Guest Thinkers — December 21, 2010

Be Careful What you Wish for

The big Sa’dah post that I have been promising is on the way – I promise. But in the meantime, while Iran is calling for a political solution and while Saudi Arabia is growing exceedingly nervous, Reuters has this report with my tongue-in-cheek quote.

Starts With A Bang

JWST discovers the farthest gravitational lens ever

A more distant galaxy liked the lens so much that it went and put a ring on it. Here's the science behind this remarkable cosmic object.

Business

Meet the Web3 “stakehodlers” revolutionizing capitalism

A "stakehodler" has both a voice and a vote, an economic interest in how each network stewards important global resources.

An artist's rendering of the earth and a spacecraft in space.

Hard Science

How the Moon is helping us confirm Einstein’s relativity

This measurement is crucial to confirm that one of the assumptions of Einstein’s theory of gravity is valid.

An image of a bottle of milk with bacteria on it.

The Past

The 19th-century milk scandal that killed thousands of babies

Because the milk was thin and had an unnatural, bluish tint, vendors stirred in additives such as chalk, flour, eggs, and Plaster-of-Paris.

A black and white illustration of a person typing on a laptop within the workforce ecosystem.

Business

4 essential questions leaders must answer in the new “workforce ecosystem”

Huge shifts in the workforce demand real-world changes in management practices; “command-and-control” no longer cuts it.

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