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The top African-American chess player defied the conventional wisdom that you need to learn the game in preschool to become a grandmaster.
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Players from Brooklyn want "to rip your heart out, cook it, and eat it later."
So, maybe I spoke too soon when I mentioned in passing how quiet the fall has been in the world of volcanic eruptions. In less than a week since I […]
"Pig manure can pave our streets—and a path to cleaner energy." The Atlantic reports on a new machine that converts excrement into bio-oil and liquid fertilizer.
"The time taken to 'fall in love' clocks in at about one-fifth of a second, not the six months of romantic dinners and sharing secrets some might expect."
The prolific and award-winning Canadian writer designs superhero costumes for alter-egos of two of her readers—as well as a chilling enemy 'the Paniac'.
"Leaked photos purporting to show a Sony Ericsson handset combined with a PlayStation Portable games console have appeared online." The Telegraph reports.
"My team at the U.K. Medical Research Council's Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit in Cambridge has come up with the ultimate test of intelligence," says Adrian Owen.
If you are a startup looking for investors, stay as close to home as possible. Forbes' Maureen Farrell says fundraising rounds will be shorter and less frequent if you do.
"Policy doesn't swing very wildly when government changes hands." The Economist's Iowa correspondent says midterm elections are more about coalitions than zero-sum games.
The prolonged debate over net neutrality threatens to retard development of strong U.S. broadband lines while countries like Japan and South Korea plow ahead.
"Having at least one female sibling makes us happier and less prone to depression, especially if our parents were divorced. This effect seems to persist into adulthood."
"A new advance in recording and interpreting brain activity will open the door to machines that could record and play back your dreams," say U.C.L.A. neurology researchers.
The decision by Iraq's high tribunal to pass a death sentence on Tariq Aziz, once the international face of dictator Saddam Hussein's regime, over “the persecution of Islamic parties”, has the feel of […]
Maybe it was a good thing that I was headed out of town the day Juan Williams got whacked by the NPR head honchos. Because it probably wouldn’t have taken […]
While recent advances in software and technology have made remarkable progress in humanoid robotics, one area consistently lagging in comparison to human ability has been the sensitivity of touch. Now, […]
The jungle has often been a metaphor for the breakdown of morality. Think "Heart of Darkness" or "Aguirre: Wrath of God." And now we have a true story to add […]
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The post-WW2 generation has often been portrayed as narcissistic and self-centered—but that’s a bit of a bum rap.
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Most families today need more than one incomes to be part of the middle class. That is a huge transformation that puts a strain on all kinds of families.