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Bubble Discovery May Boost Prosthetic Limb Research

| Posted 05.12.2013 | Science

by Lizzie Wade on 9 May 2013, 2:00 PM Another day, another groundbreaking physics experiment about bubbles. Although scientists have long unde...

The World Seen Through A Giant Bubble

Posted 04.22.2013 | Arts

The bubble photographer is back! Richard Heeks, who once delighted us with images of bubbles freezing mid-air, returns with a series more appropriate ...

Are We About to Repeat 2008?

Daniel Wagner | Posted 02.20.2013 | Business
Daniel Wagner

It would be far more sensible for investors to remain cautious about the future, rather than to assume that the sun will continue to shine indefinitely.

We Hate To Burst Your Bubble...

Posted 07.05.2012 | Arts

Fabian Oefner brings back bubbles with a psychedelic twist in his high-speed photography series, titled, "Iridient" (aka 'Bursting Soap Bubbles'), whi...

Math Solves Mystery Of Beer Brand's Sinking Bubbles

Posted 06.04.2012 | Science

By: Charles Choi, LiveScience Contributor Published: 06/04/2012 01:31 PM EDT on LiveScience The mystery of why the bubbles in the legendary beer G...

WATCH: Astronaut Makes Mind-Boggling 'Antibubble' Aboard ISS

Posted 04.23.2012 | Science

The zero-gravity environment inside the International Space Station gives astronauts ample opportunity to have a little fun--as seen in this new space...

Why It's Hard To Predict Bubbles

Slate | Duncan Watts | Posted 08.24.2011 | Business

The recent sky-high IPO of LinkedIn, along with eye-popping valuations for other social networking and shopping companies, has raised concerns that we...

WATCH: NASA Discovers 'Bubbles' At Solar System's Edge

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 08.10.2011 | Technology

NASA's twin Voyager spacecraft have made a baffling discovery along their journey to the outer limits of the solar system. Scientists studying the...

New Stock Market Signal Identifies Bubbles

Wired | Brandon Keim | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Complexity researchers who study the behavior of stock markets may have identified a signal that precedes crashes. They say the telltale sign is a me...

The Case Against Bubbles

Robert Teitelman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Robert Teitelman

It seems the wise thing to do is to resist enthusiasm for any new innovation. That's not to say that technological bubbles will not emerge. But why encourage a very dangerous process?

The Market Is in Bubble Mode Again

Steven Bulwa | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Steven Bulwa

The market is sending investors the wrong message. The more I watch it rise the more concerned I get. While others applaud the market's gains as a spo...

Sunday in The Park

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Dr. Irene S. Levine

Spending a Sunday in Central Park is never a disappointment. There are unexpected surprises at every turn. ...

Emily Raboteau's 'The Structure of Bubbles'

Posted 05.25.2011 | Books

Emily Raboteau is a novelist, an award-winning short story writer (Pushcart Prize, Nelson Algren Award), and a professor at City College of New York. ...

Is There A Government Bond Bubble?

Laurence J. Kotlikoff | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Laurence J. Kotlikoff

YES, there is a government bond bubble. And it's huge. Uncle Sam and his counterparts in the EU and Japan are broke and are, almost surely, going to...

Michael Jackson's Pet Chimp Needs Donations For Retirement

AOL | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

When Michael Jackson died last year, his will made provisions for his kids, his mom and pet charities, but what about his pet chimp, Bubbles? It has ...

Student Loans: The New Big Bubble

Bob Samuels | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
Bob Samuels

The free market is really a giant Ponzi scheme where companies hold down workers wages so that the employees are forced to live on debt, and then this debt is bought and sold on a global market.

Investors: Beware the Quackery of Economic Goats, Whitewashers and Charlatans

Ann Pettifor | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Ann Pettifor

Today -- as global trade lies dead, as unemployment rises, as wages and incomes plummet, as US consumption and investment falls -- share prices zoom upwards and commodity prices rock.

How to Sell Your Maidenhead

E. Jean Carroll | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
E. Jean Carroll

Why should I waste my purity on a "meaningful" college boyfriend or a saggy sugar daddy when I can receive a pot of gold all in one go?

The Search for Normalcy

Robert Teitelman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Robert Teitelman

One view of "normal" has come out of the crisis stronger than ever: that "normal" doesn't exist at all, that the belief in market equilibrium has been effectively undermined.

An Open Letter to Paul Krugman

David K. Levine | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
David K. Levine

Crises have been ubiquitous throughout history. While we can't forecast them we do know how to learn from them. And we certainly have a good idea what not to do in response.

Who Isn't John Galt? Part 2

Robbie Gennet | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Robbie Gennet

To those who posted about having to "share" their earnings with those who had "no hand in it at all": you are truly living in a fictitious reality.

Who Isn't John Galt?

Robbie Gennet | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Robbie Gennet

If you are an Artist, Rand's books free you from the opinions of others and put ironclad gates around your sense of purpose, unlocking the freedom to create your art.

How "The Beanie Babies Bubble" Explains The Housing Crisis

wsj.com | KAREN BLUMENTHAL | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

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Forget Ponzi Schemes: Try Venture Capital!

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

I asked an investment banking friend of mine how many VC deals he knew of in the tech sector over the last ten years. A thousand, he said. And how many are still around? I inquired. Three.

Michael Jackson's Story: Can't Beat It

Jon Chattman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Jon Chattman

As legendary and iconic as he was and will forever be, he always got himself in some kind of trouble. Sadly, the biggest legacy he will have is the true potential he wasted when he was alive.