The death of Osama bin Laden elicited many different types of responses and feelings--triumph, sorrow and anger among them. Each of us, as individuals, is capable of having conflicting feelings about the death of the al Qaeda leader, depending on how we happen to see ourselves at any given moment--as parents, spouses, workers, Americans, and so forth. The variety of our responses reveals the subtle and powerful forces surrounding social identity: how we relate to different groups and roles, which is changeable and influenced by circumstances
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At the Radioactive Isotope Beam Facility (RIBF) of the RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator Science in Wako, a research team has measured the time it takes for 38 extremely rare isotopes to decay by half. This is the first study of half-lives for 18 of the isotopes. The data provide a long-awaited test of theoretical predictions of the rate at which these isotopes decay, and will help nuclear physicists to understand a fundamental source of many of the atomic elements and their isotopes
Read More »This Is How The World Reacted To Osama Bin Laden’s Death
Social media analysis firm Crimson Hexagon sifts the data to reveal a nuanced emotional reaction to the historic day. Nearly 50% of us responded to the news with fear, humor, or reflection. From Crimson Hexagon, the social media analysis firm that dispelled the myth of the Verizon iPhone exodus and Sharon Angle's 2010 Senate sweep , comes a truer-to-life snapshot of the world's reaction to Osama Bin Laden's death
Read More »What BMW Really Thinks About Electric Vehicles
The car giant doesn't see an EV in every driveway--yet. Last week, BMW upset electric vehicle lovers everywhere when Jim O'Donnell, the company's North American chairman and CEO, said that EVs won't work at their current battery range for at least 90% of the population--and that the U.S. government should end the $7,500 EV tax credit.
Read More »Online 24/7: "Life Logging" Pioneer Clarifies the Future of Cloud Computing
The idea of cloud computing is to make all the information and services run in data centers around the world available via the Web. The reality of this is daunting.
Read More »State Department Is Trying To Make A Thousand Ushahidis Bloom
Foggy Bottom has a plan to jump-start a venture-capital approach to the field of humanitarian tech. When the earthquake decimated Haiti last year, technologists around the world converged online to develop tools to help rescuers find victims and raise funds .
Read More »The 10 Most Innovative Companies in Media
01 / Univision > > For pleasing its Latino base, and threatening the TV network establishment. Univision reaches 95% of U.S. Hispanic households, making it one of the top five networks in any language.
Read More »Sayonara, Sardines: Tiny Fish Are Just As Vulnerable To Collapse As Large Ones
More than 70% of the world's fisheries are currently being harvested at capacity or are in decline, but fish are also delicious and quite good for you. What's a conscientious diner to do? The conventional wisdom has always been to avoid big fish at the top of the food chain--marlins, sharks, and tuna, for example--and focus on little fish, like sardines and anchovies, which have shorter lives and can reproduce more quickly.
Read More »"Osama Bin Laden" Gets No Love On Google AdWords
"Osama Bin Laden" was tops in Google search yesterday. But not in search advertising, where not a single seller stepped into the void. Web 2.0 was alive and popping on Monday in the wake of the news that Osama bin Laden had been killed
Read More »How the Illusion of Being Observed Can Make You a Better Person
Many years ago, when I was still in high school, I was extremely fond of chewing gum, especially during class hours. However, sooner or later the chewing gum would either lose its taste or I would become bored with it.
Read More »The Start-Up Recipe
Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today. Your start-up, Julia Child-style.
Read More »Interviewing Geoffrey Moore: How to Find Your Economic Sweet Spot
This article is part 7 of an 8 part series. Read part 6 here . Geoffrey Moore’s latest book, Dealing with Darwin , addresses how to achieve innovation at each stage of a company’s development.
Read More »Creating a Smart Export Strategy
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Read More »Why Entrepreneurs Should Take Sick Days
My mother always says there are problems, and then there are troubles.
Read More »Editor’s Letter: Organizing Principles
An energetic young man by the name of Ankur Jain blew into the Inc.
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