Largely as a result of sex-selective abortions, Asia today is short of 160 million women. They have disappeared silently over several decades, but their absence can be seen in classrooms filled with boys, in huddles of bachelors on city streets and in higher rates of bride trafficking and prostitution elicited by growing numbers of sexually frustrated men
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The Secrets of Autism
Tommy Barrett is a dreamy-eyed fifth-grader who lives with his parents, twin brothers, two cats and a turtle in San Jose, Calif., the heart of Silicon Valley. He’s an honor-roll student who likes math and science and video games.
California: Jerry Brown Vetoes the Democrats-Backed Budget
It’s starting to look like this mission is too tough for anyone.
Italy Says No to Nuclear Power — and to Berlusconi
The fallout from Fukushima continues.
‘What the Hell Would Spielberg Do Here?’: Abrams on ‘Super 8’
Surely the most eagerly awaited film of the summer, J.J.
Science: Bread & Corpse
At Lake Zoar, near New London, Conn., Sergeant W. E.
Unrest in Libya: Gaddafi’s Security Forces Weaken Rebels’ NTC
“I have to close my restaurant when it gets dark,” complains Ahmad al-Dursi, 43, the owner of a small hamburger joint in Benghazi, the capital of what is called Free Libya.
How to Build Your Own Bedbug Detector at Home
Itching for a good after-school science experiment?
The Geek Shall Inherit the Earth
There was a time–yes, my children, the legends are true–when J.R.R. Tolkien was not cool.
Organizations: A Glossary of Incompetence
It could be argued that the world does not need a new science, but Laurence J. Peter, a professor of education at the University of Southern California, has invented one.