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Liberals and conservatives have different ways of looking at other people—literally. Scientists say that conservatives tend to ignore what other people look at.
Some historians have regarded Eisenhower's Farewell Address as an afterthought. Others have regarded it as the soulful expression of a prescient if aging President.
Between 2004 and 2009, the U.S. newspaper industry lost 34 per cent of its readers; the U.K. industry lost 22 per cent. Since then, the speed of the downturn has increased.
Democracy and capitalism have each become compulsory and fundamental, so we can only get outside them through the kind of postsecular leap of faith, says professor Simon During.
The great-grandmother of Jesus was a woman named Ismeria, according to Florentine medieval manuscripts analyzed by a historian.
U.S. culture is going down like a thrashing mastodon giving itself up to some Pleistocene tar pit. Either we don't care or we're addicted to things that discourage us from caring.
In the wake of controversy over the possible discovery of arsenic-eating life last week a basic question perhaps deserves revisiting: Just what, exactly, is life?
To oversimplify a little, the performance of the world economy in 2011 depends on what happens in three places: the big emerging markets, the euro area and America.
Google thinks its Cr-48, a concept notebook computer that relies on the Web for all its software applications, can compete with computers that run all kids of installed software.
Our emotions can’t comprehend suffering on a massive scale. This is why we are riveted when one child falls down a well, but turn a blind eye to the suffering of millions of people.
According to Giorgio Vasari’s Lives, Domenico Ghirlandaio—whose frescoes graced the walls of the Sistine Chapel before those of his apprentice, Michelangelo—once called the art of mosaics as “vera pittura per […]
Healthy living has been shown to boost brain power. It may also reduce the risk of Alzheimer's.
Since the worldwide success of Zhang Yimou's "Hero" in 2002, Beijing is increasingly churning out glossy blockbusters whose production values (and budgets) rival those of Hollywood. This is all part […]
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A conversation with the 39th President of the United States.
We've previously looked at severalexamples of Braille-centric design for the blind. Haptic Braille is an ingenious concept by Korean designer Baek Kil Hyun – a portable Braille translator and scanner. […]
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The Carters' key to marital bliss? Jimmy and Rosalynn resolved long ago never to go to sleep angry at one another.
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Over the next 50 years, China will become a global superpower, but unlike the U.S., it is very careful to avoid the entanglements of war.
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Carter, who brokered one of the most successful Mideast peace agreements during his presidency, offers his thoughts on Israeli-Palestinian relations.
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The President should stop trying to negotiate with the "totally irresponsible" Republicans, letting the American people know where he stands, without equivocation.
The 39th President laments his failure to be reelected—and his failure to keep the Democratic Party unified.