Nanotechnologists Jump-Start Motors Smaller Than Viruses

New Big Bang Theory: Universes Collided

New Light on How the "Mind's Eye" Works

Scientists Convert Stem Cells Taken from Fat into Bone, Muscle, and Cartilage for Transplant

Scientists: Ozone Hole Should Close in 50 Years

Scientists Show that Bone Marrow Cells Implanted in Brain Will Transform into Neurons, Offering Hope for Parkinson's Sufferers

A Search for Healthy Genes

Switching on Two Genes Activates Regeneration of Spinal Cord

Three-Hour Nuclear Explosion on Neutron Star Details Unimagined Fury

Three Roads to Quantum Gravity

Treatment Interludes Could Train HIV Patients' Immune System to Control the Virus

Vaccine May Cure Alzheimer's Disease


Society...

The Hassle Factor: Welfare is Now Harder to Get than a Job