A New Report Warns That America May Lose The Nanotechnology Race
VACUUM TUBES, semiconductors and the internet have changed how we live; now nanotechnology promises a similar revolution. Nanocoatings that make it impossible for liquid to even touch a treated surface...
View ArticleGoldman Explains How Economic Weakness Has Spread Across The World In Recent...
In recent weeks, fears of economic weakness have resurfaced as a bout of risk aversion has swept across global markets.Economic data surprise indices have turned decisively lower, indicating that...
View ArticleEmpty Elevator Shaft In Sochi Nearly Swallows Athlete
British bobsledder Rebekah Wilson was greeted with an empty elevator shaft when she attempted to leave her room in the Olympic Village on Saturday morning.She later said she hit the down button, the...
View ArticleWhy This Millennial Quit His 6-Figure Job And Gave Away Most Of His Possessions
Joshua Fields Millburn, who at age 27 became the youngest director of operations at a large telecom company in the Midwest, had been asked to craft a plan to close eight retail stories and terminate 41...
View ArticleThe US Bobsled Team Is Getting Some Help From The Germans
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View ArticleThe Brutality Of Cross Country Skiing In One Surreal Photo
Here's the finish line after Saturday's women's cross-country skiing event, the skiathlon 7.5 km classic + 7.5 km free.The three medalists, Norway's Marit Bjoergen, Sweden's Charlotte Kalla, and...
View Article'Flappy Bird' Creator Says He's Shutting The Game Down, Putting Us All Out Of...
Suddenly popular, super hard, super addictive smartphone game Flappy Bird is going away.Game creator Dong Nguyen tweeted this at 2 p.m. ET: "I am sorry 'Flappy Bird' users, 22 hours from now, I will...
View ArticleHuge Law Firm Parts Ways With Lawyer Accused Of Making His Ex-Girlfriend's...
The big corporate law firm Schulte Roth & Zabel no longer employs an associate named Samir Tabar, who's accused in a lawsuit of relentlessly harassing and terrorizing his ex-girlfriend, the...
View ArticleHere's How Boeing Builds The New Fuel-Efficient 737 Jet
This week, Boeing officially cranked the production rate of its 737 Next Generation plane to 42 per month, an all-time high.That's a 33% jump over 2010, when Boeing was producing 31.5 a month at its...
View ArticleHere's A Full List Of Medal Winners At The Sochi Olympics
The first day of medal events at the 2014 Sochi Olympics is in the books.Norway, which is expected to win the most golds in Sochi, leads the medal count with two golds and two bronzes.We'll keep this...
View ArticleThe 24 Hottest Athletes At The Sochi Olympics
The Olympics officially kicked off on Friday night and the games are finally underway.The competition this year is hotter than ever. Literally.From skiing to ice hockey to biathlon, we rounded up the...
View ArticleEverything You Need To Know About The Return Of '24' To Fox
Fox quietly dropped a series of brief mysterious commercials throughout the Super Bowl Sunday night. The four ads culminated in a first-look preview at the return of “24” to the network. Earlier this...
View ArticleTwo Stanford Professors Have A Fascinating Theory Of Why Businesses Succeed
In September 2012, Home Depot was in trouble.The construction and home improvement giant had just announced it would shutter seven big-box outlets in China — the last of the 12 stores it had acquired...
View ArticleWalter White's Parody Facebook Video Will Bring Back 'Breaking Bad' Memories
You probably noticed your friends posts and watched your own Facebook "Look Back"video earlier this week, which highlighted big moments, photos, and posts from users on the social network's 10-year...
View ArticleThe 16 Most Powerful Members Of 'Skull And Bones'
In 1832, five Yale students — including future President William Howard Taft's father — founded one of America's most famous secret societies: Skull and Bones.Join the conversation about this story »
View ArticleEdward Snowden Automated His NSA File Download With A Tool Similar To...
Fugitive ex-contractor Edward Snowden took at least 200,000 top-secret documents from NSA servers using a process that was "quite automated," according to a new report from David Sanger and Eric...
View ArticleIn A Record Year For Exonerations, This Bar Owner Has One Of The Most...
A report out Tuesday on America's record-high number of exonerations in 2013 includes a disturbing story of a bar owner who spent three years in prison for a "crime" that never happened.Join the...
View ArticleAOL CAVES: Tim Armstrong Restores The 401K Plans For Employees (AOL)
AOL is restoring its policy of offering matching 401ks to employees without any catches or wrinkles: Tim Armstrong has announced he's reversing AOL's 401k policy. Credit to a CEO who responds to the...
View ArticleHere's What Consultants Actually Do All Day
Consulting is one of the most nebulous fields out there.The big firms — Bain, McKinsey, Deloitte, and others — are well known, but few people seem to have a basic understanding of what, exactly, it is...
View ArticleRussian Speed Skater Forgets She's Naked Under Her Suit, Starts To Unzip...
Olga Graf, a Russian speed skater was very excited after her run that won her a bronze medal in the 3,000-meter. Graf was so excited that she forgot she had nothing on under her tight suit and started...
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