Our society is faced with a disturbing reality: One in eight people aged 65 and older has Alzheimer’s—a disease that currently has no cure. Annual costs associated with the disease […]
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Wow, today sort of came out of the blue and walloped me with business, so I’m only now getting a chance to post a few updates. Good way to start […]
I have theory, it is a personal theory not quite backed up by empirical evidence, that one of the reasons so many people are single is that they are poor […]
Powell’s water-based states, or How the West wasn’t won
Larry Engel, a film professor in the School of Communication here at American University, has been awarded the prestigious AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award for his work as Director and […]
They were fast, loud and furious—and when things got out of hand the police sent in the snipers. The Guardian pays tribute to America’s west coast punks.
Car companies are turning to a powerful and cheap source of advertising: young social-media influencers who have strong online followings.
Why are countries clashing over the relative values of their currencies? Peter Dizikes at the MIT News Office examines the ideas behind a competitive money market.
Americans use language to cover the sleeper, not to wake him, Baldwin said, which was why the writer as artist is so important. Only the artist could reveal society.
The mystery of why some people stay effortlessly thin while others struggle to keep weight off has come closer to being solved with a study isolating a gene that affects appetite.
Does a dirty scoundrel need a bath or a moral lesson? Our brains easily confuse metaphor for reality, often with dangerous consequences, says Stanford biology professor Robert Sapolsky.
“When someone says ‘It’s not about the money, but…’, it’s almost always about the money.” The Boston Globe looks at the phrases we use which betray our true feelings.
“‘Quantitative easing’ is a pompous, uninformative term for a central bank’s buying debt in order to stimulate economic activity.” Judge Richard Posner criticizes new monetary policy.
Male Homo sapiens were historically much faster and stronger than today’s modern man. The Australian palaeoanthropologist Peter McAllister explains why in a new book.
While some consider the English-born physicist the heir to Einstein, others are baffled at his staunch opposition to climate science and the environmental movement.
The New York Times website has a budget puzzle widget on it that allows you to decide what to do in order to reduce the budget deficit the United States […]
The sounds of nature, from bird song to waves crashing to the white noise of grass blowing in the wind, have an indisputably soothing effect on the human psyche. While […]
There is often a fine line between hagiography and take down in the most artful examples of journalistic profile. The New Yorker’s seductive piece on politician-scholar-soldier-writer-potential future British Prime Minister […]
Starting a company makes one a free market capitalist and libertarian, though finding the caring, higher purpose in the marketplace is another matter.
In response to reader requests, you are now able to follow Dr. Kaku’s Universe on our new Twitter Account @DrKakusUniverse where you can receive updates on new blog entries the […]
I’ve always thought New Yorkers lead a hermit-crab existence, with our dance clubs that used to be banks and our townhouses that used to be stables and our living rooms […]
Polemicist and atheist Christopher Hitchens met his toughest opponent yet when diagnosed with cancer. It doesn’t yet seem to have altered his beliefs on Iraq, on Islam, or God.
The Independent says Aung San Suu Kyi’s release is cause for celebration – but we have to be realistically doubtful about the prospects of change in Burma.
Less-visible insecurities linger from its recent chaotic past and drive this country’s politics. China’s strengths, and its weaknesses, should be measured with care.
What I do know is that playing football has taught me many things. Perhaps the most important: knowing how to react when chaos is going on around me.
Inside the mind of Albert Gonzalez, America’s most notorious computer hacker. “Whatever morality I should have been feeling was trumped by the thrill.”
Historic successes and colossal failure are often fueled by the same impulses: ambition, audacity, passion, and a burning desire to comment meaningfully on the world around us.
Tim K. killed 15 people before turning his gun on himself. His father, the owner of the weapon, is now in the dock. How culpable can parents be if their child kills?
Four movements that gained huge followings and have stood the test of time: est, primal therapy, Transcendental Meditation and lucid dreaming. Where are they now?
Last week’s visit by the pope was largely ignored by Spaniards. Grassrootsrnreligious groups say the time has come for a full separation of state and Church.