Recently added articles from New York Times Upfront:
The last known jaguar.(NEWS & TRENDS)(Macho B)(Brief article)
May 04, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: THE LAST KNOWN JAGUAR in the United States, Macho B, died in March. Jaguars once roamed much of the American Southwest, but with the arrival of cattle ranchers in the 19th century, they had been hunted to extinction in the U.S. by the early 1960s ....
A telescope to the past.(ASTRONOMY)(Brief article)
May 04, 2009 ... Four hundred years ago, Galileo Galilei built his first telescope--and began to change the way people viewed the universe. In honor of the anniversary, one of Galileo's telescopes [shown above] is on display at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia through the summer, (It's one of two ...
Where the jobs are.(CAREERS)(Brief article)
May 04, 2009 ... Although the recession has sent the unemployment rate in the U.S. to a 25-year-high of 8.5 percent, Fortune magazine says there are jobs out there if you know where to look. Experts advise job seekers to avoid industries tied to the mortgage crisis, like construction and finance. Some of ...
Who grew it?(TECHNOLOGY)(Doleorganic.com )(Brief article)
May 04, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It can be a tong way from farm to table, but the Internet is making it easier for consumers to find out where their food came from--even which farmers were involved. Buyers of Dote organic bananas can now enter a bar-code number from the banana's sticker ...
Ancient foot, modern walk.(ANTHROPOLOGY)(Homo erectus )(Brief article)
May 04, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Until. now, no footprint trail, had ever been associated with early members of our long-legged genus Homo. But prints recently uncovered near lake Turkana in northern Kenya show that as early as 1.5 million years ago, an ancestral, species, most likely ...
Call them acro-bats.(WILDLIFE)( bats )(Brief article)
May 04, 2009 ... Because bats roost hanging from their heels, they must land upside down against a cave ceiling or foliage. Scientists have tong wondered how they do it without damaging their fragile limbs. Now, Daniel. Riskin of Brown University in Rhode Island has used high-speed video technology to ...
A degree in Beatle-ology.(MUSIC)(Beatles studies)(Brief article)
May 04, 2009 ... Plenty of colleges offer individual courses on the Beatles. But Liverpool Hope University, in the Beatles' hometown of Liverpool, England, now offers the world's first master's degree in Beatles studies. Many places in Liverpool where the Beatles lived and worked are intact, so studying ...
91%.(NUMBERS IN THE NEWS)
May 04, 2009 ... 91% PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE under 30 who respond to text ...
7,000.(NUMBERS IN THE NEWS)
May 04, 2009 ... 7,000 ESTIMATED NUMBER OF people who've been killed in Mexico's ...
400.(NUMBERS IN THE NEWS)
May 04, 2009 ... 400 NUMBER OF LARGE shopping malls that have closed in the ...
4 million.(NUMBERS IN THE NEWS)(Brief article)
May 04, 2009 ... 4 million NUMBER OF U.S. VOTERS who did not vote in the 2008 presidential election because ...
68.(NUMBERS IN THE NEWS)
May 04, 2009 ... 68 NUMBER OF CRIMES punishable by death in China. More than half are ...
Washington wordplay: Barack Obama isn't the first president to recognize the power of words in communicating with--and convincing--the American people.(NATIONAL)
May 04, 2009; ... When President Obama briefed congressional leaders at the White House on his plans to send more troops to Afghanistan, Senator Harry Reid, the majority leader, offered some advice: Whatever you do, he told the President, don't call it a "surge." Not to worry. The President ...
Uneasy neighbors: Mexico and the United States share a 2,000-mile-long border--and the challenge of dealing with immigration, trade, and now a drug war.(INTERNATIONAL)
May 04, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The United States and Mexico have long had a strong relationship. But sharing a 2,000-mile border between the world's largest economy and a much poorer developing nation has always posed challenges--and never more so than now, as the two countries grapple ...
A is for iPod ... or pizza ... or cash: is offering rewards for good grades or perfect attendance a good way to boost performance, or a gimmick that sends the wrong message?(EDUCATION)
May 04, 2009; ... Would you study harder and do better on a test if you knew there was a new iPod or $50 waiting for you if you did? That's the question at the center of a debate over offering students rewards for doing well in school. Psychologists have long warned that such programs don't help ...
What we eat: from Japan, Chad, and Kuwait, to the U.S., Ecuador, and England: a look at what families around the world eat during a typical week.(Cover story)
May 04, 2009 ... Imagine inviting yourself to dinner with 30 families in 24 different countries to explore humankind's oldest social activity: eating. That's exactly what the husband-and-wife team of Peter Menzel, a photographer, and Faith D'Aluisio, a writer, did. The result was a book called Hungry ...
Honey, I'm experimenting on the kids: is it ethical for scientists to use their own children as test subjects?(SCIENCE)
May 04, 2009; ... Rebecca Toga, 18, still remembers the first time her father scanned her brain. "It was kind of claustrophobic" in the noisy scanner, she says. her bead covered with a "cage kind of thing," her body wrapped tight in blankets. "The first time I kept talking because I was nervous, ...
Is it a show or a commercial? Increasingly, it's both, as advertisers find new ways to pitch their products inside TV programs.(MEDIA)
May 04, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] On Harlem Heights, a new reality show on BET, the young stars swish Listerine, treat their allergies with Zyrtec, and sweeten their coffee with Splenda. The products were placed within the scenes of Harlem ...
World War I: why it still matters: in 1919, the 'war to end all wars' formally ended with The Treaty of Versailles. But 90 years later, we're still living with the consequences.(TIMES PAST)
May 04, 2009; ... World War I, the most murderous conflict in history up to that time, came to a halt with a cease-fire at 11 a.m. on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918. In four years, 16 million people had died, centuries-old empires and dynasties had come crashing to the ground, and economic and ...
Should the driving age be raised? More than 5,000 teenagers die each year in car accidents. Some say they're getting behind the wheel too early.(DEBATE)
May 04, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] YES Although most teenagers don't like the idea of waiting longer to get their licenses, raising the driving age to 17 or 18 would reduce crashes involving young drivers and, in turn, save lives. Most states allow driving at age 16, 16 1/2, or ...