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Ray Jayawardhana: It's valuable to push your imagination and try to come up with all sorts of ideas and discuss them, debate them, test them, because it allows us to push what’s possible and open up new avenues.
Ian Fleming's character is at high risk for sexual dysfunction, along with a long assortment of alcohol-related diseases that will eventually kill him at the age of 56.
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James Bond is probably one of the most nailed down, functional, psychopaths that there is.
“Nothing in the world can one imagine beforehand, not the least thing, everything is made up of so many unique particulars that cannot be foreseen.” ― Nostradamus (born on this date in 1503, we think)
"Breathe-in experience, breathe-out poetry."- Muriel Rukeyser (born on this date in 1913)
Capitalism, the dominant secular faith of our times, risks a reformation.
A huge pool of magma is under the surface, representing an existential threat to America, as well as the rest of the world. One scientist estimates an eruption would be 2,000 times the size of Mount St. Helens.
Jeff Walker: The teacher is the individual who I can associate with, who I want to track over time and who I will connect to.
There really is no difference between donors and doers.
Money is just one of the resources that you have available to you like gas that goes in the car. It’s not the car itself.
The reliable Geminid meteor shower is an annual hit for stargazers, and it should not disappoint this year despite waxing gibbous moonlight during the shower's peak tonight (December 13/14).
“The one who comes to question himself cares for mankind.” ― Kenneth Patchen (born on this date in 1911)
On October 15, 2013, the City Council of Cupertino, California, debated for 6 hours before finally approvingApple’s plans for a new $5 billion USD office headquarters to be built in […]
Your computer will be able to answer your questions before you ask them or even before you realize you have a question.
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Your computer will be an assistant that helps you through the day, will answer your questions before you ask them or even before you realize you have a question
Scientists have developed a way of trapping single sperm cells inside metal nanotubes. The direction of these 'spermbots' can be controlled remotely to deliver drugs or fertilize an egg.
Schekman compares the incentives that journals such as Nature, Cell and Science offer scientists to Wall Street's bonus culture.
Thick clouds, rain, a bright Gibbous Moon and chilly temperatures will make for difficult stargazing. Fortunately the Slooh space camera's broadcast team will be providing all night coverage that includes expert commentary from Bob Berman.
A human-sounding telemarketer says she is real. Can you tell from this recording?
Here is a glimpse of what our world would look like to a visitor from afar.