The Estrogen Dilemma

New science is showing that estrogen’s effects on women’s minds and bodies may depend upon when they first start taking it. What should you do?

Published: Apr 14, 2010
Length: 30 minutes (7,604 words)

Climate Change – Building a Green Economy

How we can afford to tackle climate change.

Published: Apr 7, 2010
Length: 10 minutes (2,503 words)

Helping Patients Face Death, She Fought to Live

Dr. Desiree Pardi, a leading practitioner in palliative care, counseled patients about accepting death, until cancer spread in her body, and she chose to fight it.

Published: Apr 3, 2010
Length: 11 minutes (2,768 words)

Can Animals Be Gay?

The science of same-sex pairings in the wild.

Published: Mar 31, 2010
Length: 35 minutes (8,838 words)

The Tiger Woods’ Bubble

The world that Tiger Woods created — golf as a lucrative sport, golf as pop culture — is deep in the rough. Can he get it back out?

Published: Mar 24, 2010
Length: 23 minutes (5,956 words)

The HBO Auteur: David Simon

Coming off acclaim for “The Wire,” David Simon takes his approach to New Orleans with “Treme.”

Published: Mar 17, 2010
Length: 30 minutes (7,536 words)

The Limits of Rahmism

He was chosen as White House chief of staff because he could make things happen. What happened?

Published: Mar 8, 2010
Length: 32 minutes (8,176 words)

Building a Better Teacher

There are more than three million teachers in the United States, and Doug Lemov is trying to prove that he can teach them to be better.

Published: Mar 2, 2010
Length: 33 minutes (8,384 words)

Where Scott Brown Is Coming From

Getting to know a very, very new Republican senator.

Published: Feb 28, 2010
Length: 22 minutes (5,684 words)

After Long Fight, Drug Gives Sudden Reprieve

The trial of a melanoma drug offers a glimpse at a new kind of therapy tailored to the genetic profile of a cancer.

Author: Amy Harmon
Published: Feb 23, 2010
Length: 15 minutes (3,846 words)