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Photo Issue 2011: Give Peace A Chance

"It was right after Lieutenant Pike sprayed the group of students, they were sitting there, still, some of them clutched each others hands.

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Your Best ROI Measure? Employee Loyalty

Decrease the likelihood your employees will leave, save money onboarding, and increase profitability--and receive notes like the one I got from Brian Johnson. I've been thinking a lot about the numbers behind our business.

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The Only Ethics Guide You’ll Ever Need

You can resolve any ethics dilemma you face by running through this series of questions"and only one of them really matters. Peter Drucker, the late management guru, said: “As to ‘ethical problems’ in business, I have made myself tremendously unpopular by saying, again and again, that there is no such thing as ‘business ethics.’ There is only ethics.” You can solve most ethical dilemmas by running down this checklist, which I've used successfully for 30 years at my company.

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Nobel winner thought prize call was ‘student joke’

When a Swedish voice came down the line informing him he had a "very important call" Tuesday night, Australia's newest Nobel laureate Brian Schmidt assumed it was an elaborate undergraduate joke.

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Nobel Dreams: 2011 Physics Prize Honors Accelerating Universe

A few years ago, soon after moving to Los Angeles, an old grad school buddy of the Time Lord came to town, Brian Schmidt, and we took him to a nearby tapas eatery for nibbles and pisco sours. I remember they were shooting a scene from a Will Smith movie that night, so nearby storefronts were riddled with fake bullet holes, and the odd fake gunfire and explosion interrupted our conversation.

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Hennessy’s Reveals an Artistic Bent with KAWS-Designed Bottle

The familiar black-and-yellow label of the world’s number-one selling Cognac is getting a face-lift this month when Hennessy offers its long-beloved V.S. blend in a special bottle designed by contemporary artist KAWS

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An elegant multiverse? Professor Brian Greene considers the possibilities

You might think it’s hard to have a conversation with theoretical physicist Brian Greene. His research specialty is superstring theory, the hypothesis that everything in the universe is made up of miniscule, vibrating strands of energy. Luckily for an interviewer, Greene has a knack for explaining difficult concepts to non-scientists.

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Online dating is not just for kids, seniors say

As new technology becomes more and more central to our lives, online dating is finding a fresh new demographic in singles over 50. Meet Jo Ann and Brian, two seniors who found each other online and wed a year later.

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