What does it say about particle physics that the Higgs boson has generated so much hullaballoo lately? Physicists at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland have reportedly glimpsed “ tantalizing hints ” of the Higgs, which might confer mass to quarks, electrons and other building blocks of our world. Not actual “evidence,” mind you, but “hints” of evidence
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What does it say about particle physics that the Higgs boson has generated so much hullaballoo lately? Physicists at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland have reportedly glimpsed “ tantalizing hints ” of the Higgs, which might confer mass to quarks, electrons and other building blocks of our world.
Read More »6 Ways to Conquer the Fear of Rejection
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Read More »Hey Louis C.K., Open Your Web Platform For Aspiring Comics
Recently the world of digital entertainment was rocked by a disrupter known for taking the stage wearing almost exclusively black shirts and jeans. This guy is obsessed with details about how his product should look, sound, and feel to consumers, no matter how or where they consume it. He micromanages pricing and insists on making sure every aspect of how people buy his stuff is as frictionless a process as possible.
Read More »Japan Says Stricken Nuclear Power Plant in Cold Shutdown
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan declared its tsunami-stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant to be in cold shutdown on Friday, taking a major step to resolving the world's worst nuclear crisis in 25 years but some critics questioned whether the plant was really under control.
Read More »Japan Says Stricken Nuclear Power Plant in Cold Shutdown
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan declared its tsunami-stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant to be in cold shutdown on Friday, taking a major step to resolving the world's worst nuclear crisis in 25 years but some critics questioned whether the plant was really under control. [More]
Read More »The First African-American Woman to Receive a Doctorate from M.I.T. Champions the Dividends of Education
The president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., came to that job in 1999 with a stellar resume. Besides being the first African-American woman to earn a doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Shirley Ann Jackson headed the U.S
Read More »The First African-American Woman to Receive a Doctorate from M.I.T. Champions the Dividends of Education
The president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., came to that job in 1999 with a stellar resume. Besides being the first African-American woman to earn a doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Shirley Ann Jackson headed the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission during the Clinton administration and was a physicist at Bell Laboratories and other notable research institutions
Read More »4 Critical Traits of an Entrepreneur
You may be a risk-taker, goal-oriented, and ambitious but only these four traits will help take you to the next level. "Hello, my name is Glen and I represent Mason Shoe Company." That was 37 years ago and I was twelve.
Read More »Make 2012 Your Best Year Yet
Fast Company wants you to have a banner year in 2012. As our gift to you, we present our very best advice and tips on how to work smarter, manage your career, and lead a more meaningful life
Read More »PayPal to Offer Location-Based Deals
The company will start offering deals tailored to users' buying history and cell phone location in the first quarter of 2012. PayPal is diving into the daily deals business
Read More »Madrid duo fire up quantum contender to Google search
(PhysOrg.com) -- Two Madrid scientists from The Complutense University think they have an algorithm that may impact the nature of the world's leading search engine. In essence, they are saying Hey, world, Google This. "We have found an instance of this class of quantum protocols that outperforms its classical counterpart and may break the classical hierarchy of web pages depending on the topology of the web," say the researchers.
Read More »Madrid duo fire up quantum contender to Google search
(PhysOrg.com) -- Two Madrid scientists from The Complutense University think they have an algorithm that may impact the nature of the world's leading search engine.
Read More »Storytelling 2.0: Cowbird Classes Up Our Communication
After testing it out on himself and 100 other storytellers, Jonathan Harris launches Cowbird, a website that seeks to become the ultimate public library of human experience. Our standard mode of written expression, which started as letter writing, currently hovers around the level of the tweet--140-character missives about anything (or nothing) at all. Perhaps not for long, though.
Read More »Human Lie Detector Paul Ekman Decodes The Faces Of Depression, Terrorism, And Joy
Since he experienced tragedy at age of 14, the real-life psychologist who inspired the show "Lie To Me" has searched for signs of hidden human emotion in faces. New applications based on his findings are getting attention from Apple, Pixar, Google, the Army, and others. Expert humans or face-reading machines could have saved thousands of lives on 9/11 by detecting the emotional states of hijackers
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