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The U.K. National Theatre's Phedre Could Change the Reach of Theater -- or Not

Divina Infusino | Posted 07.23.2009 | Entertainment


Divina Infusino

Live theater has no natural digital companion. The U.K. National Theatre's production of Phèdre, starring Helen Mirren, has been an attempt to change that.

The Strange Problem of Space Junk - And How It Threatens Our Way of Life

Johann Hari | Posted 07.12.2009 | World


Johann Hari

There is so much space trash that scientists are warning it could be poised to take out the satellites we depend on every day -- and trap us here on a heating earth.

North Korea's Satellite Launch

John Feffer | Posted 05.06.2009 | World


John Feffer

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out why North Korea just launched another rocket. The country wants attention.

Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 04.13.2009 | World


Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet

The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: Pakistan: Yet Another Path to Failure Facts: Pakistan's government arrests hundreds of "dissidents" includi...

The New York Times' And Guardian's Fear Mongering on Iran Hits a New Low

Sam Sedaei | Posted 03.09.2009 | Media


Sam Sedaei

Since the attacks of September 11, American journalists have shown an obsession with Iran's nuclear program and paid a disproportionate attention to Iran's enrichment of uranium.

Putin Tests Satellite System On His Dog

AP | LYNN BERRY | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics


MOSCOW — Russia was the first to put a dog in space. Now, 50 years later, it has brought space to a dog, and not just any dog but Prime Minister...