One of the important problems with popularizations of science is that there is not one public, there are many publics, and each public has its own formal education and interest in science.
Howard Dean | Posted 06.25.2009 | New York
I was born in New York City. I can remember riding double-decker buses on top for a nickel, and when the Third Avenue subway through Yorkville was an elevated train.
Huffington Post | Posted 06.22.2009 | World
June 20th was World Refugee Day. Here's our list of some of the most famous refugees ever. Know of other famous refugees? Leave your suggestions i...
Newsday | CHRISTINA HERNANDEZ | Posted 06.21.2009 | New York
He's sticking his tongue out in a gesture to "all of humanity." In Albert Einstein's own words, that was the message behind his playful expression, ca...
Mike Ragogna | Posted 06.04.2009 | Entertainment
This year's BookExpo in New York City had its usual small arena of publishers at gussied-up kiosks hawking the latest and greatest by writers known and unknown.
Dave Hill | Posted 04.24.2009 | Comedy
Success--will we ever really understand it? Probably not, but as long as we're on the topic, it wouldn't kill you to put on a pair of pants.
Dave Astor | Posted 04.17.2009 | Media
Why are columnists important? Their writing has the "voice" many straight news stories lack, and local columnists cover their communities in ways that can build intense reader loyalty.
Sharon Glassman | Posted 04.12.2009 | Style
Lingo without linguistics can be dangerous, I knew. One of the great things about life out West is that people respect newbies. And they don't begrudge mistakes.
Lee Schneider | Posted 03.31.2009 | Living
I believe that ideas come from having a prepared mind, and yet there is that undefined something that makes me wonder if a larger consciousness comes into play.
Robbie Gennet | Posted 02.05.2009 | Entertainment
The Michael Phelps bong "scandal" has brought new attention to marijuana and those who smoke it, especially those we consider to be "role models." So ...
Dr. Judith Rodin | Posted 01.16.2009 | Entertainment
As millions gather in Washington D.C. for Barack Obama's inauguration, we will be well served to remember this: America is not great only because of our storied traditions, but because its people have chops.
Stefanie Michaels | Posted 12.10.2008 | Living
Airlines are making creative attempts to win international travelers loyalty. They are constantly seeking out ways to gain a leg up on the competition...
Live Science | Posted 12.07.2008 | Home
Major breakthroughs in science have historically been the province of individuals, not institutes. Galileo and Copernicus, Edison and Einstein, toilin...
AFP | Posted 11.21.2008 | Home
PARIS (AFP) - It's taken more than a century, but Einstein's celebrated formula e=mc2 has finally been corroborated, thanks to a heroic computational ...
Gary Cohan | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics
Civil rights are not won in the war zone of national elections or State referenda but, rather, in a series of small but important evolutionary steps.
Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics
Albert Einstein also said, "We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." The McCain/Palin ticket continues just such a line of thought.
Olivia Zaleski | Posted 07.14.2008 | Green
Whether influential, intriguing or simply offensive, these celebrities, politicians and pop culture icons have caught my eye for helping the planet, saving money on gas and looking sweet atop the seat.
Olivia Zaleski | Posted 07.07.2008 | Green
Inspired by such high-profile cyclists as Obama, Fey and Einstein, I've set to work amassing a comprehensive archive of 100 people we know, love--perhaps even despise--atop the bike.
Tom Gerdy | Posted 07.05.2008 | Living
As challenging as our current oil predicament is, that's not what I need to discuss right now. We have a bigger and potentially much more dangerous energy problem.
Derek Beres | Posted 05.19.2008 | Living
People do not need God. I'd go a step further than Einstein's plea -- one echoing through the New Atheists, as they've been dubbed: not only is the idea too vast for our minds, it's an unnecessary hypothesis.
AFP | Posted 05.14.2008 | Politics
Albert Einstein described belief in God as "childish superstition" and said Jews were not the chosen people, in a letter to be sold in London this wee...
Carol Maric | Posted 05.12.2008 | Politics
If Albert Einstein and Sir Isaac Newton can be relegated to the ranks of "Autism" these days, then The New World does seem perilously close to being upside down--as I have always suspected.
Beth Arnold | Posted 04.14.2008 | Politics
If you thought her resume and experience were already too good to be true, you can't miss these startling new tidbits: Hillpatra, The Virgin Hillary, Hillangelo, Hillary Einstein.
AP | Posted 10.30.2007 | Entertainment
Elvis Presley is still the King. Presley, who earned an estimated $49 million in the past 12 months, has reclaimed the No. 1 spot on Forbes.com's lis...
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Dan Agin | Posted 07.08.2009 | Living