We tend to think of Einstein as a highfalutin theoretical physics guru, but the physicist also worked on much more everyday tasks—like developing an energy-efficient refrigerator.
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The parenting price tag has soared to about $220,000 per child. Forget Christmas lists, there’s no end in sight to the add-ons Americans can think of in the cultivation of kids.
Space pioneer Elon Musk hopes to put his name in the history books once again next week, with the planned launch and recovery of the first commercially-operated spacecraft from orbit.
Are suicide bombers religious fanatics? Deluded ideologues? New research suggests something more mundane: They just want to commit suicide.
Organisations from Google to Twitter are achieving some stunning results by carving out time for staff to work on whatever it is that inspires them.
TONY Blair’s journeyings have recently taken him from a well paid gig addressing a conference of sanitary ware and toilet roll manufacturers (he reputedly received a $50,000 fee) in the United […]
The leaks are catastrophic. The leaks are not catastrophic. Diplomacy’s at risk. Diplomacy’s redeemed. While we develop the questions and wait for the answers, let’s parse another, less quixotic topic […]
AAAS is sponsoring an important event pegged to the Holidays. Details are below and readers in Washington, DC can register to attend the event at the AAAS Web site. As […]
In the history of postwar American liberalism, there has been a slow but steady decline of which liberals have been oblivious, says the editor of The American Spectator Emmett Tyrell.
Developing nations accuse the West of intransigence, as corruption is cited as obstacle to progress. The Independent reports on climate change talks in Cancun, Mexico.
There is worry among some that Europe’s military budget cuts will not only scale back personnel and material, but the continent’s reach and ambition throughout the world.
The phrase “missing link” is almost always a sure indicator that the person employing it has only a very superficial understanding of the way evolution works, says Brian Switek.
What nobody wants to say: the real looming deficit problems are medical. Health costs must be controlled. The rest is peanuts, says former Clinton labor secretary Robert Reich.
China insists that its growing military and diplomatic clout pose no threat. The rest of the world, and particularly America, is not so sure, says Edward Carr at The Economist.
Less than a decade after the dot-com bust, a number of entrepreneurs and venture capitalists are wondering if investments in tech start-ups are headed toward another big bust.
Social networks have been identified as the key reason why young people from affluent backgrounds secure more jobs in popular professions than poorer peers.
A bigger problem than our undisciplined classification system may be our undisciplined diplomats, says Judge Richard Posner in the wake of the WikiLeaks scandal.
After consumer data is mined by companies, a hypothetical computer program would return the data to consumers so individuals can modify their buying habits in earth-friendly ways.
I mentioned earlier today that I was hoping that nothing big happened over the weekend because of all the grading I needed to do. Well, it looks like I need […]
Last week I called attention to a front page article at the Washington Post which questioned the impact of the $90 billion spent by the Obama administration on the creation […]
In the wake of Wikileaks release of leaked diplomatic cables, the White House has directed federal employees not to access the Wikileaks web site with out authorization. That includes people […]
Daryl J. Bem’s experiments on psi caught the world’s attention, as I posted last month, because he used standard psychology-lab methods to gather and analyze his data. Imagine what astronomers […]
Only three percent of people who develop Alzheimer’s inherit a rare, genetic early-onset form of the disease. But sussing out its genetic triggers could help to yield treatments for everyone.
According to the latest Wikileaks, British Conservative party politicians lined up before the general election last May to promise that they would run a “pro-American regime” and buy more arms […]
‘Tis the season to be reading!In a sweeping panoramic new book titled The World in 2050: Four Forces Shaping Civilization’s Northern Future, UCLA professor Laurence C. Smith delivers a well-written and […]
Riding the rails with U.S. Amtrack may feel even slower after a Chinese train’s latest record-breaking run. The unmodified passenger train reached a blistering 302 m.p.h.
The debate over net neutrality is reaching a new phase, says Matt Warman. One that depends on defining the nature of the Internet: is it a simple utility or is privileged access allowed?
Is being polite honest? Young adults aren’t quite sure. Being too polite or conscious of the feelings of others is a sign that you are out of touch with your core self, they say.
In contradiction to most cosmologists’ opinions, two scientists have found evidence that the universe may have existed for ever. One is Oxford’s famous Dr. Roger Penrose.
Forget slashing tires. You can trick a cheating ex into thinking he has an STD…or worse. Lucy Knight on the strange, and often murky, market for cybervengeance.