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OLD NEEDS NEW

How Do You Remake A City To Be 'Age Friendly'?

3 diggs The Christian Science Monitor News Design 12h

As the world's elderly population grows, it is also becoming increasingly urban. But city living poses many challenges to older people. In Manchester, England, they're trying to fix that.

IT'S NOT FROM THE RADIATION

How Natural Gas And Nuclear Have Made The US Greener

A new study by Brookings found increases in natural gas and nuclear energy for electricity generation have allowed parts of the US to 'decouple,' with states reducing their carbon dioxide emissions but seeing their economies grow.

SPIN DOCTORS OF PHILOSOPHY

How Ancient Astronomers Helped Reveal Earth's Slowing Rotation

10 diggs The Christian Science Monitor Space Studies 2w

The length of an Earth day has grown by 1.8 milliseconds per century, a new study shows.

OLD PEOPLE GET SICK

What History Tells Us About The Health Of Presidents And Candidates

2 diggs The Christian Science Monitor Election 2016 Politics Hillary Clinton 14 Sep

Hillary Clinton's recent pneumonia diagnosis raises questions about how previous presidents dealt with health crises, and why Mrs. Clinton's health has become a flashpoint issue during this campaign.

JUST IGNORE THAT DEAFENING RUMBLING

How India Is Quietly Becoming A Space Exploration Power House

18 diggs The Christian Science Monitor Space Technology World 25 May

A string of successes by India's space program is placing the south Asian country among the world's space superpowers.

ARE YOU READY FOR THIS JELLY?

New Jellyfish Discovery Shows How Little We Know About Earth's Oceans

21 diggs The Christian Science Monitor Animals Science 3 May

A colorful creature, lit up like a children's toy with its tentacles extended in all directions like sunrays, has been spotted swimming the world's deepest ocean trench.

PATRONS ARE FOAMING AT THE MOUTH

Is Starbucks Systematically Shorting Its Latte Drinkers?

21 diggs The Christian Science Monitor Business Crime Law 21 Mar

A lawsuit brought against the coffee chain by two of its customers alleges that Starbucks systematically underfills its lattes to save money.

CRUZ CONTROL

Washington Post Pulls Cartoon Of Ted Cruz's Daughters

2 diggs The Christian Science Monitor Election 2016 23 Dec 2015

Ted Cruz won a victory over the mainstream media on Tuesday night when The Washington Post withdrew an editorial cartoon that depicted Mr. Cruz’s daughters as trained monkeys dancing to his organ grinder tune.

LOST TIME

After 39 Years In Prison, An Epic Tale Of Innocence Found And Bitterness Lost

14 diggs The Christian Science Monitor Law Crime Human Nature 13 Apr 2015

Ricky Jackson was the longest-serving innocent man in US history. Now, he's free of prison — and resentment.

WATCH THE THRONE

America's Political Royalty

7 diggs The Christian Science Monitor Politics 24 Mar 2015

Why political dynasties, from the Adams to the Clinton to the Bush families, are both loved and loathed in the United States.

UP IN SMOKE

The WHO Calls For Indoor Ban On e-Cigarettes

8 diggs The Christian Science Monitor Health 26 Aug 2014

The World Health Organization urged nations to ban e-cigarettes from indoor use and sale to minors until more research is done on the benefits and risks.

A SWITCH IN TIME

How Nixon Might Have Survived Watergate

4 diggs The Christian Science Monitor Politics Histories 11 Aug 2014

Richard Nixon could have hired a White House historian or installed a manually operating taping system. Instead, he opted for a voice-activated system. "I had decided that my administration would be the best chronicled in history," he wrote in his memoirs. And it was.

CR-ISIS IN IRAQ

What's Going On In Iraq And What Can Be Done About?

23 diggs The Christian Science Monitor Warfare 12 Jun 2014

What are the options and likely responses of the key players, near and far, in the Iraqi crisis?

DOES NOT FEAURE BEN AFFLECK

In New Video, NASA Bags An Asteroid To Theme Music

17 diggs The Christian Science Monitor Space Video 24 Aug 2013

NASA has released a new concept video that animates its ambitious plan, called the Asteroid Retrieval Mission, to snag an asteroid and then send a manned spacecraft to sample it, all between the years 2018 and 2021.

COLD CASES

98 Percent Of Mexico's 2012 Murder Cases Are Unsolved

20 diggs The Christian Science Monitor World Crime 19 Jul 2013

Improving the efficiency of the judiciary in Mexico remains one of the major challenges facing President Enrique Peña Nieto.

ROCK BOTTOM

Why Is U.S. Cocaine Use On The Decline?

23 diggs The Christian Science Monitor Drugs 13 Jul 2013

The U.S. government released more good news this month about impeding entry of cocaine into the country. Still, opinions vary when it comes to interpreting the overall cocaine-use decline and the possible reasons for it.

BOSTON IS THE REAL 'WINDY CITY'

Five Weather Myths Debunked

33 diggs The Christian Science Monitor Maps Data Viz Nature 13 Jul 2013

Chicago is called the "Windy City" and Florida the "Sunshine State," but do these monikers match the weather reality on the ground? Is Kansas the tornado-prone state that Dorothy and Toto have led people to believe for decades?

ASSEMBLY FELINES

Iraq's Insatiable Demand For Hello Kitty Keeps Factory Open In War-Torn Syria

7 diggs The Christian Science Monitor Warfare Business 23 May 2013

In opposition-controlled Aleppo, once the economic heart of Syria, few businesses have survived the war. And yet in the middle of all this destruction, on the lower level of a multi-story building, workers embroider baby blankets with images of Hello Kitty.

LEAST SCANDALOUS CATHOLIC SECRET HISTORY

How Native Americans Hid In The Vatican For More Than 500 Years

27 diggs The Christian Science Monitor Histories Art Beliefs World 3 May 2013

While cleaning a Vatican fresco, restoration experts found what may be the first ever depiction of the native Americans Columbus encountered in the New World.

WHEN WILL WE DISCOVER THE WINO?

Beyond The Higgs Boson: Five More Elusive Particles

30 diggs The Christian Science Monitor Science 16 Mar 2013

The discovery of the Higgs boson greatly furthers our understanding of the fundamental constituents of matter, but some subatomic puzzle pieces still remain. Here are five types of bizarre particles that could turn up in atom-smashing experiments.