With each successive year, Asia Week New York grows bigger and better. In 2012, no fewer than five auction houses will offer relevant sales of artworks and artifacts from China, Korea, Japan, India, and Southeast Asia, and 17 museums and other institutions will offer special programming
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Feed SubscriptionCondom use 101: Errors are so common
Condoms can't prevent unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease if they're used incorrectly. Unfortunately, a new review of research finds that condom use errors are all too common.
Read More »The cinematographer: Coming in from the cold
Jeff Cronenweth, son of famous cinematographer, is now one himself and up for Oscar for "Dragon Tattoo."
Read More »The writer: An overnight success, 15 years later
J.C. Chandor is one of Hollywood's hot new names.
Read More »Video: Fear of losing cell phone: There’s name for that!
It's nomophobia. Many of us get anxious when we're not near our cell phones. Rebecca Jarvis and John Miller speak with clinical psychologist Dr
Read More »Turkish docs perform quadruple limb transplant
In 20-hour operation medical team attaches two arms and two legs to a young man
Read More »One Way Google Might Crash Cable’s Party
Is Google Fiber a Trojan Horse? While it doesn't take much for Google to make headlines, this week's news that it filed applications to operate a video service in Kansas City was much more than your average "Hey look what Google did" story
Read More »Fearlessly Take Risks to Grow Your Firm
Go ahead.
Read More »Apple And Foxconn’s Ethics Hit Your Gadget Prices
Last week Foxconn pushed its starting salaries up from 900 yuan ($143) to 1,800 yuan per month, the latest and biggest in wage upticks that began in 2010.
Read More »5 Tips for an Oscar-Worthy Thank You
The Academy Awards are a good reminder to keep your thank-you speeches heartfelt, poignant, and--most of all--short. Or...cue the music! The 84th Academy Awards will air this Sunday to much fanfare
Read More »This Week In Bots: Dino Robots, Fish Robots, And The Future Of Self-Driving Cars
Let's do the weekly electric boogaloo through a menagerie of mechanical wonderthings. No humans required.
Read More »Amazon Goes To Brazil
Amazon's gearing up a Brazilian launch for the Kindle this summer. Their strategy? Sell their product for far cheaper than the local competition, take a hit in import duties, and watch the profits roll in.
Read More »How to Increase Your Online Ad Conversion Rate
Find out why Matt Mickiewicz, co-founder of 99Designs, a graphic design marketplace, recommends website live chats.
Read More »Minding The College Gap
In her sophomore year at Chicago's ACE Technical Charter High School, Kewauna Lerma had a 2.25 GPA. Yet when Jeff Nelson met Kewauna, he knew she was capable of getting into and graduating from a four-year college. Nelson is the cofounder and Executive Director of Urban Students Empowered ( US Empowered ), a not-for-profit organization dedicated to college preparedness and college persistence (keeping students in college once they have enrolled) for low-income high school students.
Read More »Paula Deen shrugs off critics, says food will be lighter
Food Network star, 65, dismissed idea she should have announced diagnosis sooner
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