"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
You may think your toddler is just playing in the sand box, but she may really be conducting a sophisticated scientific experiment and making inferences every time she pours out another scoop of sand.
Grandparents are being taken to the cleaners. They get a call to send money to get their grandchild out of trouble. There's noone to help and the scammers keep the cash.
Chimps agree: a bird in the hand Is worth two in the bush. They keep 'ordinary' carrots they're eating even when they're offered grapes that they love.
Bacteria found in dirt is known to keep skin healthy, so why do we scrub clean to kill it? Even if we give up some of our hygiene practices, dentists say we still need to brush our teeth!
The paper version of Newsweek is the latest casualty of a changing world where readers get more of their information from the Internet. The tempo of the news and the Web is just too fast to keep up with.