While there are essentially no disparities in general intelligence between the sexes, a UC Irvine study has found significant differences in brain areas where males and females manifest their intelligence.

Linguists often need to correct lay people’s misconceptions of what they do. Their job is not to be experts in “correct” grammar, ready at any moment to smack your wrist for a split infinitive. What they seek are the underlying rules of how language works in the minds and mouths of its users.

Founded in June 2001 by two Cambridge U engineering students, Lily Cheng and James Hay, Splashpower Ltd. is trying to make the dream of every gadget freak come true – wireless power charging.

Astronomers are now measuring stuff — material, matter, things — that moves at so close to the speed of light you might think it’d make Einstein a bit nervous.

A Mexican man has stunned doctors by successfully performing surgery on himself.

Quite a few small businesses are involved in tourism or depend on travel for significant revenues. Think bed-and-breakfasts, small wineries, franchisee motels, tour guides, rental condos, bus and charter jet companies, restaurants, boat charters, taxi services, and so on.

Food and pets figure in greatly in the top 10 trends for family and health in the United States, as predicted by Better Homes and Gardens magazine. If you are a small business owner, consultant, solo entrepreneur, author, home-based business or franchise owner, you may just find a promising new business opportunity among these trends [...]

Want to know the trends that will be hot in 2005? Watts Wacker, the renowned futurist, recently spent some time in a telephone interview.
Here is what Watts says we should expect to see heat up in 2005 and beyond.