A U.S. military refueling aircraft crashed in western Iraq on Thursday, in an incident U.S. Central Command said involved ...

The NZ Herald has an op ed by John Howard and Tim Ewing-Jarvie on national security. I was privileged to hear them speak recently on this issue, and it was hugely illuminating (and depressing). Before ...

Globalisation promised cheaper goods and reliable trade routes. But the Iran conflict shows markets now pricing a ‘fragility premium’ into openness itself. From shipping insurance to energy costs, ...

Many people who don’t believe one conspiracy theory about that station—known as the High-frequency Active Auroral Research ...

The NCAA Tournament selection committee "scrubs" the bracket before Selection Sunday — and yes, considers results from late conference tournaments. Steph Chambers / Almost everything about this week ...

For over 150 years, a rule of thumb dating back to the French mathematician Pierre Ossian Bonnet has been accepted in surface ...

Have you ever heard two or more women say they’re on the same cycle? This is a common claim among women who live together, for example in a family or as housemates. This idea that people menstruate, ...

A new study revisits a century-old question about how turbulence starts. The findings could potentially influence not only aircraft engineering but even the design of mechanical heart valves, and ...

Objective probability estimates the odds of an event occurring through data analysis. It uses concrete measures instead of guesses to provide a reliable forecast.

Doctor Who star Arthur Darvill likes the idea of Billie Piper being the Sixteenth Doctor and offered some thoughts on the show's future.

♦ UPDATE: Learn about companies that are applying this timeless advice today. A version of this article appeared in the July–August 2008 issue of Harvard Business Review. James L. Heskett is a Baker ...

Although the first documented use of @ was in 1536, the symbol did not rise from modern obscurity until 1971. Illustration by Erik Marinovich Called the “snail” by Italians and the “monkey tail” by ...