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Though Michael Booth is a scientist, he delivers a speech like an actor. What he's about to say is "pretty frightening stuff," he tells an audience of mostly fellow academics in Sydney. "It should be R rated. It's not for the faint-hearted." And sure enough, Booth's...
(2 of 4) Why indeed? But the true surprise, perhaps, is that France has seen nothing quite like Royal before. She seeks to lead a nation that makes a big deal of honoring and supporting its women. In no European country outside Scandinavia do women make up as large a...
The survey is packed with fascinating findings, some surprising (a stunning proportion of whites--77%--say their race has a distinct culture that should be preserved) and some less so (whites view their role in the social hierarchy more benignly than blacks and Hispanics do). Whites are more likely to...
That the U.S. economy should slow was perhaps inevitable. In 2005 there were just 10.7 million Americans age 80 and older. By 2030 there were nearly 18 million--1 out of every 20 people. Continued advances in medical science meant that more and more people were living as long as...
2/3 Proportion of Americans who are overweight or obese