There’s no denying that Marvel editor-in-chief Joe Quesada has revitalized the publisher, taking it from bankruptcy to dominating the comic industry and breaking into movies. We sat down with him at Comic-Con to find out what happens …
Biologists have created a living computer from E. coli that can solve complex mathematical problems.
Updated to include all the recent developments to the PC and complete with a CD-ROM, the third edition of How Computers Work is like a cool science museum in a book. But make no mistake–this is not a book for children. …
Blog Roundup | • First it was toilets in space.
Few things are more enjoyable than spending time outdoors on a warm evening. Unfortunately, disease-transmitting insects may join the party too. According to the National Wildlife Federation, the following six animals help to control …
House leaders announce a potentially crucial agreement on reducing geographical disparities in the rates that Medicare pays health -care providers around the country.
Attention all you parents (and those of you who are concerned about germs) out there — ” Shopping Pockets” are here! Designed by Dreamtree Products, my personal friends, ” Shopping Pockets” combines purse, diaper bag, coupon holder, …
My friend Skip, who runs the AV Geeks sections at Archive.org, has collected a ton of vintage educational films. The ABC of Sex Education for Trainables is a thoughtful, fascinating look at how social workers in the 1970s taught the …
I’m not very conversant with law, but this strikes me as a very unusual case in which it is illegal to do nothing.
I’m surprised that Paul Krugman, writing in today’s New York Times, points to Massachusetts’s three-year-old program for creating universal health -insurance coverage in that state as a model for America. Krugman himself – in a column …