What's in a date? Strictly speaking, New Year's Day is just an arbitrary flip of the calendar, but it can also be a cathartic time of reflection and renewal. So it is with one of the most extraordinary dates in the history of science, January 1, 1925. You could describe it as a day when nothing remarkable happened, just the routine reading of a paper at a scientific conference. Or you could recognize it as the birthday of modern cosmology--the moment when humankind discovered the universe as
The Xbox One is a powerful console with lots of useful tools, but most people don't know about all of them. Take a look and see if you know them all.
In this week's news, Roger Federer shares his Grand Slam goal and views on tennis’ anti-doping policy.
This year’s edition of the Viewing Room at the NFDC Film Bazaar grows bigger with202 films in 19 languages, with over 100 of them being directorial debuts
Did you play with model cities as a kid? Well, our C4I Directorate built their own model city that teaches our best coders how to stop malicious hacks and keep our vital infrastructure safe. Welcome to Sim City Over the
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Warren Buffett predicted former Sears CEO Eddie Lampert would have an impossible task bringing back the retailer in 2005, years before bankruptcy.
Warren Buffett predicted that Sears CEO Eddie Lampert would have an impossible task brining back the retailer in 2005. "How many retailers have really sunk, and then come back?" Buffett said in an interview. Sears filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday.
Yipes! The tiger beetle, not to be confused with teen magazine Tiger Beat!, is pretty much six-legged death incarnate for spiders, grubs, and even ladybugs. Watch out!
If you've ever gone on an overnight field trip, you know that kids tend to go wild when they're away from home. According to this study, that effect holds when people travel abroad -- and it's not just students. These researchers show that people of all ages tend to display more "immoral behavior" (think, drinking and promiscuity) when traveling abroad. They conclude that this effect is due to increased moral relativism (the belief that morality is not absolute): "As individuals are exposed
The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Monday, Dec. 26:
In the summer and fall of this year, emails and documents belonging to the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton Campaign Chairman John Podesta were published online by Wikileaks. Guccifer 2.0 – purportedly a Romanian hacker – published a smaller … Continue reading →
It's time to wrestle back control of your finances.