While Oscar Wilde is famous for his wit and literary inventiveness, he was also a serious scholar of the classics. The New York Review of Books on his time at Oxford.
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“Biophysicists have calculated natural system couldn’t get faster, more sensitive or more efficient without first relocating to an alternate universe with alternate physical constants.”
“Data-mining techniques reveal fake Twitter accounts that give the impression of a vast political movement.” Technology Review uncovers an online political scandal.
Are biotechnology and sustainable agriculture complimentary or contradictory? The Economist moderates an online debate between experts in the field.
“Obviously, we’re not nearly as rational as we like to believe, which is why we binge on subprime mortgages.” Jonah Lehrer on how neuroscience can improve economics.
The GOP takes the House, brace for a Tsunami of Stupid. [Photo credit: Lindsay Beyerstein]
3-D printing and rapid prototyping have been among the hottest trends in design innovation this year. But Urbee, a two-passenger hybrid vehicle whose entire body has been generated using a […]
In this brief video accompanying their obituary, the New York Times asks Ted Sorenson to discuss his relationship with President Kennedy. It was a relationship without contemporary analog, like Sorenson […]
Advertisers understand the importance of employing images and messages that resonate with an intended audience’s values and identity. It’s not surprising then that Nissan in promoting the all-electric Leaf is […]
From Andrew Morse at ABC News, who has been aggravated by yours truly and the 125,000 other petitioners from Color of Change since yesterday about their decision to feature serial […]
Any list of the most photographed people in history certainly has to include Marilyn Monroe. Just when you think we’ve seen every possible image of the iconic starlet, a new […]
Do you have any bad memories? Traumatic memories come in all shapes and sizes. Some are terrible gut-wrenching ones like being raped, beaten, or shot during combat. Others are based […]
Big Think salutes 10 women who have made inroads in professions that have traditionally been the province of men.
Turnout in U.S. midterm elections averages a dismal 40%. The lamest excuse not to vote is that there’s no one good to vote for. That’s chipper talk. As a hardcore […]
Remember The Who, talkin’ ’bout their generation? Maybe to a 20-year-old guy in the 1960s, the idea of wanting to die before getting old sounded pretty cool. But, you would […]
Could the power of gravity be harnessed as a means of nearly instantaneous communication between planets—and even galaxies?
I’ve been trying to keep up with all the volcano news in the outside world while attending the conference … and boy it is a bit of a challenge. Thank […]
Opponents of California’s Proposition 23, a measure that would block legislation to limit greenhouse gas emissions, have turned to a public health focus to mobilize Latino voters. Research that I […]
“Researchers find that associating an object with anger actually makes people want the object — a kind of motivation that’s normally associated with positive emotions.”
“The economic struggles of the middle and working classes…were not primarily the result of globalization and technological changes but…policy changes that favored the very rich.”
“For all his swashbuckling assaults on what he called the ‘booboisie’, Mencken was the first important writer to probe and relish middle-class American life.”
“If al-Qaida terrorists are stuffing PETN into underwear or packages, that must mean that they do not have access to cutting-edge biological research or nuclear bomb components.”
“That there are seemingly endless metaphors and universal life lessons that can be gleaned from baseball is one of the many things that make the game so interesting.”
The immune system has been found to target viruses inside cells, suggesting new strategies against infections including the common cold and winter vomiting bug.”
“Female politicians, candidates and leaders face blatant sexism and misogyny in both corporate media and parts of the blogosphere.”
Spiegel sees the U. S. as despondent, hopeless, pessimistic and with a political system plagued by lobbyism and stark hatred, and incapable of reaching consistent decisions.
“We are at a crossroads in the music business… But I see the glass as half-full: the internet and social networking are new avenues for the next Bob Dylan to be born on.”
“The pieces of our universe fell into the places where they are, not because of a guiding hand and a grand design, but through mere accident,” says physicist Victor Stenger.
The pioneering feminist acknowledges that people are frustrated with the Democrats, but warns that the “extreme” policies of the Republican party are bad for everyone—especially women.
From the Ohio State University Research News Service, a discussion of issues closely followed here at Age of Engagement. See also the full report. COLUMBUS, Ohio – Evidence is no […]