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Why Yes, Your Child Should Learn Chemistry
An article in the Washington Post by David Bernstein asks why his son, fifteen, is being taught chemistry in high school when it is not...
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Embracing Our Cosmic Insignificance
Life. Some find it too short. Others find it too long. Others find it too long and intentionally shorten their life story (or that of...
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Likeable Business by Dave Kerpen
Likeable Business is Dave Kerpen’s second book on the power of social media; this time, extending to business success and customer loyalty. The book takes...
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S.A.G.A.N.: The grassroots astrobiology social network
Are we alone in the universe? How did life begin? Will the human civilization expand out into the solar system (and beyond)? How can we...
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Space tourism close to becoming a reality
Imagine yourself heading out with your family on your annual vacation. Except this time, you aren’t going to an airport for an African safari or...
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Research Data Symposium 2013
Earlier today at Columbia University took place the Research Data Symposium 2013, a conference where scientists, journalists, publishers and librarians came together to discuss how...
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Startups and VCs: Behind the scenes
Ronald Chwang is a seasoned entrepreneur and venture capitalist. After obtaining a B.Eng. from McGill in 1972 and a Ph.D. from USC in 1977, he...
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Is the Internet Made of Blue Cheese?
It’s often the simple questions that baffle us the most. For a society entrenched in technology, it seems silly to even entertain the question of...
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Copyright.
The copyright debate has become one of the foremost policy tangles of our time. What used to be an arcane legal matter has grown into...
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Map of Submarine Cables
This map shows the underwater cables that are used to transport telephone communications and Internet data between all continents (except Antarctica). Explore the interactive map...
