Myla LarsenA tale of two Tsarnaevs on eve of trial in Boston Marathon bombingverified_publisherCNNCNN — Two portraits have emerged of Boston Marathon terror suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, whose trial begins Monday. There’s Tsarnaev the bloodied fugitive, captured by police with rifle lasers tagging his head as he surrendered from a tarp-covered boat in a homeowner’s backyard. That ended a massive …
Myla LarsenInside a Chinese Test-Prep Factoryverified_publisherThe New York Times - Brook LarmerThe main street of Maotanchang, a secluded town in the furrowed hills of eastern China’s Anhui province, was nearly deserted. A man dozed on a motorized rickshaw, while two old women with hoes shuffled toward the rice paddies outside town. It was 11:44 on a Sunday morning last spring, and the row …
Myla LarsenMost cancer types 'just bad luck'verified_publisherBBC News - By James GallagherImage source, SPL Most types of cancer can be put down to bad luck rather than risk factors such as smoking, a study has suggested. A US team were trying to explain why some tissues were millions of times more vulnerable to cancer than others. The results, in the journal Science, showed two thirds of …
Myla LarsenHow Ebola Roared Back (Published 2014)verified_publisherThe New York Times - Kevin SackOn the flight back to Atlanta, Dr. Pierre Rollin snoozed in Seat 26C in his usual imperturbable way, arms folded, head bobbing, oblivious to loudspeaker announcements and the periodic passing of the galley cart. This routine had become part of his lore. During each viral outbreak, Dr. Rollin, the …
Myla LarsenStop Making ‘Workaholics’ a Dirty WordTIME - Marty NemkoI’ve been saddened, okay angered, by the change in how we treat our hard workers. When I was growing up in the 1950s, people who worked long hours were considered the norm. Not only did my father work 12 hours a day, seven days a week to support my mom, sister, and me, all of our friends’ fathers …
