Laudable DesignsAsk any auto designer—off the record and after a couple of drinks—which marques he or she most admires and chances are Audi will be mentioned. Audi has long been regarded as a designer’s car, in the best sense of the term. Across the model line the exterior and interior ...
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Feed SubscriptionCar of the Year 2011: No. 7 Maserati GranTurismo Convertible
No SubstituteThe GranTurismo just might erase Maserati’s undeserved image of being the Italian car to buy if you cannot afford a Ferrari. Yes, Maserati was once a division of Ferrari, the two companies still are located in the same neighborhood, and all Maseratis are powered by Ferrari-sourced engines. However, Maserati ...
Read More »Researchers find magnetic link to high-temperature superconductivity
Researchers from the Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Science, a joint SLAC-Stanford institute, have seen strong indications of a relationship between the superconductive and magnetic properties of high-temperature superconductors -- a relationship long suspected but difficult to investigate experimentally. Any step toward a real understanding of high temperature superconductors is a big step right now. Today's superconductors need extreme cold to keep conducting electricity with 100 percent efficiency, but extreme cold is not cheap
Read More »Have you reconnected with a long-lost love?
Have you, a friend or a family member ever lost touch with a high school sweetheart, college flame or young love — and then gotten back in contact years later? Was the chemistry still the same?
Read More »SuperB scientists test new ideas at Diamond
Accelerator physicists working on the recently funded SuperB accelerator in Italy have been collaborating with Diamonds accelerator physicists to test new techniques for low emittance tuning, which can potentially benefit both Diamond and the SuperB.
Read More »The New Philippe Matthews Show
Not only does Philippe ask the best questions, he asks questions that make a difference. The Philippe Matthews Show is one of the best shows on the air for people wanting to make a permanent and positive change in their life. ~Rick Frishman, President Planned TV Arts, Co-Author of Author 101 | Networking Magic Guerrilla Publicity
Read More »‘Meet the Queen of Motivation from England – Queen Chioma Nworgu!
The Philippe Matthews Show would like to recognize an up and coming motivational force in the UK; Queen Chioma Nworgu. Yes, Queen is a her actual name and she is fabulous! After realizing she needed a career change and wasn’t ...
Read More »Back On Oprah – Marianne Williamson Celebrates the Gift of Change!
“In every moment we make a choice; our heart is open or our heart is closed; you are blaming somebody or you are blessing somebody; you are bitching and moaning about what you are not getting or you are asking what you might contribute...
Read More »Car of the Year 2011: No. 9 Aston Martin Rapide
Hustle and FlowThe success of Aston Martin’s sedan-cum-coupe is a matter of seduction by architecture. Its design flows so proportionately that one barely notices the two extra doors.
Read More »Car of the Year 2011: No. 10 BMW Alpina B7
Higher GroundWhile BMW cognoscenti worship at the Alpina altar, the luxury-sedan rank and file remain oblivious to Wunderautos wrought by BMW’s partner—which is as it should be, because there are not enough B7s to go around. The engineers and craftsmen at Alpina have taken everything good about the BMW 750 ...
Read More »Cut ties: 8 reasons to finally let go of your ex
Find yourself browsing your ex's Facebook profile?
Read More »Video: Battle of the sexes: Coping with breakups
Andrea Miller, CEO and founder of YourTango.com, and Maxim magazine’s editor-in-chief, Joe Levy, discuss the different ways males and females get on with their lives after ending a bad relationship. (TODAY show)
Read More »Reach out to his bowling buddy
The more a couple's friends and family intermingle, the happier spouses are.
Read More »KB Home Takes On Foreclosures
CEO Jeff Mezger hopes to energize new home construction with a new tool.
Read More »Cruise ships diverted from Christchurch area
Cruise ship calls at Christchurch, New Zealand, are being canceled following Monday's devastating earthquake.
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