Acxiom Corp: Some are saying it’s the The ‘faceless organization that knows everything about you’ When you think of the surveillance state, what comes to mind is usually government agencies like the FBI, IRS, DEA, NSA, or TSA, . But there’s a company you’ve probably never heard of that “peers deeper into American life,” and […]
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Essay: WHAT MAKES A CITY GREAT?
IT is difficult to speak adequately or justly of London,” wrote Henry James in 1881.
Saturn Moon May Have an Ocean Beneath Its Surface
The strangest world you’ve probably never heard of is located not that far from Earth. Indeed, it’s part of our own solar system, orbiting friendly, familiar Saturn — part of the planet’s giant swarm of 62 moons.
NASA: Chile Earthquake Shifts Earth’s Axis, Shortens Day
If you want to make sure you get enough sleep on Tuesday night, you might have to get to bed earlier. You don’t have to adjust your schedule by much: about 1.26 millionths of a second ought to do it
Torn Asunder: How the Deadliest Twister in Decades Ripped Through Joplin, Mo.
Warm air rises. The earth is an elegant machine, and this is one of its simple and tireless engines, recycling the oceans into life-giving rains, wafting rainbow-striped hot-air balloons into clear skies, putting the dance in the flame of a birthday candle.
The 50th anniversary of Kennedy’s moon speech to Congress
Even the most iconic moments in American history can start to seem a little shopworn after a while. The flag-raising at Iwo Jima
Habitable Zone for Exoplanets Bigger than Believed
Planet hunting is by far the hottest area of astronomy these days, and just about everyone who’s in on the search is looking for the same thing: a distant world where life could exist, at least in theory.
1,000 (Or So) Things to Do Before the End of the World
The world is going to end on Saturday. Maybe
YouTube Animation Shows Stars and Planets Kepler Has Found
The orbiting Kepler telescope is all about the numbers. How many stars have planets
Large Hadron Collider: In Search of the ‘God Particle’
The ATLAS particle detector at the European Organization for Nuclear Research outside Geneva is 150 ft. long, 82 ft