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By Philip Ball of Nature magazine Rainfall soothes the atmosphere, atmospheric scientists have found. [More]

Billionaire hedge fund manager Philip Falcone's hopes to build a state-of-the-art open wireless broadband network are put on hold because his signal jams GPS devices.

By Philip Ball of Narure magazine You could have foreseen the Arab Spring if only you'd been paying enough attention to the news. [More]

It was one of those perfect New York City evenings, where the crowd was as fabulous as the food, and the champagne flowed endlessly. In early June, Krug Champagne hosted an intimate dinner for a select group of Robb Report readers at The Fat Radish - Philip Winser and Ben ...

When big companies--like Apple, Levi's, or the Gap--are caught treating their workers badly, they call Verite to help reform their organizations to prevent human rights abuses. Companies generally jump at the chance to point out any miniscule improvement in their environmental responsibility.

I recently had the opportunity to sit down with other scientists--along with famed director Julie Taymor and legendary composer Philip Glass--to wrestle with the riddle of genius. [More]

By Philip Ball of Nature magazine Quentin Tarantino's 1994 film Pulp Fiction is packed with memorable dialogue--"Le Big Mac," say, or Samuel L.

By Philip Ball of Nature magazine Why are we so complicated? You might imagine that we've evolved that way because it conveys adaptive benefits.

By Philip Ball The idea that neglected environments encourage crime and antisocial behavior has been around since the 1980s. [More]

By Philip Ball A pianist plays a series of notes, and the woman echoes them on a computerized music system. [More]

By Philip Ball The first microscopes were a lot better than they are usually given credit for. [More]