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Tristram Kenton The Fatal Flaws of Fatal Attraction
The writer of the 1987 thriller disliked the ending that Hollywood put on the movie. A new live adaptation addresses his concerns—but doesn't fix the deeper problem with the story.
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Warner Bros. Elizabeth Taylor's Feisty, Feminist Turn in Giant
Her performance as rancher Leslie Lynnton dismantled stereotypes about women and minorities when it graced screens nearly 60 years ago.
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Chiaki Tsukumo / Reuters The American Woman Who Wrote Equal Rights Into Japan's Constitution
As a 22-year-old military aide, Beate Sirota Gordon gave Japan's new founding document its own version of the Equal Rights Amendment.
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The Alarming Rate of Errors in the ICU
Missed diagnoses in hospital intensive care units may result in as many deaths per year as breast cancer.
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Doctors, Practice What You Preach
"Do as I say, not as I do" just doesn't work in medicine.
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Exit Obama, Enter Irene: A Dispatch From Martha's Vineyard
A tale of two storms: this weekend's hurricane, and the turmoil in Washington, D.C.
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Quiz Time: How Many Different Species on Earth?
As countless creatures remain undocumented, a study offers an answer to a longstanding scientific mystery
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Tying the Knot with Newsprint: The Ultimate Newsie Wedding
Two journalists find a perfect marriage theme in the trappings of print media, from typewriters to notebook-and-pen party favors
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The 'Girl Writer' Behind 'I Love Lucy' Dies
Madelyn Pugh Davis, pioneering television writer, author, and role model for women everywhere, has passed away at the age of 90
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10 Critical Questions About Japan's Nuclear Crisis
What you need to understand about the situation as it unfolds
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Japan: Future Risk, Present Devastation
Amid anxieties over the prospect of nuclear disaster, we should pause and mourn the thousands of dead in Japan
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What the Media Doesn't Get About Meltdowns
News reports about the nuclear accidents in Japan are using "meltdown" indiscriminately, creating excessive fear
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A Japanese Three Mile Island?
The accident at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, and the government's clumsy response, both resemble the 1979 U.S. nuclear disaster
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Could the Chevy Volt Really Help Reduce Global Warming?
As the car darling of the 2011 Detroit auto show, can this electric vehicle change American driving habits?
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Bill Ruckelshaus on EPA: 'Battered Agency Syndrome?'
The founding administrator of the EPA is concerned about the agency's work now that the Republicans have assumed control of the House
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Poll Shows Voter Divide on Health Care
A new study reveals the polarization of voters on this issue. How will the coming elections affect the bill?
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Of Mad Men, Crusaders and Cigarettes
The man who took on tobacco in the 1960s reflects on how smoking culture has changed since the days of Mad Men
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4 Million Test-Tube Babies and Counting
This week the scientific father of the test-tube baby won the Nobel. A look at how in vitro fertilization has affected parenthood.
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Earl, We Hardly Knew Ye: A Martha's Vineyard Update
Some grumble that Earl was over-hyped, but it's better to be safe than sorry
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Waiting for Earl: A Report from Martha's Vineyard
A dispatch from the island as the community awaits the storm
