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The always fascinating English philosophic intellectual John Gray has written a book about the various ways most of the leading philosophers and scientists of the late 19th and early 20th […]
Microsoft has bought Skype for $8.5 billion in an all cash deal, and the biggest winner could actually be Facebook. Why?
Hardcore pirate, morally persuadable, legally unaware and mere music sampler. These were Lime Wire's user categories, as revealed in the hearing involving founder Mark Gorton.
American consumers are inordinately willing to take a gamble on new products and it's thanks to them that the U.S. regularly produces huge successes like Dropbox.
The concept behind Flattr—an economy of “micro-payments”—should work quite well. The only problem is that it never has.
Why have so many advertising dollars left traditional news media and what can, and should, journalists do to bring them back? A Columbia University report has some advice.
On East German transit maps of Berlin, the city's western enclave was an unmentionable obstacle
It’s Mother’s Day. Are you thinking about mom? No, not because it’s Mother’s Day, but because mom is a trendsetter a virtual thermometer of what’s hot and what’s not. I […]
Oscar-winning filmmaker James Marsh discusses the moments of inspiration behind his films and emphasizes the importance of trusting your instincts.
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Oscar-winning filmmaker James Marsh discusses the moments of inspiration behind his films and emphasizes the importance of trusting your instincts.
Smaller-budget documentaries are increasingly shaping debate over energy issues, writes Michael Nagle in a guest post today. Yet widening the scope of their reach and impact has taken some investment […]
Scrolling through POLITICO last Friday night, the words “Orangeburg, S.C.” caught my eye. Colin Powell was in my hometown that day to deliver this year’s commencement speech at my father’s […]
This week I will be participating in a symposium on the “Ethical Challenges of Communicating Science in Political Controversies” hosted by the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication at Iowa […]
The eurozone's first ever bailout of a debt-laden member country is failing—Greece will not be able to meet the terms of last year's rescue and is hoping to ask the eurozone for more funds.
The light at the end of the finals tunnel has appeared - only one set of papers (where I posed to my volcanoes class the question "if someone asked you […]
In order to grapple with the future, we must first take a big step back and understand the historical pattern of technology disruptions. The story begins by recalling the original […]
Osama bin Laden's violent ideology may have once garnered support in the Arab world, but his death comes at a time of burgeoning pro-democracy movements throughout the Muslim world.
Here's an exaggerated account of the slide of our professors into the proletariat given by The Nation, our leading journal on the left. Let me repeat what I've said before: Good […]
Speculative pricing of the world's commodities is driving up the cost of everything from copper to wheat—while financial firms make billions in profits, it spells disaster for the world's poor.
Despite the crisis in Japan, Prime Minister Kan indicated Sunday that, while temporarily closing the Hamaoka plant near Tokyo, his government was not rethinking the nation's energy policy.