There was a time when Colin Powell was an untouchable, unshakable international figure. Now, he’s what one magazine calls, “Your bitchiest friend.” Once upon a time, the retired four-star general was seen as the best contender to become America’s first black president. His resume was incredible and he took a moderate view on national affairs…
Click:cnc machining shops near me A team of 130 of the world’s leading geneticists announced in Science Magazine, they will soon embark on a project that may disturb life as we know it on a molecular level. In a paper about the team’s epic undertaking, scientists said they hope to build a fully synthetic human genome. Writing an…
In a major push to commute prison sentences before the end of his final term, President Obama shortened the sentences of 111 more inmates who were incarcerated for drug offences. Earlier this month, President Obama signed off on 214 federal sentence commutations in a single day in an effort to reform the prison and criminal…
The sugar high myth goes something like this: Give your kid a juice box and there’s a chance he or she will be bouncing off the walls. Give him or her a whole cupcake, and it’s a guarantee your kid will be bouncing to the moon. As it turns out, sugar might do next to nothing for our…
If you’ve been looking forward to watching the summer Olympics, maybe curb your enthusiasm. This year’s games, set to take place in Rio de Janeiro from August 5 to 21, are marred by a rather grim fact: Brazil is the world’s most Zika virus-affected country, and Rio de Janeiro is its most affected state. In…
Yesterday, after 14 years, Gawker Media ceased to exist as an independent media company. Long embroiled in lawsuit proceedings over Hulk Hogan’s sex tape, the company was deemed at fault and ordered to pay $140 million in damages. In the wake of the decision, a curious twist manifested: Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel, nurturing his own…
Fake news is everywhere these days. And while professional journalists are doing their best to expose the problem while also maintaining their own high standards of integrity, it’s become a field day for trolls, pranksters and performance artists. The latest case in point is a man going by a man who duped conservative media into…
As much as we love putting on a kick-ass show, GOODFest is nothing without its causes. They’re fundamental to our mission of creating a music event that does more than simply give you a few hours of entertainment. The world is in a state of constant turmoil and there are an unprecedented number of worthy…
As the national election withered from an upbeat celebration of Hillary Clinton into a stark realization that Donald J. Trump would be our next president, fear and sadness have saddled many in the country—and around the world. While Clinton won the popular vote (by a mile we’re now finding), Trump won the White House with a…
Social psychologists say that most of us are liars, at least a little bit. In our “post-truth” era—one in which the president-elect feels comfortable lying about statements he’s made before audiences of millions—Neil Garrett, a neuroscience researcher at Princeton, found himself fascinated by the topic of dishonesty. Probably just like you, Garrett had a gut feeling…