Financier Steven Rattner saved the U.S. auto industry. Or he didn’t. It depends on whom you ask. But either way, without government intervention last year, Rattner says the auto industry […]
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Dr. Gary Marcus, a psychology professor at New York University, says we should develop a “Google-like” chip that could be implanted in our brains to enhance human memory.
In an exclusive Q&A, a former pimp reveals details about how his business was organized, how much he made, and how he kept a stable of women working for him.
Good morning from a drizzly Ohio! Been a rather quiet news for much volcano news so far – well, that is beyond the reawakening of Nevado del Ruiz in Colombia. I […]
This is the third guest post by Trina Stout in an AoE series on the communication strategies surrounding Colorado’s Amendment 62 – a ballot initiative that, if passed, would grant […]
“Can your social network make you healthier? It’s a question that health organizations are asking more and more as part of a wave of new gaming experiments.”
“No one wishes for a total Chinese collapse, but certain setbacks should be welcomed.” Researcher at Harvard’s Center for Chinese Studies Ross Terrill takes China’s pulse.
“Within twenty years, astronomy could become the first discipline where discoveries outpace scientists’ ability to keep up with them.”
“Values are not logical deductions from processes taking place inside peoples’ heads but are instead arrived at through an interplay of experience, reflection, and debate.”
Entrepreneurs should focus on building a brand, conserve cash and take care of their health says business consultant entrepreneur Shaun Rein at Forbes.
“Californians will have to decide how much weight to give to respect for adult liberty, protection of minors, fiscal considerations, and protection of marijuana users’ health.”
“Ever since Europe’s industrial juggernaut grew at a nine percent pace earlier this year—the best in two decades—Americans have looked across the ocean with envy.”
“The creator of some of the most iconoclastic and difficult works of 20th-century fiction was surprisingly conservative in his own musical tastes.”
Holding a pose that opens up a person’s body and takes up space will alter hormone levels and make the person feel more powerful.
Graphene is the world’s thinnest and toughest material—a transparent form of carbon one atom thick. Two Russian scientists who isolated the material have won the Nobel Prize.
Here’s a horrific miscarriage of justice: Tony Simmons, a former counselor in the New York City juvenile justice system, pleaded guilty to raping a handcuffed 15-year-old girl in the elevator […]
When the Cold War ran red hot, the United States government reached for any weapon available against the “Red Menace.” It’s hard to believe today, when federal funding for the […]
Basketball games, elections and other head-to-head contests seem to affect the testosterone of people who care about them. Some studies have found that testosterone production goes down in fans of […]
Give them stories. Let them read Henry James, Edith Wharton, Sherwood Anderson, Theodor Dreiser. Let them read Hemingway, Faulkner, and Fitzgerald. And Styron, Roth, Didion, Bellow, Franzen. Open the treasure […]
Solar panels for the home and alternative fuel for transportation are two of the most widespread threads of innovation in sustainability, but they are rarely if ever discussed in parallel. […]
Recently, a nearby earth-like twin was found in outer space—perhaps capable of harboring life. The planet is called Gliese 581g, and is 20 light years from Earth (about 120 trillion […]
Readers in the Washington, DC, area are likely to find the upcoming event on Monday, October 11, of strong interest. Roger Pielke Jr. is one of the top analysts of […]
Bolivian President Evo Morales says we are in the midst of a worldwide democratic uprising against imperialism and capitalism. While countries like the United States want to use the International […]
Far from simply being a relaxed state, meditation is a period of heightened mental activity. Long-term practice can increase one’s capacity for attention as well as compassion.
If Europe has one defining cultural characteristic, it is that it has none. This may sound like too neat a paradox, but it’s not that far from the truth. There […]
I used to work for a couple of small mortgage lenders a few years ago. We probably closed somewhere between 150 and 200 purchase and refi loans a month at […]
In California, 2/3 of voters still remain relatively unaware of Proposition 23, a ballot measure backed by out-of-state oil and gas companies that would end California’s regulation of greenhouse gas […]
“It’s possible to find traces of the dumb-blonde concept in the ancient world. Just like modern gentlemen, Romans valued blondness.” Slate investigates the history of blonde jokes.
America’s conservative establishment has teamed up to say that the military’s budget is not the place for cutting Big Government glut. Will the tea-party movement listen?
“My turn-ons include nurturing, chamomile tea and doing more than my share of the housework. I have forsaken red meat for soy.” John Keilman is the New Man.