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The X-ray crystallographer contributed some crucial pieces of information to Watson and Crick’s search for the double helix. But because she likely had Asperger’s syndrome, she was almost impossible to collaborate with.

If you go into science, you should do so in order to win the Nobel Prize, not to earn a decent paycheck.

Synthetic life is just a close mimic to what already exists—it isn’t a truly new form of life, Venter’s human genome rival says.

The molecular biologist’s genome is the second to ever be sequenced. The results gave him some potentially life-saving information.

The pioneering molecular biologist recounts some of the major breakthroughs in the search for the structure of DNA.

The country’s fervent Christianity and respect for family is why “buggery” remains illegal in the country, says the prime minister. But “we are tolerant provided that homosexual lifestyle does not […]

“Leaders must be prepared to look at their people and say, ‘No look, you put me here to lead, this is the direction in which I think we ought to […]

A recent dispute over the extradition of drug kingpin Christopher Coke strained the country’s relations with the Obama Administration. Prime Minister Golding says they’re on the mend.

Prime Minister Golding says that drug-related crime in Jamaica and other countries in Latin America should not be seen in isolation: “It is a global problem. And therefore it’s something […]

Jamaica has been one of the more dangerous countries in the world for years, but an intensive anti-crime push has brought the murder rate down 42% since May. To fight […]

The prime minister says the tragedy in Haiti demonstrated the need to maintain strict building codes and to have disaster-management measures in place.

The country introduced “very, very tight fiscal measures” to reduce its budget, cut its deficit, and rein in government borrowing, says the prime minister.

A conversation with the Prime Minister of Jamaica.

A conversation with the CUNY theoretical physicist.

A conversation with the molecular biologist who co-discovered DNA.

Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku sees two major trends today. One eventually leads to a multicultural, scientific, tolerant society. The other: to fundamentalism, monoculturalism, and (eventually) ruin.

Even if computer technology continues to double every 18 months—which is doubtful—we could put a chip in robots’ brains to shut them off if they start to get murderous.

The physicist believes that shape-shifting technology is near on the horizon. And “just decades away we will have something resembling Harry Potter’s invisibility cloak.”

At the heart of every galaxy like our own Milky Way lies a supermassive black hole, but scientists are unsure which develops first.

The answer to this question is at the cutting edge of science, but one theory states that dark matter is nothing but ordinary matter in another dimension hovering right above […]

When you figure out the formula that encourages repeat business and customer loyalty, each new customer can grow your business exponentially.

Hsieh says Zappos can teach its new parent company, Amazon, a thing or two about the importance of a “high-touch, human approach” in business.

Learning to balance short-term, medium-term and long-term goals is the key to corporate success.

Too many companies only focus on the bottom line. When a company forgets about passion, purpose and happiness, it actually ends up hurting long-term profitability.

A conversation with the CEO of Zappos.

Firms interested in recruiting and retaining talent and leaders should keep in mind the draw and potential of China.

We cannot allow the financial sector to simply run amuck, says Rattner. The consequences of not having enough regulation “are way greater than whatever we might sacrifice by having it.”

The former “auto czar” says working in government requires a much more collaborative, consultative, compromising management style than working in the private sector.

If American taxpayers hadn’t spent $82 billion to save the auto industry from economic collapse, “it’s almost impossible to imagine how big the devastation would have been.”

To save the auto industry, Washington needed a group with financial and restructuring skills–and somebody who had a sense of Washington even if they hadn’t worked in the government.