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How the Golden Gate Bridge Was Built

Sun, 27 May 2012 17:36:52 +0000

A celebratory history of one of the world's most famous structures Even at 75 years old, the Golden Gate Bridge remains one of the most striking structures in the world. And not just for its beauty, but ...

The Color, Romance, and Impact of the Golden Gate at 75

Sun, 27 May 2012 12:36:04 +0000

Everything you've always wanted to know about the Golden Gate Bridge but never had an eminent scholar around to ask.Library of Congress. The Golden Gate Bridge -- one of the world's most celebrated and ...

A Guide to San Francisco in 1937, When the Golden Gate Bridge Opened

Sun, 27 May 2012 09:26:27 +0000

As the Golden Gate Bridge neared completion, a select group of people were invited to a "Last Rivet" ceremony on the actual floor of the bridge. Among them were three little girls dressed up ...

The Fake Magazines Used in Blade Runner Are Still Futuristic, Awesome

Sat, 26 May 2012 19:03:57 +0000

Beautiful and cool magazines purportedly from the movie Blade Runner are circling the Internet. But are they real? A science-fiction Tumblr recently unearthed some magazine covers that purportedly appear ...

What It Means That Computers Can Tell These Smiles Apart, But You Can't

Sat, 26 May 2012 12:07:54 +0000

Computer algorithms can now discern the meaning behind humans' facial expressions. The four people above are taking part in a clinical experiment. In the screenshots shown here, each guy is smiling once ...

Germany to the Euro: Drop Dead

Fri, 25 May 2012 19:04:26 +0000

More From The Atlantic 'Facebook Is Officially the Worst-Performing IPO of the Decade' Wall Street's Obama Fury: Sometimes Even Spoiled Brats Have a Point How the Global Middle Class Can Save the American ...

'Facebook Is Officially the Worst-Performing IPO of the Decade'

Fri, 25 May 2012 18:41:03 +0000

So says Bloomberg , after matching the biggest tech IPO of all time against its rivals from the last ten years. Here's the proof: This is an interesting and superlative fact about Facebook, which is an ...

In the Last Month, Microsoft Sent Google 500,000 Takedown Requests

Fri, 25 May 2012 18:10:44 +0000

Here is what one effect of copyright law looks like online: That's the little notice that appears at the bottom of the first page of Google's search resultsfor the phrase "microsoft office free download." ...

Wall Street's Obama Fury: Sometimes Even Spoiled Brats Have a Point

Fri, 25 May 2012 18:01:05 +0000

Guest post by Dr. Manhattan, a lawyer in New York City who represents, among others, clients in the investment management industry. Paul Krugman argues in his current column that "Wall Streeters" ...

How the Global Middle Class Can Save the American Middle Class

Fri, 25 May 2012 17:10:46 +0000

Here's the game plan: Hire over here, sell over there. More companies are creating jobs by taking advantage of rising global wealth -- and we should be cheering them on. Reuters Last week, 41 American ...

Reality Check: Not All Elite College Grads Want to Work in Finance or Consulting

Fri, 25 May 2012 16:40:08 +0000

David Brooks writes that ivy grads are singularly focused on elite careers. But does any data back this up? Reuters The New York Times columnist David Brooks wrote that (young) people today are "less ...

The Unsolved Mysteries of Tornado Formation

Fri, 25 May 2012 16:24:14 +0000

In this short NASA documentary , storm researcher Tim Samaras describes how satellite imaging can help predict tornados. Because it's unclear exactly how various weather conditions come together to catalyze ...

Facebook: Big-Data Beast of the Future?

Fri, 25 May 2012 16:11:33 +0000

Facebook's IPO flop is a fascinating story. But in the long-run, the last seven days are probably irrelevant to the success of the company, which depends on whether Facebook builds a business model that ...

Facebook: Big Data Behemoth of the Future?

Fri, 25 May 2012 16:06:12 +0000

30% of U.S. Economic Growth Has Been from Car Sales! (Bad News.)

Fri, 25 May 2012 15:53:00 +0000

Vehicle purchases alone are responsible for a whopping 30 percent of U.S. economic growth in the past two quarters, according to new Credit Suisse research (H/T to The Financial Times). How is that possible? ...

5 Reasons China Might Already Be in a Recession

Fri, 25 May 2012 15:10:00 +0000

China is a riddle wrapped in a mystery wrapped in an enigma stuffed in a black box of economic data. There aren't many countries growing 8 percent a year that might also be in recession.2) and 3) ELECTRICITY ...

Success! The International Space Station Grabs the SpaceX Dragon

Fri, 25 May 2012 14:55:45 +0000

"Looks like we caught a Dragon by the tail," says NASA astronaut Don Pettit.NASAThree days, six hours, 11 minutes, and 23 seconds after launching from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, ...

The Election's Most Important Question: How Big Should Government Be?

Fri, 25 May 2012 14:55:45 +0000

Forget the private equity sideshow. The real issue for November is the huge gap between President Obama's and Mitt Romney's visions for Washington. Reuters Few issues illuminate the presidential candidates' ...

Picture of the Day: The Bright, Burning Sun

Fri, 25 May 2012 11:21:02 +0000

The good people of NASA have taken images captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory and manipulated them to give us this cool, strange view of activity on the sun captured last fall. While there is no ...

Modest Proposals for Financial Reform: Regulation as Grade-Grubbing

Thu, 24 May 2012 22:50:20 +0000

Guest post by Dr. Manhattan, a lawyer in New York City who represents, among others, clients in the investment management industry. The holy grail of regulation, in my opinion, is to harness the power ...

Watch and Buy: Kickstarter Is the Hipster Home Shopping Network

Thu, 24 May 2012 21:39:44 +0000

How did the crowd funding platform become the shopping destination for things like artisanal wrapping paper and bras with built-in iPhone pockets?People love to hate on home-shopping shows -- after all, ...

Romney's Plan to Save Higher Ed: Let the Private Sector Handle It

Thu, 24 May 2012 21:20:00 +0000

The candidate believes that limiting federal dollars and letting the for-profit sector loose, the free market will bring down costs. (Reuters) Mitt Romney has released his plan for bringing down the cost ...

Take a Tour Around the Telescope Array Where We're Searching for Extraterrestrial Intelligent Life

Thu, 24 May 2012 19:13:34 +0000

An interactive panoramic view of the place where scientists are hoping to make the first human contact with alien life "When we get evidence of intelligent life out there, it's going to come through ...

How Google Can Beat Facebook Without Google Plus

Thu, 24 May 2012 18:28:37 +0000

Look, Google, we've got a plan to help you win on social. There's only one catch: you have to give up the notion that animates Google Plus.Out in the Mojave Desert, there's a place called California City ...

The Good News and the Bad News About Public Colleges

Thu, 24 May 2012 18:11:04 +0000

Guest post by Laura McKenna, former political science professor, blogger , and freelance writer . If anyone could be described as the poster child for public colleges, it would have to be me.I'm a graduate ...