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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.

A conversation with the Former Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury and Lead Auto Advisor.

The element—like an attractive woman—is very much in demand in Bolivia. Unless the government finds a national company it can partner with to industrialize lithium, private companies will soon enter […]

“Sooner or later we will reach a point where communitarian socialism turns global,” says the Bolivian president, “because capitalism is not even the solution to capitalism itself.”

Bolivia has joined with Iran, Venezuela and Cuba in a global uprising against capitalism.

“Geopolitical interests are behind the so-called war on drugs and terrorism,” says the Bolivian president, who is disappointed that the American president has not joined him to “work for justice […]

President Morales meets many people from the U.S. and Europe who support his policies and beliefs. Their governments, not so much.

With many different faiths in the country “it is not possible to continue having a monopoly of religious faith, only Catholic,” says Morales.

President Morales has made a point of emphasizing his concern for the environment. Is it a contradiction then that the Bolivian economy depends so heavily on the exploitation of natural […]

A conversation with the President of Bolivia.

“We’ve been talking for over 30 years about energy independence,” says General Clark. It’s time to put our money where our mouth is.

When you send people abroad to do difficult and dangerous things and risk losing their lives, you hope that there’s a strong connection with the population, says General Clark.

General Clark is “very disappointed in the Senate” for not committing to a more open policy concerning gays in the military.

Whether it’s learning how to use a Blackberry or learning how to “twit,” General Clark is confident that politicians we’ll always be able to connect with their constituencies.

Today there are probably more Democratic politicians who have served in the military than Republicans, says General Clark. Yet history has branded the Dems as the “Mama Party.”

“Clearly we’re watching the emergence of increased military capabilities in China” says General Clark. What does this mean?

General Clark suspects that somewhere inside Pakistan there is a persuasive intelligence group that’s unconvinced of America’s commitment to their country outside of our interest in Bin Laden.