Ludomusicology: The Study of Video Game Music Gains Recognition
Video game music has become so much more than background noise for gamers and non-gamers alike. Theme music from Super Mario Bros. and other Nintendo classics have proven to have much larger influence...
View ArticleReal People / Best Pictures: 'Dallas Buyers Club' and the AIDS Crisis
All this week as part of our "Real People/Best Pictures" series, we’re looking at some of the films that are nominated for Best Pictures, and talking with people who are intimately connected with the...
View ArticleHobby Lobby 'Hypocrisy': Company Invests Millions in Contraceptives
Hobby Lobby, a national chain of craft stores, made headlines last week in a case before the Supreme Court, in which they claimed that the emergency contraception mandate in the Affordable Care Act...
View ArticleMassachusetts Hospital Team Prepares to Run Boston Marathon
A year ago today, two bombs exploded at the Boston Marathon finish line, killing three people and wounding more than 260 others. Thirty-nine victims of the bombing were treated at Massachusetts General...
View ArticleBoko Haram Continues Reign of Terror With Abductions, Explosions
It’s been a deadly week in Nigeria.On Monday, a car bomb detonated during rush hour and killed at least 75 in the capital of Abuja.Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan blamed Boko Haram, the...
View ArticleHow Video Game Performance Can Determine Hiring and Firing
What if your next job interview required you to play something called "Balloon Brigade" or another fast-paced, colorful, interactive video game?Some companies are using video games as a way to evaluate...
View ArticleAre New Russian Sanctions a Lost Cause?
There's another round of confrontation between the West and Russia over territory of Ukraine.After a week-old diplomatic initiative to deescalate the crises between the two nations failed, President...
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