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How to Stop the Bullies

In the annals of middle-school mischief, the Facebook page Let’s Start Drama deserves an entry. The creator of the page—no one knew her name, but everyone was sure she was a girl—had a diabolical…
PUBLISHED: March 23, 2013
LENGTH: 24 minutes (6030 words)

How the Gun-Control Movement Got Smart

Why are advocates so optimistic now when reform has failed so many times before? Because they have a totally new strategy. Here is how advocates of gun control used to talk about their cause: They…
AUTHOR:Molly Ball
PUBLISHED: Feb. 7, 2013
LENGTH: 10 minutes (2527 words)

The World Is Not Enough: Google and the Future of Augmented Reality

The new Google FieldTrip app probes the question: What digital information do you want to see overlaid on the physical world? A book in The Future.It is The Future. You wake up at dawn and fumble on…
PUBLISHED: Oct. 25, 2012
LENGTH: 11 minutes (2787 words)

The drugs don't work: a modern medical scandal

Drugs are tested by their manufacturers, in poorly designed trials, on hopelessly small numbers of weird, unrepresentative patients, and analysed using techniques that exaggerate the benefits.…
PUBLISHED: Sept. 21, 2012
LENGTH: 16 minutes (4207 words)

I'm lonely. Is that so odd?

Marion McGilvary: 'Even grownup children need their parents, but not in the same room.' Photograph: Linda Nylind for the Guardian I come home from work. The lamp on a timer that has welcomed me back…
PUBLISHED: July 21, 2012
LENGTH: 7 minutes (1958 words)

Children and computers: State of play

Plugged in: many children can play computer games before they can read. Photograph: Donald Iain Smith/Getty Images/Flickr RF There are things in life that I don't understand. The rules of rugby. The…
PUBLISHED: July 15, 2012
LENGTH: 12 minutes (3058 words)

Super-Dreams of an Alternate World Order

EVILDOERS, beware! You cannot hide from the modern-day superhero! And neither can anyone else heading to the movies this summer. “Marvel’s The Avengers” which opened on May 4, reached $300 million in…
PUBLISHED: June 27, 2012
LENGTH: 5 minutes (1278 words)

Innovation allows Amazon villagers to make ecological history

Collective work … on the Amazon estuary near Macapa. Photograph: Gary Calton Ilha das Cinzas (Island of Cinders) lies between two powerful branches of the Amazon, about six hours by boat from Macapá,…
PUBLISHED: June 19, 2012
LENGTH: 3 minutes (806 words)

Ready for the Fight

President Barack Obama on the cover of 'Rolling Stone.' Mark Seliger for RollingStone.com We arrived at the White House on Easter Monday, the South Lawn overrun by children and their parents enjoying…
PUBLISHED: April 25, 2012
LENGTH: 26 minutes (6616 words)
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