A Disaster Is Happening In America's Crime Labs
In the last week of March, the top-rated show in the country was “NCIS.” An hour-long crime drama, the series features actor Pauley Perrette, whose portrayal of fictional forensic scientist Abby Sciuto...
View ArticleThe Simple Reason We're Never Going To Live In A Utopia
Nobel Laureate economist Gary Becker has passed away, Greg Mankiw reports on his blog.The 82-year old Becker was pioneer in using the tools of economics to analyze things that are frequently thought to...
View Article'Game Of Thrones' Creator George R.R. Martin Shares His Creative Process
George R.R. Martin has created a swords and sorcery world that people can't get enough of: The "A Song of Ice And Fire" series has sold 24 million copies in print, while the HBO adaptation has been a...
View ArticleThe One Thing That Scares Neil deGrasse Tyson About Being On TV
Long before Neil deGrasse Tyson hosted Fox's successful documentary series "Cosmos," he was more famous for his work in the science community as a leading astrophysicist, author, and educator.But it...
View ArticleFormer PayPal Exec: I Wasn't Fired For Those Nasty Tweets About My Coworkers,...
Rakesh Agrawal, the former PayPal executive who publicly tweeted several disparaging comments about his colleagues Friday night, said on Twitter this morning he wasn't fired, but quit.After the press...
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View Article7 Things Successful People Do During An Afternoon Lull
Do you feel like your ability to focus and your supply of discipline and willpower are always dwindling by 2 p.m.?You're not alone.Almost everyone experiences a mid-afternoon lull: a dip in energy...
View ArticleWe Saw The Biggest Explosion In Health-Care Spending In Over 30 Years, And It...
Spending on health care grew an astounding 9.9% in the Bureau of Economic Analysis' advance estimate of first-quarter GDP. It's the biggest percent change in health-care spending since 1980, when...
View Article'Frozen' Songwriters Deny That Disney Banned The Word 'God' — Here's The Real...
It was widely reported yesterday that Disney bans the word "God" from being used in its animated films and accompanying song lyrics.The initial reports came from an NPR interview with Oscar-winning...
View ArticleHow One Silicon Valley Millionaire Is Using Tech To Spark Change In India
Karl Mehta has made quite a splash in the tech world. He founded PlaySpan, which sold to Visa for more than $200 million in 2011. He was a White House Presidential Innovation Fellow in the program's...
View ArticleBREMMER: Here's Why We're Not On The Precipice Of A New Cold War
Geopolitical expert Ian Bremmer of the Eurasia Group tweeted a fascinating chart describing Russia's aggressive moves in Ukraine and the consequent international responses.Concerned about Ukraine...
View ArticleWhy Walking Makes You More Creative
If you want to get your ideas flowing, go for a walk. That's what Stanford University researchers Marily Oppezzo and Daniel L. Schwartz found in a new study published in the Journal of Experimental...
View Article18 Awesome Fast Food Items You Can't Get In The US
Americans are consuming less fast food and causing chains like McDonald's, Burger King and KFC to ramp up their international expansion.Restaurants have had to come up with some pretty creative menu...
View ArticleThe Fed Steps Up This Week After A Mess Of Economic Data — Here's Your...
Last week's weak GDP report, strong spending report, and mixed jobs report have given economists and policymakers plenty to think about.While there isn't much on the economic data calendar, several key...
View ArticleA Women's Activist Group Created Ads Warning Prospective Students About...
Aside from weighing a university's location, size, and cafeteria food, women's activist group UltraViolet wants prospective students to look at sexual violence on campus.The group is launching an...
View ArticleBurger King's Big Mac Clone Could Be Threatening McDonald's - CLONE
Burger King's Big Mac copycat is appealing to cash-strapped shoppers. The fast food chain recently reversed declining sales—thanks in part to the new sandwich, writes Venessa Wong at Bloomberg...
View ArticleWhy DreamWorks Animation Keeps Failing And How It Plans To Bounce Back
DreamWorks Animation announced Tuesday that it will take a writedown on its recent release, "Mr. Peabody & Sherman."It’s the studio’s latest animated feature they’ve had to take a writedown on...
View ArticleAn Incredibly Ambitious Time Capsule Was Sealed 75 Years Ago Today — Here’s...
Seventy-five years ago today, the World's Fair came to New York, and with it came one of the world's first official time capsules. Called "Dawn of a New Day," the 1939 Fair adopted a future-focused...
View Article'Star Wars: Episode VII' Director J.J. Abrams Teases More Cast Announcements...
May the Fourth be with you!In case you didn't know, Sunday, May 4 is Star Wars day.While a lot of the cast for "Star Wars: Episode VII" was announced earlier last week, director J.J. Abrams and writer...
View ArticleA Landmark US Climate Change Report Is Coming Tuesday
A landmark report on climate change in the United States will be formally released at the White House on Tuesday, following approval by a federal advisory committee.The National Climate Assessment is a...
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