As a child, Stefaan Engels was diagnosed with asthma and told not to exert himself. Instead, the now 49-year-old Belgian started to run
The Year of Magical Running: One Belgian Man, 365 Marathons
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Tunisia: How Mohammed Bouazizi Sparked a Revolution
He is now famous throughout Tunisia and the Arab world — a legend, in fact.
Science: DDT
Censorship was lifted last week from one of the great scientific discoveries of World War II. It is an insecticide called DDT
Health: Stress and the College Grad
The Latin class you took freshman year may lack real-world usefulness, but researchers think graduates may pick up a different kind of skill in college: stress management. A study in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior suggests that highly educated adults handle daily stress better than their less educated counterparts
Internet Fraud: FTC Takes On Antivirus Scam in Crackdown
At the Kiev offices of Innovative Marketing Ukraine, hundreds of programmers, translators and database engineers created a software product that made the company a world leader — an exceptional achievement in the impoverished former Soviet republic.
Silent No More: The Women of the Arab Revolutions
The uprisings sweeping the Arab world haven’t only toppled dictatorships. Gone, too, are the old stereotypes of Arab women as passive, voiceless victims.
Why Do Women Live Longer Than Men?
Across the industrialized world, women still live 5 to 10 years longer than men.
Why Some People Will Pay $20,000 For a Date
There’s no upside to setting people up. At best, you’re stuck writing a speech for a wedding; at worst, you find out your friends cry during sex
U.S. Decline in Global Arena: Is America No Longer No. 1?
I am an American, not by accident of birth but by choice. I voted with my feet and became an American because I love this country and think it is exceptional
Germany Tries Its Last Nazi War Crimes Defendant
More than 60 years after the end of World War II, an 89-year-old retired auto worker from Ohio went on trial in Germany on Monday in what many are calling the country’s last Nazi war crimes proceeding. That’s not the only reason the world is watching the trial closely: John Demjanjuk is also No.