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The country’s largest nursing union is considering the possibility of strikes if hospitals do not offer more extensive training on how to treat Ebola patient.


Exercise Steadfast Jazz. Operation Pig Bristle.


It’s probably the safest time for Americans since 1969.


On Wednesday, Warner Bros. and DC Comics dropped some absolutely monumental movie news: Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Shazam, Cyborg, and Green Lantern are all getting movies in the next six years.


Even Thomas Piketty doesn’t agree with the wild mischaracterization of his theory circulating on the web.


They are brave, underpaid and on the front lines of fighting the Ebola crisis.


What psychology and neuroscience tell us about this remarkable behavior


As Obama’s poll numbers fall, the idea of a ground war in Iraq may become more popular.


New Hampshire declared a state of emergency over the drug. Was it warranted?


The news comes three days after the announcement that another nurse got the virus at the same hospital.


And they’ve come up with some intriguing results.


OK Go, which has a new album out this week, have made some amazingly ambitious music videos. Here are my favorites.


Signs of falling demand for commodities plus slumping US retail sales plus an ongoing disaster in Europe are adding up to a very alarming situation.


These are the circumstances under which you can — and can’t — get Ebola in the air.


Broad City twists a familiar story into something new, hysterical, and worth the afternoon you’ll lose after getting sucked in by watching the opening episode — which features the main characters Skyping each other while one of them is having sex.