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Stephen Greenblatt argues that art is always grounded in its time and place, but that powerful art contains universal elements.
New research out of Cambridge University in the U.K. finds that husbands who do households chores are happier and experience greater wellbeing. This finding surprised the researchers, who hypothesized that […]
"Can Scientists Just Find the God Particle Already?" That was Gawker's amusing headline last December when scientists at the nuclear research center CERN reported "tantalizing glimpses" of the Higgs subatomic […]
I was going to flip a coin to decide whether or not to write about the Supreme Court RATS – an acronym a progressive blogger from Daily Kos invented for […]
Something unusually delightful greeted students on the morning of June 19 as they lined up to enter Public School 10 in Brooklyn. The event had nothing to do with standardized […]
In case you thought that Obama’s comments in favor of same-sex marriage, Romney’s tepid response and recent polls were signs that American society is surging toward a consensus on basic […]
So Cato Institute president Ed Crane is taking an "early retirement" and megabucks former BB&T CEO John Allison is set to take his place. It's easy to see why Allison […]
On the basis of having for a time shared a house with a John Roberts clerk who conveyed to me no useful information about the Chief Justice's cast of mind, […]
This post was originally written for the "Because I Am An Atheist" series at The Crommunist Manifesto. Thanks to Crommunist for the inspiration! Because I am an atheist, I don't […]
By smashing atoms of gold together at near-light speeds, scientists have created a primordial plasma state that existed for only one-millionth of second after the Big Bang occurred.
When Californians head to the polls this November, they will decide if genetically modified foods should be labeled as such. Meanwhile, scientists are engineering foods to make us healthier.
Experimental psychologists have found that memory of learned processes, such as learning to play a specific piece of music, can be activated during sleep and strengthened in the process.
Anne-Marie Slaughter's new piece in The Atlantic about how women cannot "have it all" has provoked a wave of commentary, but none that I have seen has mentioned the article's […]
Since April, we've been exploring the intersection of humanity and technology in our Humanizing Technologyseries, an online expo in partnership with Bing. Without a doubt, the series has had an […]
To gather data, scientists hope that tourists at this summer's Olympics will take advantage of a new language translation app, soon to be available for free at Apple's App Store.
Scientists have created devices that collect energy produced by human locomotion. Their next goal is to improve efficiency so electricity can be collected and stored for later use.
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The scarcity of professional talent is a growing problem for companies around the world, says Anil Gupta, a leading expert on strategy and globalization.
What's the Big Idea? The paradox of hiring during times of economic hardship is that even when unemployment is high, even when businesses have a vast pool of potential hires […]
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As more people than ever reach old age around the world with less and less in savings, Nobel prize-winning economist Paul Krugman explains how employers can educate their employees about […]
Last summer, the fastest way to spend $50 in America was to fill up at the pump. This summer, the fastest way to blow through $50 might be streaming videos and […]