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America's longest war, now in its 15th year, is long on official U.S. optimism about building a self-reliant Afghan army but short on convincing evidence that the goal will be reached anytime soon.

Activist Gregg Gonsalves issues a call to action in an essay in this week's New England Journal of Medicine: "Panic, Paranoia, and Public Health — The AIDS Epidemic's Lessons for Ebola."

Amid the horrors and divisions of 1968, Americans weren't as polarized as they are today. Nixon was making an appeal to a nation still hoping for a solution to its seemingly endless catastrophes.

The exploding field of "learning analytics" raises ethical questions similar to those arising from the recent Facebook revelations.

Author Of 'Do Zombies Dream Of Undead Sheep?'

The Chinchorros, who lived between modern-day Peru and Chile, mummified their dead at least 2,000 years before the Egyptians. But some mummies have begun to turn to ooze, so scientists investigated.

Even the combined deaths from HIV/AIDS and malaria isn't quite as devastating. The culprits are the usual suspects, like cars and industry, but also cookstoves and ... manure?

They eat up administrators' time, many students think they discriminate against girls and aren't there much more important things to worry about?

They eat up adminstrators' time, many students think they discriminate against girls, and ... aren't there much more important things to worry about?

Even though it's not yet spring time, parents are thinking about next fall’s first day of school.