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In January 2011, Ron Lieber posted “Gordon Murray, Former Investment Banker, Dies at 60” on a blog for The New York Times. Gordon Murray, t...

For the second time in the company’s history, Apple CEO Steve Jobs is going on medical leave. A year and a half ago, Jobs underwent a liver ...

As Washington prepares for a visit from Chinese President Hu Jintao this week, we take a look at what lies ahead in the shifting relationshi...

MIT professor Sherry Turkle discusses her new book Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other, in which she...

The award for controversial book of the year so far for concerned parents has to be Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. The author is a Chinese...

One of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s most important political advisors, Stanley Levison, has remained largely hidden from public view — ...

U.S. President Ronald Reagan In January 1989, U.S. President Ronald Reagan issued his “Farewell Address to the Nation” from the Oval O...

This week: advice for exercising while sick; Dartmouth research on end-of-life care; why self-diagnosis on the Internet is a bad idea; and a...

The story of Marie and Pierre Curie is one of love, scientific partnership and one of the most important discoveries of the 20th century. Ar...

The 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage -- the bedrock of American home ownership -- is a weird loan. In an ordinary market, you'd have to pay ...

Welcome our new host! Shirin Sadeghi! This week: Haiti, one year later; Yves Point du Jour on what's happening now + Isabel Allende'...

Salt is found on most dining tables and in most kitchens--but this ubiquitous household item has a long and curious history. It's a flav...

2009 marked the 70th anniversary of Marian Anderson's historic performance on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Today, we look at her l...

The story of Marie and Pierre Curie is one of love, scientific partnership and one of the most important discoveries of the 20th century. Ar...

The author of "The Economist's Oath" on the need for ethical debate within the economics profession and why some will ardently...

The author, Joseph P. Quinlan, recently sat with Bloomberg. Listen to the show.

Episode: January 14th, 2011: Guest: Dan Wetzel: National sports columnist and co-author of “Death to the BCS: The Definitive Case Against th...

We talk with Silicon Valley venture capitalist William Draper about his new book, "The Startup Game." One of the West Coast's ...

Dr. Paul A. Offit, Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases and Director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children's Hospital ...

The mental health of the Tucson shooter has become central to the conversation about the deadly incident in Arizona last weekend. Slate.com ...