Are Academics Afraid to Study Scientology?
For a religion that some experts estimate includes only 30,000 members worldwide, Scientology attracts a lot of attention. But not so much from scholars.
Self-Employment: Exciting Opportunity or Last Resort?
Does self-employment open up new opportunities or exploit a vulnerable workforce?
A Hell of a Cracker
The unusual origin of the graham cracker
Do Living Wage Laws Work?
What do living wage laws mean to workers and local economies?
Deinocheirus: At Long Last, Arms with a Body to Match
The mysterious Deinocheirus dinosaur now has a body.
Remembering “Car Talk” Host Tom Magliozzi
Tom Magliozzi, one of the "Tappet Brother" hosts of the popular public radio show "Car Talk" has died.
Walking Dead: The Science Behind the Zombies
Walking Dead: the science behind the zombies.
Hermathena
Selected items from Hermathena, a scholarly journal of classics from Trinity College, Dublin.
Did Mrs. Bach Write the Cello Suites?
A new documentary film Written by Mrs. Bach suggests that the composer’s second wife is the author of his Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello & other works.
Falling Oil Prices are Worse for Conservation than You Think
It's not just falling oil prices but any price volatility that makes conservation a harder sell.