Robin Young
"The Wire" is still connecting
Three years after the HBO series "The Wire" ended, academics continue to use the show to stir discussion on race, poverty, and violence.
Congress spends 27 percent of its time taunting
Instead of policy making, compromising or fixing the problems of the country, the US Congress spends about 27 percent of its time taunting each other.
Three Cups of Tea: Can the good be saved?
Fabrications exposed in "Three Cups of Tea" by Greg Mortenson are calling into question the future of humanitarian work inspired by the book.
re-CAPTCHA-ing the word
Google is digitizing the world's books, with the help of website users decoding of smudged or blurry texts in a technology called reCAPTCHA.
Training monkeys to assist people with severe disabilities
Through the Helping Hands program, capuchin monkeys are trained and placed in homes where they help those with disabilities.
Describing the score: Berklee students help find music for films
Students at the Berklee College of Music are adding descriptions to Paramount’s film scores in an effort to make the perfect music more easily discovered.
Estimated cost of 2012 campaign: $6 billion
Campaign spending in the 2012 US election could reach $6 or 7 billion dollars as outside groups pay for electoral influence.
Shakespeare returns to Kabul
"Love's Labour's Lost" is the first Shakespeare play to be performed in Afghanistan since the Soviet invasion of 1979.
Mainstream tech opens doors for blind people
How conventional technologies like iPhones can help blind people find better, more affordable ways to level the playing field.
How to find whole grains
Whole grains can reduce the risk of diseases, but separating real from fake can be confusing.
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