Daily Interlude

The Science of Shortness

Since human growth hormone was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2003 to treat unusually short but otherwise medically normal children, a great deal of research has gone into trying to prove why a couple of extra inches are crucial for an undersize kid ... more >>

Wisdom of the Ages

Most modern thinkers have not been much concerned with the virtue of wisdom. So it may just be time to put the sapiens back in homo sapiens sapiens ... more >>

An All-Out War Rages in Brazil's Slum

Despite a spike in drug-related violence, Brazilian authorities have insufficient resources to halt gang confrontations ... more >>

The Empire that was Russia

This is an online recreation of the Prokudin - Gorskii photographic record.  A great collection of photographs that retell the vestiges of a long gone Tsarist Russia ... more >>