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Matter Monogamys Boost to Human Evolution
Fossil records suggest that by sticking around and protecting and feeding their offspring, early men paved the way for the growth of the human brain.


Modern Love Breaking Free From the Nesting Doll
She could rescue him from a dead-end life. But was that a good reason to marry him?


Art in Review Martn Gutierrez Martin(e)
In a series of photographs, Mr. Gutierrez acts the roles of four life-size female sex dolls installed in different domestic settings.


Sharing the Wealth as a Comic Book Goes to Hollywood
The movie 2 Guns, adapted from the comic books from Boom Studios, opens this week. Thanks to Booms creator share model, both the publisher and comics writer reap benefits.


Shares of uranium miner Paladin dive after canceled sale
Aug 2 (Reuters) - Shares of Australian uranium miner Paladin Energy Ltd fell as much as 29 percent in Toronto on Friday after the company canceled plans for now to sell a minority interest in an...


Philip Bobbitts Garments of Court and Palace
Philip Bobbitt examines The Prince and its author.


A Month in the Country, as Experienced at Age 20
The chief dance critic of The New York Times recalls being mesmerized by Lynn Seymour and Anthony Dowell in Frederick Ashtons ballet A Month in the Country, introduced in 1976.


Critics Notebook Creating Barbra Streisand in Buyer Cellar
Buyer Cellar, whose subject is a really, really big star, considers the great divide of renown that separates the idol from the idolized.


Why women don't make partner
The scales of justice are beginning to balance as an increasing number of women enter the legal profession. But female lawyers are still struggling to become partners at top firms. CNN asked six leading lawyers in the United States and Britain to tell us what can be done to make the law a more balanced profession


Insight Science for hire - Trial over plastic exposes disclosure deficit
NEW YORK (Reuters) - By 2012, Eastman Chemical seemed to be perfectly positioned when it came to producing plastic for drinking bottles. Concerns about a widely used chemical called bisphenol A (BPA) had become so great that Walmart stopped selling plastic baby bottles and children's sippy cups made with it and consumer groups were clamoring for regulators to ban it. Medical societies were warning that BPA's similarity to estrogens could disrupt the human hormone system and pose health risks, es


UPDATE 4-New RBS boss McEwan tasked with restoring bank to health
LONDON, Aug 2 (Reuters) - New Zealander Ross McEwan was confirmed as boss of Royal Bank of Scotland on Friday, tasked with laying the foundations for Britain to start selling its 81 percent stake in...


U.S. Week Ahead Tesla and Kors fly high; Fed jobs reaction
Aug 2- Two Wall Street darlings, Tesla and Michael Kors, report earnings next week with high expectations from analysts. Disney was hit by ESPN ratings and Fed policymakers react to a weak jobs report.


Do black tech entrepreneurs face institutional bias?
Wayne Sutton has been asking venture-capital investors and Silicon Valley executives a question that's not often broached here in the epicenter of the technology industry


Spain studies measures to pressure Gibraltar
MADRID/GIBRALTAR (Reuters) - Spain is studying retaliatory measures against the British territory of Gibraltar in an escalating dispute over fishing grounds, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo said in an interview published on Sunday.


Sports of The Times Bedeviled by Lifes Curveballs, Rodriguez Misses the Guideposts
As a young major leaguer, Alex Rodriguez talked about the effect of his missing father on his life.


Make it the gayest Olympics ever
Frida Ghitis says in the light of Russia's extreme anti-gay laws, nations competing in the 2014 Olympics in Russia should make them the gayest Games ever


Surgeon brings hope to villagers
In Cameroon, there is only one doctor for every 5,000 people, according to the World Health Organization. Seeing his father and so many of his countrymen suffer, Georges Bwelle was determined to do something about it.


Bits Blog U.S. Proposes Solutions for Apples E-Book Price-Fixing
After the United States government won an antitrust suit against Apple, it now wants to discipline Apple in other markets where it does business, like movies and music.


Giants Can't Get Any Outs in 10th, Lose to Rays
Tim Lincecum and David Price pitched as expected against struggling lineups. Then, with the former Cy Young Award winners out of the game in the 10th inning, the San Francisco Giants couldn't get anybody out.


Flip flop stocks land at new records
Aug. 2 - Summary of business headlines U.S. hiring slows; Stocks comeback to close higher; Dell gets closer to a deal; Viacom profits jump; Weight Watchers stock sinks. Bobbi Rebell reports.


Dyer Says He Will Play for Louisville
Former Auburn running back Michael Dyer is transferring to Louisville and will play for the Cardinals this season.


TV goes to the dogs with first channel for canines
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lonely, bored dogs left at home all day while their owners are at work could soon be getting some digital company - a TV channel with programming just for pooches.


Well If This Were Your Mother, Doctor
A common question helps family members make sense of the confusion, desolation and powerlessness that so often defines the hospital experience, but leaves a newcomer to clinical medicine feeling vulnerable and violated.


2 Years After 116 Police Bullets Flew, Few Answers
A 22-year-old driver was killed and four bystanders wounded when officers opened fire in Miami Beach, but details about how it happened and why have not been made public.


Azarenka edges Ivanovic, meets Stosur in final
CARLSBAD, California (Reuters) - Top seed Victoria Azarenka overcame a lapse of concentration to defeat Ana Ivanovic 6-0 4-6 6-3 and reach the final of the Carlsbad Open on Saturday.


Motherlode Blog IVF, Embryos and Choices
When my daughter asked if I chose whether to make her and her sister siblings, or twins, I lied before I thought. Because along with a lot of other choices I never thought Id have, that was a choice.


Dot Earth Blog Daniel Yergin on George Mitchells Shale Energy Innovations and Concerns
An energy historian considers the legacy of the energy entrepreneur who unlocked shale gas and oil with fracking.


With Education as Economic Engine, Ithaca Thrives in Struggling Region
The city, led by a young mayor with an idealists approach, has a reciprocal relationship with Cornell University and Ithaca College that has created thousands of jobs.


Coin of Realm in China Graft Phony Receipts
Sales of counterfeit receipts, used to evade taxes and defraud employers, are becoming more sophisticated, putting considerable tax revenue at stake.


Troops try to regain Honduras prison
Honduras' president ordered troops to take control of a prison on Saturday, a day after a report claimed that inmates have "internal control" over all of the country's prisons.


N.F.L. Roundup Panthers Doing Best to Limit Tackling
To avoid unnecessary injuries as a result of contact, Carolina has been emphasizing form tackling during team drills, with defenders wrapping up ball carriers but not taking them down.


World's dog-friendliest hotels
12 places dog lovers can leave their pets without the guilt.


British summer of pride
This summer has Britain basking in the historical success of its athletes. CNN's Amanda Davies reports.


Dot Earth Blog The Silent Partner Behind the Shale Energy Boom Taxpayers
A closer look at the public investments behind the private success of a shale-fracking pioneer.


Turkish court to announce verdicts in Ergenekon conspiracy case
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish court will pass judgment on Monday on nearly 300 defendants accused of plotting to topple the government in a battleground case in the decade-long conflict between Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and Turkey's secularist establishment.


Vontobel sees client inflows at same pace as in H1
GENEVA (Reuters) - Swiss bank Vontobel AG has seen private client inflows continuing at the same pace as in the first half of the year, private banking head Peter Fanconi said on Wednesday.


Senate confirms Obama's Tax Court judges without a fight
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate has confirmed President Barack Obama's two most recent Tax Court judicial nominees, Michael Thornton and Joseph Nega, allowing Obama to deepen his imprint on the powerful but obscure court.


Republicans Refuel Effort to Cripple Health Care Law
Republicans say they persist in their efforts to repeal President Obamas health care law because it is an example of government overreach.


Wedding turns funeral
Authorites want to know how a power boat carrying bride-to-be Lindsey Stewart and her fiance's best man slammed into a construction barge north of Manhattan, throwing them from the boat.


Cameroon medical mercy mission
For years, Georges Bwelle watched his father decline in hospitals that couldn't cope. But now he brings aid to others.


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