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...City, the writers flew from Los Angeles to work out of a room at the Mandarin Oriental hotel. I was expecting to join an enormous gathering of the greatest comedy writers in the world, who would mock me with cutting barbs about my relative youth and handsomeness. Instead, there were three dudes eating Gummi Bears from the minibar. Two of them weren't even Jewish. The third was a 27-year-old who makes Web videos and got the job when he was pitching a movie idea to Jackman's company--an idea it turned down. The Emmys...
...work began, the participants informed the researchers - but not their team members - of their real-world scores on the math portion of the SAT. When the work was finished, the people who spoke up more were again likelier to be described by peers as leaders and likelier to be rated as math whizzes. What's more, any speaking up at all seemed to do. Participants earned recognition for being the first to call out an answer, but also for being the second or third - even if all they did was agree with what someone else had said. Merely providing some...
...United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world, although it is only the third most populous country—one out of every 100 American adults is currently behind bars. We must continue to scrutinize our judicial and penal system to determine whether justice is being administered fairly and reasonably—making an effort to ensure that punishment fits the crime—and correct any inequalities that cause some groups to be punished disproportionately over others. A modern, civilized nation cannot simply lock people away and forget about them. Good government must concern itself with...
...labs are the only ones in the world commercially cloning pets today, they may discover their fledgling business is not exactly a growth industry. There are ethical concerns over commercial pet cloning, and at a roughly $150,000 per pooch, the service is currently too expensive for most dog lovers to contemplate. Prices could fall to closer to $50,000 as more cost-effective techniques are developed, but for now, cloning "service" dogs - like "sniffer" dogs used to detect cancer and narcotics - seems to be a more viable venture. Nearly a third of the 35 dogs cloned...
...almost ensured that Pope Benedict XVI was part of the debate over the past days and weeks. The pontiff used his annual message for the World Day of the Sick on Sunday to focus on the issue of euthanasia. "Let us pray for all the sick, especially those most seriously ill, who cannot provide for themselves in any way, but are completely dependent on the care of others," the pontiff said. It was the third time in a week that the Pope had made a not-so-subtle reference to the Englaro case. "Human life is beautiful and must...