The McCain Article

Seeded on Sat Feb 23, 2008 2:25 AM EST (The New York Times)

Editors and reporters who worked on The Times's recent article about Senator John McCain answered questions.

media, business, newspapers, john-mccain, nytimes

Democrats Look for Way to Avoid Convention Rift

Seeded on Sat Feb 16, 2008 11:16 PM EST (The New York Times)

Some senior Democrats plan to remain neutral for now in the presidential race in part to keep open the option to broker a peaceful resolution to a tight contest.

us, politics, hillary-rodham-clinton, barack-obama, democratic-party, nytimes, al-gore, presidential-election-of-2008

Indians Hit the Road Amid Elephants

Seeded on Fri Jan 11, 2008 7:47 AM EST (The New York Times)

As incomes rise and cheap cars proliferate, many hurdles still litter the new Indian romance with the road.

india, world, asia, automobiles, nytimes, tata-motors-limited

Gunman Kills 8 People, Then Himself at a Mall in Omaha

Seeded on Wed Dec 5, 2007 6:32 PM EST (The New York Times)

The gunman was said by some witnesses to have fired about 20 shots into a crowd at a Von Maur department store. The police said that nine other people had been injured in the shootings.

us, nytimes

In DNA Era, New Worries About Prejudice

Seeded on Sun Nov 11, 2007 6:46 PM EST (The New York Times)

Research is exploring how DNA explains racial differences, but it could give discredited prejudices a new potency.

us, discrimination, race, nytimes, science-and-technology, dna-deoxyribonucleic-acid

Chinese Chemicals Flow Unchecked to World Drug Market

Seeded on Wed Oct 31, 2007 9:49 AM EDT (The New York Times)

Pharmaceutical ingredients exported from China are often made by companies that are neither certified nor inspected by Chinese drug regulators.

china, world, asia, chemicals, nytimes, medicine-and-health, international-trade-and-world-market, drugs-pharmaceuticals, counterfeit-merchandise

In the Dreamscape of Nightmares, Clues to Why We Dream at All

Seeded on Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:56 AM EDT (The New York Times)

By all evidence, outrageously bad dreams are a universal human experience.

science, sleep, dreams, brain, nytimes, nightmares

The Claim: Chlorine in Pools Can Cause Hair Loss

Seeded on Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:58 PM EDT (The New York Times)

Is too much chlorine bad for your hair and skin?

health, hair, swimming, nytimes, skin, swimming-pools

The Claim: Chlorine in Pools Can Cause Hair Loss

Seeded on Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:57 PM EDT (The New York Times)

Is too much chlorine bad for your hair and skin?

health, hair, swimming, nytimes, skin, swimming-pools

Gore Shares Peace Prize for Climate Change Work

Seeded on Sat Oct 13, 2007 2:11 PM EDT (The New York Times)

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Al Gore and to a United Nations panel for their work on global warming.

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Physics of Hard Drives Wins Nobel

Seeded on Wed Oct 10, 2007 11:35 AM EDT (The New York Times)

Two physicists who discovered how to manipulate the magnetic and electrical properties of thin layers of atoms to store vast amounts of data on tiny disks were named winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics.

world, physics, ipod, storage, nytimes, nobel-prizes

Clinton Says She Would Shield Science From Politics

Seeded on Fri Oct 5, 2007 10:05 AM EDT (The New York Times)

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's remarks Thursday amounted to a spirited attack on President Bush for waging what she called a "war on science."

us, space, politics, hillary-rodham-clinton, george-w-bush, nytimes, united-states-politics-and-government, presidential-election-of-2008

Mr. Putin's Game

Seeded on Tue Oct 2, 2007 10:54 AM EDT (The New York Times)

Russians and a lot of Russia watchers have been wondering not if, but how Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, would hold on to power. We fear we got our answer yesterday.

russia, opinion, nytimes, vladimir-v-putin

Arctic Melt Unnerves the Experts

Seeded on Tue Oct 2, 2007 9:31 AM EDT (The New York Times)

Scientists are unnerved by this summer's massive polar ice melt, its implications for the future, and their ability to predict it.

weather, global-warming, science, earth, ice, oceans, nytimes, arctic-regions

Mother Teresa's Crisis of Faith - TIME

Seeded on Fri Sep 21, 2007 3:20 AM EDT (TIME)

INNER CONFLICT AND DIVINE NATURE OF MOTHER TERESA.

religion

Plastic waste threat to marine life

Seeded on Sun Sep 16, 2007 9:32 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)

Cleaning up of Britain's beaches is a good environmental exercise though it is' late than never' practice.My suggestions are 1)Since the cleaning up of beaches is a Himalayan task ,is it possible to to enforce the usage of 'plastic items has' sea water indelible identification …

science

Virus Is Seen as Suspect in Death of Honeybees

Seeded on Fri Sep 7, 2007 12:03 PM EDT (The New York Times)

A virus appears to be a prime suspect — but not likely to be the only culprit — in the mass die-offs of honeybees reported last fall and winter.

science, agriculture-department, insects, bees, nytimes, viruses, genetics-and-heredity, dna-deoxyribonucleic-acid

Jobs Abroad Support 'Model' State in India

Seeded on Fri Sep 7, 2007 11:53 AM EDT (The New York Times)

The Indian state of Kerala, celebrated for its alternative model of development, is dependent on remittances.

world, asia, labor, nytimes, kerala-india, jason-deparle

At Burned Bank Tower, Safety Is a Goal With Many Obstacles

Seeded on Sat Sep 1, 2007 11:51 AM EDT (The New York Times)

There seems to be little question that barriers that isolated floors where potentially hazardous dust was being cleaned contributed to the disaster at the Deutsche Bank building.

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