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In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[†]
An investigator and his colleagues at the Allen Institute for Brain Science are working with mice to decode what a mind’s neurons are saying to each other to produce behavior.
Steel makers are responding by producing lighter, stronger steel in a bid to retain one of their most important customers.
The I.R.S. allows couples the option of filing amended returns for the last three years, if they so choose. For some unions, this could mean a nice refund.
Racial tensions are playing out in new ways on college campuses nationwide, like the University of Michigan, which has seen a sharp decline in black undergraduate enrollment.
Alphonse Fletcher Jr., a flashy hedge fund manager, has been accused of running something akin to a Ponzi scheme, and the pension systems that say he misled them are hoping to get their money back.
“Kung Fu,” the new play about Bruce Lee by David Henry Hwang, never achieves the fluid grace in its dialogue and dramaturgy that it does in its action sequences.
British and American authorities investigating bad behavior at large banks have reached an uneasy truce.
The person posting as @GSElevator on Twitter, thought to be a Goldman Sachs employee, is actually a 34-year-old former bond trader in Texas.
While George W. Bush was inspired by Ukraine’s 2004 revolution, Barack Obama has approached the unrest of 2014 with a more clinical detachment aimed at avoiding instability.
In a coordinated action against the government, residents of Caracas and other cities have taken to the streets to protest a litany of problems that have long troubled the country.
The prominent Bitcoin exchange was said to be on the verge of total collapse following a major theft, even as another company announced plans for a high-profile virtual currency market.
After the death of Philip Seymour Hoffman, The National Enquirer quoted his friend David Bar Katz, but Mr. Katz had not spoken with The Enquirer. A settlement followed, and it will fund a new playwriting award.