Brian Cox’s vision of science is dispassionate. “People don’t need to know when the universe began; people need to know how science works. …I want Britain to be more reason-based.”
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Women (and men) increasingly hate their bodies. Everyone knows poor body image is a problem. A new movement wants to do something to actually change our culture.
From Wisconsin to Libya, Egypt and Japan, the world has truly crashed through our front door. We need to get more comfortable with uncertainty because this is what the future looks like.
Air Force Major General Margaret Woodward is in charge of the U.S. air strikes in Libya and the first woman in U.S. history to oversee an air campaign.
The Economist says that Japan’s many-headed catastrophe points to deeper-seated problems, ineffective leadership and political dysfunction.
Settings goals is important but so is knowing your ‘big why’. Michele Corey says when you have clarity of vision, all those little tasks on your ‘to do’ list take on a different energy.
People were surprised when all the major unions suddenly stepped up as being against patent reform. A lawsuit shows there was a lot going on behind the scenes…
Football is a game, and when one is playing, he always tries to cheat a little bit. So says FIFA president Sepp Blatter, now facing a leadership rival in old pal Mohamed bin Hammam.
Politics can be a pounding vocation but it is more than a lust for recognition and power. It can be a profession marked by candor and service.
When I was a kid, I never thought of telling a bully: “Don’t mess with me. I’ve got a quirky sense of humor, a great singing voice, and I know how to code!” But then I saw Jimmy Wong.
Today in an op-ed for the New York Times I argue that the US can no longer put its momentary security interests ahead of its values in Yemen. You can […]
When Michael Quick searched high and low in 2007 for paintings by 19th century American master George Inness to include in what would be his award-winning catalogue raisonne of Inness’ […]
Will we gain our immortality as algorithms in the global human brain? The idea of the coming Singularity does sound nutty when it is stated so blatantly, argues Silicon Valley visionary Jaron Lanier.
Ask yourself: Is your leadership style about exploiting individuals or about empowering employees to be the best they can be?
In 100 years, people will look back and say, “People used to drive their cars? Are they insane?”
Law professor Kenji Yoshino finds in Shakespeare the ideal body of work that is deep enough to sustain a conversation about justice in our society.
This expert explains why in a very detailed and most plausible way. Here’s one taste: Is the United States more prone to higher levels of anxiety than other nations? Put simply, […]
Currently, we are unable to prove our “hidden” knowledge, things that are learned “along the way” rather than in a certified course or degree program. That needs to—and will—change, perhaps thanks to these innovative start ups.
Here in New York it is possible to take a slightly more dispassionate view of some of the Western, particularly British media, reaction to the events in Libya. The most […]
Another brief post for today during this quiet week – I promise a larger post tomorrow, but it is going to take some time to finish. Today, you can live […]
Janet Malcolm is a careful writer. The new Paris Review has an interview with her. The Review still publishes the best interviews on code-cracking the art of writing. This exchange—which […]
For the first time viable mouse sperm have been grown outside the testes. If the technique can be repeated with human sperm, it could lead to new ways of treating infertile men.
In line with national objectives outlined by President Obama to improve building efficiency by twenty percent in the next ten years, entrepreneurs can take advantage of ample funding.
A U.S. national lab plans to unveil a “Titan” supercomputer in 2012 that would dwarf the computing speeds of the latest record holder from China, as well as all previous competitors.
Google’s controversial plan to digitise millions of books and create the world’s biggest digital library has been shelved by a New York judge who said the deal was neither fair nor reasonable.
Researchers have come up with a simple, low-cost way of studying cellular proteins using a laser. The method may help to develop new drugs intended to treat disease in humans.
Sourcing and transporting goods can be the most overlooked—and inefficient—parts of how a business is structured. Here’s how to examine and improve the social impact of a supply chain.
A new cell phone app developed by Microsoft researchers uses overlapping snapshots to build a photo-realistic 3-D model that can be spun around and viewed from any angle.
Researcher at Rice University, Krishna Palem has found that “pruning” away the little-used circuits on microchips can double the energy efficiency and computing speed of the chips.