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2. On the larger effects of Darwin's writing: "[T]he most important way in which Darwin altered his era was by getting people who did do science to ask a new kind of question. Some scientific revolutions have surprisingly small ideological aftershocks; Michael Faraday's discovery that electricity and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Darwin, Lincoln and the Modern World | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

The 3.5 million jobs forecast has always been a mysterious subject. The language used in the original House stimulus bill indicated that the programs in the legislation would create or save 3 to 4 million jobs. The "save" part is an important distinction. (Read "25 People to Blame for the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Math for 3.5 Million Jobs | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

Kristeller, who had participated in earlier work exploring how physicians could help their patients quit smoking, recalled a short - five- to seven-minute - conversation that the leader of a study had devised to help doctors address the problem. The recommended dialogue conformed to what's known as patient-centered care...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Biology of Belief | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

Moviegoing is exactly what separates the audience from the Academy. You, dear ordinary cinephile, go to a theater and sit in a big room with a big screen on which, you hope, big things will happen. Those things are called movies. But the Academy balloters, by and large, aren't...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How the Oscars Became the Emmys | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

That spirit has stayed alive even amid the worst economic crisis in memory. As unemployment rises throughout the region, government officials and executives from Tokyo boardrooms to New Delhi ministries are scrambling to find ways to minimize mass layoffs. Part of the urgency, especially in countries like China, is to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Asian Corps, Govs Scramble to Save Jobs | 2/11/2009 | See Source »

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