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...1960s. In order to test people's obedience to authority figures, the scientists demanded that subjects administer increasingly strong electric shocks to other participants if they answered questions incorrectly. The people delivering the shocks, however, didn't know that the charges were fake - the volunteers on the other end of the room were actors pretending to suffer agonizing pain. The point was to see how many people would continue following orders to mete out torture. (See the world's most popular TV shows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Game of Death: France's Shocking TV Experiment | 3/17/2010 | See Source »

South Dakota State junior Jesse Sawyer batted in the Jackrabbits’ tying run in the top of the eighth, as well as the base-clearing three-run triple to end the game after ten grueling innings of play...

Author: By Madeleine Smith, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Starts Strong But Falters At Metrodome | 3/17/2010 | See Source »

...some degree, the decline of the restaurant critic was inevitable, brought about by the end of fat-cat budgets and the multiplicity of bloggers and opinion sites on the Web. But it's also true that no critic of any status can be anonymous anymore. Frank Bruni of the Times guarded his identity like a relocated mob witness, but every chef in town knew what he looked like from Day One. Another factor, less mentioned but probably more relevant, is simple fatigue. It's hard to get worked up over a piece of chicken after you've been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Praise of the Endangered Restaurant Critic | 3/16/2010 | See Source »

...calls is no secret. National business groups have blanketed Tacoma television stations with a 30-sec. spot that features depressing images of discouraged workers and a voice-over warning that health care reform will bring billions in new taxes, mandates on businesses and higher health care costs. At the end, Smith's phone number flashes across the screen. "It's a pretty thorough buy," Smith admits, saying it has sometimes run three or four times on a single station in an hour. (See the top 10 health care reform...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Heated Health-Reform Ads Give Taste of Fall Campaign | 3/16/2010 | See Source »

...example, the delays in completing the START treaty, which aims to cut the world's two biggest nuclear arsenals by a third. Last July, Obama and Medvedev signed a preliminary deal and appointed negotiators to work out the details. Obama said the deal would be finalized by the end of 2009. But that deadline has come and gone, and no new time frame has been set. Even the agreement on the military transports has gotten tangled up in its implementation. On paper, the deal allows 4,500 U.S. military flights over Russia per year, but so far this year, there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S.-Russia Relations: In Need of a New Reset | 3/16/2010 | See Source »

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