Search
‘Will Egypt’s revolution spark a Domino Effect?’. Almost anywhere one looks for analysis of events, a metaphor stares back. But metaphors are no substitute for the generation of ideas.
Under pressure to improve its search results, Google has announced a "big algorithmic improvement" that, unlike other changes, could be noticeable to its users.
The ultradense core of an exploded star contains superfluids, a strange form of superconducting matter which exhibits remarkable properties such as climbing upwards.
Except for the fear of cancer, U.S. adults most fear getting Alzheimer's disease, but few make preparations for the onset of the disease, a survey indicates.
Scientists in the United States have found newborn mice can re-grow their own hearts. There's no reason to believe that the same window would not exist in the human heart.
Sailors used to struggle with it but migratory sea turtles have now proved capable of sensing longitude, using almost imperceptible gradients in Earth's magnetic field.
The U.S. Army illegally ordered a team of soldiers specializing in "psychological operations" to manipulate visiting American senators into providing more troops and funding for the war.
The question raised by the wave of protests spreading across the Middle East is not whether to deal with autocrats, but how to deal with them.
Twitter and Facebook may be the civil uprising tools du jour, but they certainly weren't the first. Photography galvanized support for the African American Civil Rights movement.
Paul Cézanne painted slowly. Very slowly. The fruit in his still lives would ripen and even rot as he worked. Hortense, first his mistress and later his wife, visibly suffers […]
2mins
The conventional wisdom that all growth is good is not based on real science, empirical data, or business reality.
The hip hop mogul doesn't like bosses, and therefore looks to hire people who like to get their hands dirty.
2mins
In the current weakened economy, financing isn't plentiful and fall-back jobs are scarce. But there is still plenty of opportunity out there for entrepreneurs.
Listen, I'm too old to REALLY care about Lady Gaga. But I've seen her on a couple of award shows and interviewed on SIXTY MINUTES. I gotta admit it: She […]
The problems facing the United States, from national debt to foreign policy, may be the result of having too many elections, according to economist Dambisa Moyo.
By 2100, more than half of the more than 7,000 languages spoken on Earth—many of them not yet recorded—may disappear, taking with them a wealth of knowledge.
It’s true that Facebook and Twitter have led many away from blogging because they are so fast and easy to use, but they have also both helped to reinforce blogging in many ways.
Conservative candidates are more attractive physically than their liberal counterparts, according to a new study. This trend could benefit right-leaning candidates at the ballot box.
Squatting empty buildings is not a criminal offence. It is, in fact, an ancient right, a tradition that can be traced back over centuries of popular dissent and pragmatism.
Tattooed teachers make students more motivated and more creative, not to mention stand a better chance of getting a positive recommendation from her pupils.