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Last Call to be World Leader

Daniel Bruno Sanz | Posted 11.04.2009 | Technology


Daniel Bruno Sanz

Let America marshal its vast resources in the self-interested pursuit of innovation and science in space for the greatness of a nation and the benefit of the world.

In Praise of Slow Thinking

Carl Honore | Posted 10.23.2009 | Books


Carl Honore

Slow Thinking is intuitive, woolly and creative. It is what we do when the pressure is off, and there is time to let ideas simmer on the back burner. It yields rich, nuanced insights and sometimes surprising breakthroughs.

'How to Be Happy' and Stop Being Fearful

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 11.15.2009 | Living


Francesca Biller-Safran

Children are naturally prone to curiosity -- but all too often this is replaced by nurture that cautions against everything that is unknown, leading ultimately to a life ultimately not much worth knowing about at all.

Obama's Health Care Speech: Soaring Rhetoric, Scant Imagination

Marshall Auerback | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics


Marshall Auerback

Obama's speech was even weaker than the spin preceding the joint address to Congress suggested.

Back to School!

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 11.09.2009 | Comedy


Jilly Gagnon

School isn't so bad when you're making it a better place, like they did in the 80's documentary, 21 Jump Street!

Book Review: So You Want to Be a Scientist?

Dan Agin | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green


Dan Agin

There are too few good books about the positives and negatives of research careers in science. Philip A. Schwartzkroin, a neurosurgeon who specializes in epilepsy research, has written such a book.

Einstein's God and the Hungry Spider

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 09.28.2009 | Living


Jeff Schweitzer

Einstein often made reference to god, but in doing so created the mistaken impression that he actually believed in one.

The Gates Affair: Why We Care

Daniel Bruno Sanz | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics


Daniel Bruno Sanz

Inheritance is White, poor credit scores, Black. A missing woman is White and a fugitive on the loose is Black.

Book Review: Why Does E=MC^2?

Dan Agin | Posted 08.08.2009 | Living


Dan Agin

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.

A Vigil for My Father, Leonard Shlain

Kimberly Brooks | Posted 06.11.2009 | Living


Kimberly Brooks

I asked him the other day while I was helping him add quotes to his newest book: "Are you afraid to die?" "No" he said." I'm not afraid to die. I just want to live."

The Art Of The Headshot: Everyone's A Real Estate Agent

Kimberly Brooks | Posted 05.14.2009 | Living


Kimberly Brooks

Whether an activist, writer, blogger, student or artist, everyone has a headshot. Now, let us examine a couple rules, shall we?

Why Do So Few Speak Up for Gaza?

Robert Scheer | Posted 02.06.2009 | World


Robert Scheer

Why is it that there is such widespread acceptance, beginning with the apologetic arguments of George Bush, that whatever Israel does is always justified as necessary to the survival of the Jewish state?

The Power of Nau

Julia Moulden | Posted 09.23.2008 | Living


Julia Moulden

Remember Apple's "Think Different" advertising campaign? "Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the...

Obama's World Tour and Albert Einstein's Revelation

Tom Gerdy | Posted 08.02.2008 | Politics


Tom Gerdy

Does anyone have any idea what E=MC² really means? What is the theory of relativity? What is the photoelectric effect? Who won the '53 World Serie...

Atheists and the Will to Believe

Deepak Chopra | Posted 07.09.2008 | Home


Deepak Chopra

An article in the Washington Post On Faith section in response to their question: "According to a new Pew survey, 21% of American atheists believe in ...

Einstein, Atheism and One Big Bowl of Rice

Derek Beres | Posted 05.27.2008 | Living


Derek Beres

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.