Patricia A. Ackerman - Executive Director of the Chalkdust Education Foundation "Can you hear me, now?" was a popular query in a cell phone ad a few years back. The caller was seeking confirmation that two-way communication was occurring. By inference, and assuming no language barrier or audi... Read more...
This 1,800-year-old tombstone depicts a gladiator holding two swords standing above his defeated opponent who is signaling submission. The inscription below says Diodoros, a gladiator, was buried here. CREDIT: © Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels. An enigmatic message on a Roman gladiato... Read more...
When will Violent Flash Mobs come to your city or to Canada or the United Kingdom and what can be done to prevent them from forming? Click Here to see video on Flash Mob Violence in Chicago, Illinois Click Here to see video on Flash Mob Robbery in Washington, D.C. Click Here to see video on Flash... Read more...
This is the part where you burn your Econ 101 textbook. Because in certain situations, fans will actually buy more if the price is higher. In the car business, this has been a lesson for brands like Cadillac, where experiments in lower-priced models destroyed the perception of higher-end quality. ... Read more...
It's being called the "poop burger". Japanese scientists have found a way to create artificial meat from sewage containing human feces. Somehow this feels like a Vonnegut plotline: population boom equals food shortage. Solution? Synthesize food from human waste matter. Absurd yes, but Japanes... Read more...