It seems I wasn’t the only one who took a month off. With the brutal crackdowns in Syria and the stunning events in Libya, Yemen has largely dropped out of […]
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The key to managing change in the modern world is not having all of the answers, but rather being able to ask the right questions.
One of my favorite movies is When Harry Met Sally. I can watch it over and over and love it every single time—maybe even more than I did before. There’s […]
After a much need break from the internet, blogging, and twitter, I have returned to the US and Waq al-waq. I spent much of my break camping, fishing, and reading […]
Hitchens always speaks his mind, and that’s always good, even when he’s not right. So he’s told us that God is not great and that, in fact, God ruins everything. He’s […]
I finally found one word to describe Memory as Medicine, the Radcliffe Bailey exhibition I saw last Saturday – colossal. More than mere paint on canvas, the huge multimedia selections […]
Scientists believe ocean acidification—which is the trend again today—may have played a big role in the Earth’s worst extinction crisis 250 million years ago.
With 70 percent of Japanese now saying they want to phase out atomic energy, legislators have passed a bill to subsidize wind and solar power.
After a little (ahem) confusion this morning, we’re back on track (for now). A few quick hits for a grey Ohio morning: Iceland: The news from Katla hasn’t changed much […]
Is fundamental physics too heavy on theory? Jon Butterworth says it’s a hugely worthwhile exercise, unless you are utterly uninterested in understanding how things work.
Severe storms will become the new normal. Ensuring our cities have ubiquitous Wi-Fi, GPS, smart transit, and smart grids would be a smart way to make them more resilient.
The idea of infecting Mars with our germs is not new, but one microbiologist believes the next rover may have a higher chance of becoming a microbe lifeboat. Unlikely but possible.
It seemed to me as if politicians began using the phrase “pre-9/11 thinking” too soon after the day itself. Even a decade later, Dick Cheney in his recent memoir condemns […]
Silicon Valley innovators Apple and Google may be the best hope left for rescuing the struggling solar power industry. At a time when solar energy companies continue to file for […]
Where did America’s growth go? Economists can with reasonable accuracy break down a country’s economic growth into its various components. When you look at the data compiled by the St. […]
Hulu, OpenTable, Rovio, Travelzoo, AOL’s ad network, Rovi, Twitter, NVIDIA, Sprint, and Salesforce. They are companies Business Insider tips Google might want to acquire next.
Former Prime Minister, Tony Blair and former UK Foreign Secretaries Jack Straw and David Miliband, now face some extremely tough questions as to how much they knew about the extraordinary […]
An entertaining read about self-help author Timothy Ferriss, who urges the would-be New Rich to check e-mail no more than twice a day and set automated “unavailable” responses.
Well, Jon Frimann has been noticing this for the past week or so, but the increased seismicity at Iceland’s Katla has finally begun to show up in the mainstream media.CBS […]
Cities symbolize opportunity, but the same practicality that is prized during boom times can come to seem opportunistic following a tragedy. When do we move forward? And how often should we look back?
The top retirement planning strategy today is not to retire. Now that many are living longer and fearing the realistic risk of outliving their retirement savings, many people over 50 […]
Up to 300,000 Iranians may have had their Google email monitored using security certificates stolen from Dutch firm DigiNotar, one of many used to ensure no-one eavesdrops on secure communications.
Of all the early concepts we have seen in education 2.0, the idea of a language learning community proved itself without any doubt to be the most successful one today. […]
The U.S. Army is crazy for apps and incoming Chief of Staff Ray Odierno may soon decide whether to require soldiers to carry smartphones as a standard piece of gear.
What does the launch of CrunchFund—and the fact that Mike Arrington is at its helm—spell for the future of TechCrunch? Paul Carr rejects claims of ethical violations.
Earlier this summer, a selection of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s most alcohol-soaked writings was published under the title On Booze. A distillation (so to speak) of his essay collection The Crack-Up, […]
On the morning of September 11th, 2001, artist Elena del Rivero was in her native Spain, far away from her second home in New York City. When the towers fell, […]
Transcript of an extract from BBC Radio 4 entertainment interview show Chain Reaction (first broadcast on 26 August 2011). Intersperse with a good deal of [live studio laughter]. Kevin Eldon: […]
–Guest post by Luis Hestres, Doctoral student at American University. Petitioning the government for policy changes is a practice as old as the republic, and doing so online is a […]
Even those who know and remember many historical facts still repeat the mistakes of that past.