• How do lawmakers feel about the plan to close Guantanamo?

    How do lawmakers feel about the plan to close Guantanamo?

    Feb 24, 2016 12:53 AM EST

    ... the shifting of the detainees to somewhere else? SEN. CORY GARDNER: Well, I think there's two separate questions. I think Guantanamo Bay is a tailor-made facility for terrorists, and that's where they should stay. I also recognize that the law the president signed just last month, late ...

  • GOP, Democratic races tight as Iowa kicks off first day of voting

    GOP, Democratic races tight as Iowa kicks off first day of voting

    Feb 01, 2016 05:01 PM EST

    ... announced Sunday it had raised $20 million in January alone. While Sanders has a large team in Iowa, his operation got off to a later start, particularly compared with Clinton, who has had staff on the ground in the state for nearly a year. Monday's contest will also offer ...

  • Why 20,000 Israelis are suing Facebook over Palestinian attacks

    Why 20,000 Israelis are suing Facebook over Palestinian attacks

    Nov 24, 2015 11:48 PM EST

    ... year-olds to board a bus and do something so brutal as to shoot three 70-year-olds and then to take a knife and start to cut them up? MARGARET WARNER: Then, online, he discovered hundreds of Facebook, Twitter and YouTube postings encouraging Palestinians to stab Israeli Jews, and ...

  • News Wrap: Turkey strikes Kurdish rebels after soldier death as NATO meets on Islamic State

    News Wrap: Turkey strikes Kurdish rebels after soldier death as NATO meets on Islamic State

    Jul 28, 2015 11:23 PM EST

    ... United States: Nothing will unlock Africa's economic potential more than ending the cancer of corruption. When someone has to pay a bribe just to start a business or go to school or get an official to do the job they are supposed to be doing anyway, that's not ...

  • A push to use the human genome to make medicine more precise

    A push to use the human genome to make medicine more precise

    Jan 31, 2015 12:00 AM EST

    ... information of one million Americans. Their genes would be studied, along with their medical histories, so that researchers, private industry and the government could help tailor treatments to better match groups of patients. President Obama is asking for more than $200 million in his new budget for the project. He ...

  • How doctors can use social media as an obesity reduction tool

    How doctors can use social media as an obesity reduction tool

    Sep 10, 2014 08:00 PM EST

    The obesity epidemic has put a strain on health services around the globe. London-based bariatric surgeon Dr. Hutan Ashrafian sees the effects of the disease daily, and his long patient list signals no end in sight. And so he and a team of researchers began a search for digital-age tools that could help physicians effectively...

  • BMW apprenticeship program trains workers to rise through the ranks without 4-year degree
  • 8 workout tips for getting 'buff' at 80

    8 workout tips for getting 'buff' at 80

    May 14, 2014 09:23 PM EST

    Diet and exercise fads you see on TV or online usually sell themselves by featuring trim, athletic men and women in their 20s. But as the average age in the U.S. shifts older, there is a growing need for workouts tailor-made for retired people to help them maintain independence and lifestyle as they age.

  • What's the future of privacy in a big data world?

    What's the future of privacy in a big data world?

    Jan 23, 2014 11:47 PM EST

    Technologies that track data can make life more efficient, but can they go too far? Jeffrey Brown talks to technology and privacy experts Jules Polonetsky and Adam Thierer for more on why corporations should avoid being "creepy" and why it's important to empower consumers to hold companies and developers to strict standards.

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    The Plusses and Pitfalls of Teaching Online

    Apr 03, 2013 02:41 PM EST

    Dan Ariely is not just a great and funny teacher, but he's dedicated his life to making the world a somewhat better place. To that end, he's produced an online course on behavioral economics that already has attracted 140,000 students. Ilustration of Dan Ariely by Coursera. A Note from Paul Solman: Behavioral psychologist and good...