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Most E-mailed news on 30 September 2009 |
Personal Health: From Birth, Engage Your Child With Talk
All too often, mothers and nannies are tuned in to their cellphones, BlackBerrys and iPods, not their young children.
Op-Ed Columnist: The Next Culture War
The United States needs a revival of economic self-restraint to restore its financial values and make it a producer economy again, not a consumer economy.
Well: Probiotics: Looking Underneath the Yogurt Label
Health-food claims about a type of live micro-organisms may, or may not, outstrip the science.
Basics: Give Birds a Break. Lock Up the Cat.
Free-ranging felines do a lot of damage to the baby bird populations in neighborhoods.
After a Death, the Pain That Doesn?t Go Away
Dr. M. Katherine Shear, a professor of psychiatry at Columbia University, said the suffering from extreme grief ?takes a person away from humanity.?For some people, a death can produce feelings of loss that become debilitating and remove them from humanity.
The School Issue: Preschool: Can the Right Kinds of Play Teach Self-Control?
Can imaginary play teach children to control their impulses ? and be better students?
Op-Ed Columnist: Peering at the Future
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation recognizes what some Americans do not: the importance of education as the pathway to personal and societal success.
Finding Order in the Apparent Chaos of Currents
Sensors near Santa Cruz, Calif., take surface current measurements in Monterey Bay.Scientists have made strides in making images of the underlying mechanics of flowing air and water.
From Science, Plenty of Cows but Little Profit
New technology allowing farmers to produce more female calves comes as the industry is struggling to cut output.
Kahlo Trove: Fact or Fakery?
A new art book has sparked debate over the authenticity of a collection of objects attributed to the artist Frida Kahlo.
Europe?s Socialists Suffering Even in Downturn
Europe?s Socialist parties and their left-wing cousins have not been able to take advantage of the right?s failures.
Toyota Recalls 3.8 Million Vehicles
A floor mat on the driver?s side could interfere with the vehicle?s accelerator and cause a crash, Toyota said.
N.F.L. Study Finds Link to Dementia
A new study is the league?s first public affirmation of any connection regarding cognitive decline among players.
Abortion Fight Complicates Debate on Health Care
Abortion opponents in Congress are seeking to block people who might receive federal subsidies for health insurance from using the money on plans that cover abortion.
Algorithm and Blues
A comic-book tour of logic, math and madness, populated by Bertrand Russell and other superheroes of philosophy.
Essay: Pregnancy Is No Time to Refuse a Flu Shot
Some women and providers have become so concerned about negative effects of drugs that they have forgotten the negative effects of the diseases they are intended to treat.
Immigration Crackdown With Firings, Not Raids
The Obama administration wants to reduce illegal immigration by forcing employers to fire unauthorized workers. American Apparel fired 1,800 workers.
Op-Ed Contributors: How to Press the Advantage With Iran
Instead of relying on sanctions, the Obama administration should seek a strategic realignment with Iran, as President Nixon did with China.
Health Care Overhaul and Mandatory Coverage Stir States? Rights Claims
There is a movement in more than a dozen states to outlaw a crucial element of health care reform: the requirement that everyone be insured or pay a penalty.
A Nuclear Debate: Is Iran Designing Warheads?
A dispute among American, European and Israeli spies about Iran?s advanced weapons work has huge political consequences.
Late-Night Transplant Looks Back at His Path
The CBS television host Craig Ferguson, who continues to be a strong follow-up to David Letterman?s ?Late Show,? has written a book about his bumpy road to American citizenship.
Burst of Technology Helps Blind to See
Research based on advances in technology and biology is raising hopes for progress on one of science?s holy grails.
Lucy Vodden, Who Inspired a Beatles Song, Dies at 46
Ms. Vodden provided the inspiration for the Beatles? song ?Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds.?
Patient Money: When Elder Care Problems Escalate, You Can Hire an Expert
Caring for an elderly parent is draining. When it gets especially tough, you may feel that you need the equivalent of a case worker.
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