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Adams' paper is the latest in a number of recent studies that paint a grim fate for the world's forests if warming isn't slowed. A major Science study published in January found widespread increase in tree mortality rates in the western U.S., thanks in part to regional warming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Dire Fate of Forests in a Warmer World | 4/14/2009 | See Source »

The danger of a slippery slope is that you never know when you’re going to fall. As medicine makes further advancements in the realm of pre-natal screening, we must remain aware of the point at which the fight against diseases progresses into an unnatural quest for...

Author: By Olivia M. Goldhill | Title: Million Dollar Baby | 4/13/2009 | See Source »

Pre-natal screening presents a valid opportunity to combat many diseases, and we are still significantly far from the sinister world of designer babies outlined by cynics and satirists. However, as science allows us to advance further and further in pursuit of perfection, we should be aware of the implications...

Author: By Olivia M. Goldhill | Title: Million Dollar Baby | 4/13/2009 | See Source »

Although it would be foolish for the great powers to intervene militarily in Sudan, they can and should take steps in order to make sure that a criminal does not remain head of state. They can start by placing economic sanctions on Sudan, boycotting its merchandise, and placing an arms...

Author: By Elias A Shaaya | Title: Never Again | 4/13/2009 | See Source »

An etymological examination further exposes meat as a decidedly non-gender-neutral term. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, "meat," in its slang usage, can refer to “the human body (esp. a woman’s body) regarded as an instrument of sexual pleasure,�...

Author: By Courtney A. Fiske | Title: Veganism as Sexism? | 4/13/2009 | See Source »

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