"After years of saying habitable exoplanets are just around the corner, planet hunters have found Gliese 581g, the first planet found to lie squarely in its star’s habitable zone."

When critic Randall Jarrell mentioned Vermeer in a review of Elizabeth Bishop’s poetry, Bishop excitedly expressed her joy over someone making the connection. We can only guess how she’d feel […]

In a recent post, I argued that the tax burden on the rich is not as great as some would have you believe. It’s not that there is anything wrong […]

Talk about hubris… Dirty trickster James O’Keefe’s foray into gonzo porn has ended disastrously for him. O’Keefe schemed to seduce CNN investigative reporter Abbie Boudreau in front of hidden cameras. […]

In a guest post today, AoE culture correspondent Patrick Riley takes a look at the efforts by James McCartney and other Beatles offspring to escape the celebrity penumbra of their […]

One day, quantum computers may replace the standard silicon chips found in all computers around the world. In fact, by 2020 to 2025, transistors will be so small and will […]

After spotlighting the Lunartic bike concept, here is another noteworthy finalist in designboom and Seoul Design Foundation’s Seoul Cycle Design Competition. Bikoff by Argentinian industrial design student Marcos Madia takes […]

The current generation is less ready to join the workforce because they’ve been shielded from competitive situations while growing up.

When it comes to networking, there is more strength in the weak ties of loose acquaintances than in the close ties you have with friends and family.

Projecting confidence is key to gaining and holding onto power—even if you’re not naturally a confident person.

A conversation with the Stanford University professor of organizational behavior.

Many good bosses have had their own bad bosses on the way up, but have patterned their management style after how not to do things.

Failure is a terrible thing, but there’s no other way for people to learn how to do most things except to screw up enough until the point where they get […]

An interview with professor of management at Stanford University.

The fact that technological power comes in smaller, faster and cheaper objects is a very important observation that underlies many of the phenomena around us today.

A court in Canada has ruled that prostitution is legal. But will decriminalization get sex workers off the streets or make their profession safer?

Eruptions readers have pointed out to me that El Reventador, one of the more active volcanoes in the Andes – that also happens to be close to Quito – has […]

Steve Dahl makes the case for checking the veracity of political ads. "Don't count on the broadcasters…I have never seen them come down on the side of truth over money."

This year marks the 35th anniversary of the publication of 'Montaillou', a book in the French literary tradition that treats laziness with the gravity and intelligence it deserves.

We can't be sure that the events in our memories really happened the way we recall. We all add and alter details. The only sure way is to write them down while still fresh.