From Shangri-la Studio here you can see the Pacific Ocean just over the fence lapping calmly at Zuma Beach. And this compound is just as Zen, with recording equipment set up in various locations, including an old bus and a spotless white house with all the mirrors removed. But there is no rest ... Read more...
Do parents worry about the growing amount of time their children spend with media? One new study suggests that most parents are largely unconcerned. And perhaps no wonder: Parents who show little concern about their children’s use of technology themselves spend big chunks of their leisure time w... Read more...
In the last decade or so, invisibility cloaks have captured the imagination of researchers and the public alike. The excitement is based on two advances. The first is the idea of "transformation optics," or the ability to bend light around a region of space to make it look as if it weren't ther... Read more...
Traditionally, a summer job is many teenagers’ first experience in the job market. Yet the past decade has witnessed a significant deterioration in the summer job market for adolescents ages 16-19. Despite the persistence of low teen summer employment, and a history of bipartisan support for pro... Read more...
An influential group of college presidents, civil rights leaders and advocates sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is highlighting what it calls a growing higher education dropout crisis and seeks to fix it in part by linking financial aid with successful graduation. “Education... Read more...
Oh say can you see…the end of American independence? This Fourth of July, the United States celebrates its 235th year of freedom from British rule. That’s emancipated us from yeasty marmite, pesky ‘u’s in our ‘neighbors’ and from having to ask God to “save the Queen”. Phew.... Read more...