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...This] is extremely important in research science,” he added. “Because 9/10 things you do will fail, and you need to keep your head up to stop from floundering… Amy seems to have that excitability, and sense of wonder...

Author: By Catherine E. Coppinger, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Lighting Up the Laboratory | 3/26/2010 | See Source »

Breitbart helped launch the Huffington Post in 2005, but the marriage was destined to fail. Huffington had become a progressive. "It became impossible for me to work with Arianna's staff. They're liberals." But as he walked out the door, Breitbart experienced an epiphany...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Citizen Breitbart: The Web's New Right-Wing Impresario | 3/25/2010 | See Source »

...woman, only compounded by Ludacris’s extra emphasis on the word “rocks.” “Feelin’ So Sexy” feels like listening to other peoples’ phone sex, and Ludacris’s usually entertaining lyrical metaphors fail again when he says he’s going to make his girl “as wet as Niagara Falls,” a disturbing and decidedly unattractive thought...

Author: By Araba A. Appiagyei-Dankah, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Ludacris | 3/23/2010 | See Source »

...Europe, voters demand that their governments offer good public services - including decent education and medical care - and regularly vote them out of office when they fail to deliver. Taxes may be slightly higher in Europe, but medical fees are heavily subsidized by governments and are drastically cheaper than they are in the U.S. The French, for example, pay a fixed $30 for a doctor's visit - and proposals to raise that fee even a few cents can ignite national protests. And in most of Europe, insurance companies are barred from rejecting applicants because of pre-existing conditions. (See pictures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: E.U. Gloats Over Belated U.S. Health Care Reform | 3/23/2010 | See Source »

...membership for Israel, provided it negotiates a two-state solution and comes into compliance with international law. The promise of such memberships and the economic opportunities and security guarantees that come with them just might put enough positive pressure on Israel to do the right thing. Should the Israelis fail to take action, the EU would then need to consider punitive trade sanctions similar to those imposed on South Africa during its apartheid era in the 1980s. The message to Israel must be clear: We want to help you, but the status quo is unacceptable...

Author: By Melinda Kuritzky and Brendan Rivage-Seul | Title: Lessons in Peacemaking | 3/22/2010 | See Source »

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