Robert Montenegro
Ideafeed Editor
Robert Montenegro is a writer and dramaturg who regularly contributes to Big Think and Crooked Scoreboard. He lives in Washington DC and is a graduate of Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.
Twitter: @Monteneggroll. Website: robertmontenegro.com.
Tonight’s Major League Baseball amateur draft wraps up years of prep work by team scouts, executives, and medical professionals. With millions of dollars of player investments hinging on drafting the right players, baseball front offices have got their strategies down to a science.
In one of the weirder instances of a feed-the-hungry fundraisers, pest control company Ehrlich donated $5 for every diner at a DC restaurant who agreed to try an insect. The DC “Pestaurant” was one of many that popped up across the globe yesterday.
Top scientists from across the globe back e-cigarettes in the midst of calls to regulate them. E-cigs, say the scientists, are “part of the solution.”
Apparently we’ve really arrived in the 21st century. U.S. Ambassador Suzi LeVine was sworn in this morning on a Kindle, an act symbolic of the decline of traditional publishing and the rise of e-books.
Google’s wearable technology would provide museum-goers with instantaneous information on paintings, sculptures, and artifacts.
New measurements reveal Kepler-10c (previously thought to have been a gaseous planet akin to a smaller Neptune) sports a dense, rocky mass over ten times higher than Earth’s. Surprised scientists had previously thought solid planets could never be so large.
After a dreadful response to the flighty 2010 Jabulani model, Adidas has pulled out all the stops to produce a more dependable game ball for 2014. The secret to the Brazuca model’s success is all in the seams.
While often touted as a healthier alternative to traditional cigarettes, E-cigarettes weaken the immune systems, strengthen bacteria, and elevate the user’s risk of developing MSRA and other serious infections.
A £10m project is underway to develop a mechanical set of pincers to perform risky procedures.
Much weight falls on the shoulders of the executive branch’s mouth.
One side is radical, revolutionary and bold. The other is conservative, traditional, and won’t back down.
The vault, aptly labeled “Memory Lane,” houses over half a century of little yellow bricks.
Cheeky Scottish space engineers rejoice! Teleportation of humans is theoretically possible.
Statistics show predicting market bubbles is as easy as following the job patterns of recent Harvard grads.
A version of the Hollywood Sci-Fi Museum could debut as soon as 2015.
Clever strategies for accessing accounts without depending on multiple long-winded passwords.
Major League Baseball defends itself against accusations that its lucrative broadcast policies violate federal antitrust laws.
U.S. and Mexican scientists are beginning to see the first results of their joint venture to restore the dried up Colorado Delta.
Home may be where the heart is, but a new study suggests it’s also where the stress is for a modern workforce facing more responsibilities than ever.