At the age of 37, Jared, a would-be professor in New York state, should be on tenure track at a university, perhaps publishing his second or third book. Instead, he’s working on a dissertation in sociology that he’d planned to complete a decade ago. He’s blown two "drop-dead" deadlines and is worried about missing a […]

Greg Bjerg:  A concept aircraft currently under development at Boeing’s Phantom Works Research and Development unit might be the largest airplane to ever fly, but it won’t set any altitude records. Its called the Pelican and it would have a normal cruising altitude of only twenty feet because it uses the concept of ground effect […]

Making small changes to your lifestyle can have a significant impact on how long you will live, research has shown.

If cammabis were unknown, and bioprospectors were suddenly to find it in some remote mountain crevice, its discovery would no doubt be hailed as a medical breakthrough. Scientists would praise its potential for treating everything from pain to cancer, and marvel at its rich pharmacopoeia—many of whose chemicals mimic vital molecules in the human body.

A couple unusual wooden vehicles.

In an age of flextime, when workers increasingly commute outside peak traffic flows, the delivery of electricity seems a bit, well, static. When you need it most, so does everyone else, imposing big costs and occasional brownouts on utilities and their customers. But a Washington, D.C., startup called GridPoint has a better idea. Starting this […]

Japan may have been in a slump for a decade but it still has the third largest economy in the world, behind the US and China. The IMF put Japan’s GDP at $4.6 trillion in 2005.  Great stats.

Plants thought to help treat or cure cancer, AIDS and malaria have
been found in the rainforests of Borneo, a report from the Swiss-based
global conservation group WWF said on Thursday.

The California Public Utilities Commission approved a plan on
Thursday allowing providers of high-speed Internet services to test
electricity lines to deliver online access throughout the state.

To the United States, he is a seriously
dangerous man who put the nation’s security at risk by
committing "the biggest military computer hack of all time."

Transplants involving immature, stem cell-generated nervous system
"support cells" helped repair damaged spinal cords in rats, researchers
report.

A two-legged robot being developed by Japanese scientists could one day carry the elderly and handicapped up stairs or inclines.

Women’s choices in buying and planning for the family, as well as pursuing their own interests, have a major impact online.

University of Toronto scientists are using satellite data and aerial photography to track the evolution of land use in the continental United States.

Arkansas scientists say they’ve found caffeine elevates blood pressure and lowers heart rate in children during exercise, but doesn’t affect metabolism.

Vanderbilt University scientists trying to determine how male and female brains differ have discovered timing is everything.

An Ohio study finds that the notion that first-born children are more intelligent is a myth.

A new study finds hospital staff routinely crack jokes at the patient’s expense while medical students learning about professionalism get mixed messages.

Inventors are becoming a larger and larger portion of society.  We are planning on doing a series of articles on inventors and invention leading up to May 16th when the Honorable John Doll, the Commissioner of Patents, comes to Denver to speak on the Future of the USPTO.

It doesn’t cost a lot to set up your
own death squad in Iraq. Military uniforms, guns and even
police vehicles are easily available to all comers in the
markets of Baghdad.

Chinese scientists have succeeded in
cloning a cow with gene cells resistant to mad cow disease, the
official Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday.

Thomas Sowell:  "Cheap labor" can turn out to be the most expensive labor this country has ever had.

Brad Feld:  A close friend of mine is spending a year traveling around with world with his wife and 11 year old daughter.  They are in China right now and he’s been sending me missives from the front lines of his trip.  Most of what I read these days about China is either highly political, […]

As online alternative media grow, a new study projects that podcast advertising will surpass blog advertising by 2010.

The Internet, e-mail, videoconferencing, and other communications technologies have cut the need to travel, but the rapid growth of business in the global economy has increased it.