One hundred and fifty years after Darwin first proposed the theory of evolution, the debate between religion and science continues to raise tensions in America. A recent USA Today article advocating peace between evolution and creationism generated nearly 100 comments in a little more than a day; the sponsored online
Marjorie Greenfield— I just got back from the Doulas of North America international conference in Atlanta where I gave a talk called “how OBs think.” The doulas seemed to find the title humorous but they still came to hear what I had to say. I gave the talk because I’ve gotten interested
Forty-four years ago this week, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was signed into law, marking a monumentous moment in civil rights history. Yesterday’s confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor fell on the anniversary of the law’s passage, lending even greater historical resonance to a moment that President Obama celebrated as
John M. Marzluff, co-author of the award-winning In the Company of Crows and Ravens, has been featured in a recent NPR interview discussing the “Crow Paradox.” This popular broadcast originally aired on July 27th, but can be accessed online here. In the interview, Marzluff discusses research he conducted at the
Sometimes it takes an outsider’s point of view to see society as it truly is. Such keen insights are abundant in Bite the Hand That Feeds You, a collection of the work of British-born journalist Henry Fairlie compiled by Newsweek contributor Jeremy McCarter. Fairlie, who passed away in 1990, is
Fans of comics and popular culture from across the world are gathering in San Diego for the 40th Comic-Con International, the largest convention of its kind. For fans unable to make the yearly pilgrimage to San Diego for four days of comic madness, we’ll gladly suggest a few titles that
On this day in 1898, artist Alexander Calder was born in Lawnton, Pennsylvania. Though the Press has no mobiles to erect in his honor (the University already took care of that for us), we do have a fine selection of books for fans of his work. The Surreal Calder focuses
For those old enough to remember, the 40th anniversary of the moon landing brings back memories of “One small step,” lunar bootprints, and the first grainy photos of an American flag flown some 240,000 miles from home. But the photos sent back from the Apollo missions were not only of
The following article by Pat Thomas originally appeared on July 13 in the Ecologist: Most orange juice manufacturers would have you believe that OJ is purity in a glass; a simple, natural, single-ingredient product. But behind this image of purity is a product that is heavily processed and engineered. If
Over the past weekend, amateur and professional dancers gathered in Chicago to participate in the 2009 Astaire Awards Championships, an annual competition serves not only to show off the nation’s dancing prowess, but also to pay homage to a patron saint of the sport. In his recent book, Fred Astaire,