Income inequality has a stronger presence in the American social conscience today than it has had since the Gilded Age of the late 1800s, and social scientists say there is more than money at stake.
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Using data from one of the world’s oldest continuing studies of aging men, researchers have discovered a possible connection — in the form of a certain type of gene — between body height and lifespan.
The surge in devices marketed towards children is creating a corresponding demand for testers in target age ranges. One enterprising 11-year-old even heads a startup that charges companies for access to his groups of young consultants.
TransProse measures the number and density of words associated with basic emotions — anger, joy, fear, and so on — and generates music designed to reflect the moods on the page.
According to a new study, that’s the frequency of electric current that, when sent to the frontal cortex via electrodes, best induced sleeping test subjects to become aware of their dream state. (Lower and higher frequencies had little effect.)
Partially in response to recent research into adolescent sleep patterns, one English school has announced that sixth-form classes — attended by students aged 16-18 — will start at 1:30 PM and end at 7:00 PM.
By a unanimous vote, Carson’s city council agreed to send for final approval a measure that would make bullying of children and young adults — up to age 25 — a misdemeanor.
From bizarre to enthralling, it’s the greatest cultural entertainment we miss out on in America. “If there’s one thing that I love as an entertainer, it’s a spectacle.” –JC Chasez Whatever […]
20 Day Stranger allows them to track each other’s lives…but in an intentionally vague and anonymous way. Its developers say the goal is to increase empathy and understanding.
A forthcoming Boston College report suggests that smart businesses should evaluate their parental leave practices if they want to attract quality employees…regardless of gender.
A new study involving World of Warcraft players using female avatars revealed clear gender distinctions when it came to in-game movement.
It’s for our health: The Virtual Physiological Human project seeks to create an accurate computer-simulated replica of a patient so that doctors can better predict how certain procedures and medications will work.
Weird fact about me: the different foods on my plate can’t touch each other. My older sister once bought me divided plates as a joke and I now use them […]
By installing the Rainhouse system, which includes a roof made of “bioconcrete,” every rainfall can produce drinking water for the building’s inhabitants. Its designers say that the technology can fit any size of building, from a factory to a home.
This week the Federal Election Commission gave permission for political action committees to accept the cryptocurrency. They can also purchase Bitcoin with existing funds, but they can’t use it to buy goods or services.
The US Navy is working with several universities on a new multi-year project designed to figure out how to engineer moral competence. One big challenge: Science still doesn’t know exactly how it works in humans.
Once Parking Maestro receives information about the parking restrictions, it uses your location to let you know how long it’ll take for you to get back before the meter maid or tow truck shows up.
“To a single woman, a lifetime of weddings can begin to seem like a nuptial-themed Groundhog Day; we guests behaving slightly differently each time within the same basic framework,” writes […]
Editor’s Note: This article was provided by our partner, RealClearScience. One of America’s greatest tragedies is curiously absent from most U.S. history textbooks. On May 31, 1889, the South Fork […]
The Black Death, caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, wiped out 30 to 50 percent of Europe’s population between 1347 and 1351. But, this is just the most infamous of the little microbe’s shenanigans. Y. pestis, which is one-millionth our size, has caused three major pandemics and continues killing people to this very day. The plague gets such a bad rap because it represents some of the greatest tragedies to ever befall the human race.
Even adding just one extra particle makes all the difference. “Art has a way of confronting us, of reminding us, of engaging us, in what it means to be human, […]
What’s being hyped up as possibly “the best meteor shower of the year” is taking place on May 24th across the sky of the northern hemisphere. Perhaps to build anticipation, […]
For a few weeks only, the UK-based supermarket chain Waitrose is offering what they’re calling “bubbleberries” due to their distinctive taste. In botanical circles, they’re known as musk strawberries; in Jane Austen’s day, they were called hautboys.
An extremely valuable part of my work is my clients. In the crowdfunding space clients are essential because I jump from campaign to campaign to campaign, which means multiple clients […]
Psychopaths make up 1 to 2 percent of the American population. That’s around 6,278,000 psychopaths who live among us and use intimidation and manipulation to lord over others. In any […]
It would be hard to simplify capitalism further than Monopoly. The game attempts to express the ruthlessness of raw capitalism by declaring that whoever has the most money at the […]
Shark Tank investor Barbara Corcoran shares her strategy for systematically firing salespeople. Her latest book is Shark Tales: How I Turned $1,000 into a Billion Dollar Business. Barbara is Co-Founder of Barbara Corcoran Venture Partners.
There are two kinds of success. One kind damages or destroys what it depends on, the other doesn’t. History and theater teach that distinction about the ambitious, evolution and religion […]
Is a surprise trip to Disney World the best gift you could give your kids? Um, no.
Scheduled to launch this summer, PareUp connects bargain-hungry consumers and stores with excess food that would have otherwise been thrown out.