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Bad Bosses: Leaders Who Feel Incompetent Lash Out At Employees: Study

New Scientist | Ewen Callaway | Posted 10.16.2009 | Business


Got a bullying boss? Take solace in new research showing that leaders who feel incompetent really do lash out at others to temper their own inferiorit...

Evolution and War: Back to Basics

David Sloan Wilson | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics


David Sloan Wilson

War has been part of the human condition throughout recorded and archeological history. Is war part of our nature?

Avoiding an Environmental Apocalypse

Kathy Freston | Posted 06.14.2009 | Green


Kathy Freston

It seems to me that Al Gore may have been too soft in choosing his movie title: "inconvenient" might better be replaced with "staggering" or "alarming' or perhaps even something stronger.

Reuters Mangles Flu Story and Blasts "Wild Theories" About "Evil Factory Farms"

David Kirby | Posted 05.31.2009 | Media


David Kirby

It's entirely possible that the Smithfield facility at La Gloria had nothing to do with this outbreak. But it's not exactly a "wild theory" -- Smithfield pigs are being tested for the new H1N1 strain as I write this.