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The green "clean rich" might be growing, but the polluting "dirty rich" remain a significant and vital part of the business community. More »
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Edward Tenner is a historian of technology and culture. He was a founding advisor of Smithsonian's Lemelson Center and holds a Ph.D in European history. More
The green "clean rich" might be growing, but the polluting "dirty rich" remain a significant and vital part of the business community. More »
A slower process for inventors to obtain exclusive rights to their creation isn't necessarily a bad thing More »
While today's cars could use improvement, combining the brake and accelerator might not be such a great idea More »
Equipped with sensors, the new Minneapolis bridge can detect any potential problems, including terrorist threats More »
Can physics give us new tools to predict and control economic upheavals?A consortium of scientists have written an open letter to the billionaire hedge fund wizard George Soros urging him to support bold new interdisciplinary initiatives to model the economy and prevent crises, according to the New York Times. They are inviting him to be a "galleon figure" (figurehead?) in their application for a major EU interdisciplinary grant.Sounds like a good idea. Except that… More »
The car company's new ad parodies extravagance and questions the role of today's luxury vehicles More »
A revolutionary new invention 30 years ago, Post-Its may seem harmless, but they can ruin books and interfere with recycling More »
Russians may brood more than Americans, but that kind of deliberation is associated with fewer symptoms of depression More »
Portable, hard-to-steal, and excellent for urban commuting, transformer cycles are finally catching on More »
Government scientific support tends to benefit established, risk-averse businesses, but innovation often comes from those who bring different perspectives to solving a problem More »
A look at some artists who drew inspiration and success from the unfamiliar More »
How laptop theft facilitates groundbreaking physics discoveries More »
Despite Kagan's casual performance, Americans still value smarts More »
Technology is being deployed to prevent cheating in higher education, a practice dating back over a hundred years More »
Spectral imaging shows that Thomas Jefferson first wrote "subjects" on the Declaration of Independence before changing it to "citizens" More »
If it's possible that engineering projects and government agencies work on decades-long success-failure cycles, then why not managers, too? More »
As print media suffers, the photographs that have chronicled important social phenomena are also disappearing More »
