By Michael Franco A new report and video show how dust from an ancient lakebed in Africa is critical to plant growth on another continent.
There’s a never-ending debate when it comes to buying umbrellas: Do you spend a lot of money on an expensive one you’ll probably end up losing, or do you buy a cheap model that will most certainly break in a light breeze? Davek wants you to go the former route, and is now …
By Anthony Domanico Scientists have found a black hole 12 billion times more massive than the Sun that was formed so soon after the Big Bang that it’s challenging what we know about black holes.
A little over a year ago, Facebook finally …
By Abhimanyu Das and Diana Biller
Everybody loves infographics. Facts (and assertions) just spring to life when you make them into cool pictures. But this powerful tool is all too often misused. Here are 11 infographics that are either completely misleading or totally useless.
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By Don Reisinger The company’s moratorium on raises this year for executives now extends to all employees in South Korea, as the electronics giant focuses on facing its troubles in the mobile market.
By Don Reisinger The company’s moratorium on raises this year for executives now extends to all employees in South Korea, as the electronics giant focuses on facing its troubles in the mobile market.
One of several startups endeavoring to build Elon Musk’s Hyperloop vision thinks it can start building a test track to demonstrate and develop the idea next year. That’s a lovely sounding idea, but let’s file this plan under “insanely hypothetical.”
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