A new DNA test for the virus that causes cervical cancer does so much better than current methods that some gynecologists hope it will eventually replace the Pap smear in wealthy countries and cruder tests in poor ones.
Wars are less deadly than they've been for 12,000 years. Things could get even better. A recent decline in war casualties—especially compared to historical and even prehistorical rates—has some scholars wondering whether the era of international war may be ending.
Called the Civic Generation, young adults who grew up in the shadow of the 9/11 attacks and saw the wreckage of Hurricane Katrina are volunteering at home and abroad in record numbers. The Millennials pioneered social networking to support favorite causes.
News reports and inflamed commentary that invoke recent incidents as evidence of a modern epidemic of "mean girls" ignore real positive trends in girl crime. Every reliable measure shows that violence by girls has been plummeting for 40 years.