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Is Rob Ford Addicted to Power?
If power is Ford’s vice, then it’s no wonder he’s unwilling to step down from his post. That’s like asking a heroin addict to stop cold turkey.
How to Make Software That's Green
CEO Brian Jamison explains that the cloud's energy problem isn't just inefficient hardware.
Men Cheat More Because They Have a Stronger Sexual Impulse, Claims Study
But are we so sure they even cheat more?
Study Finds Hookah Tobacco Less Toxic Than Cigarette Tobacco
But you may want to hold the party favors.
Scientists Can Turn Scar Tissue Into a Beating Human Heart
The key to solving the heart disease epidemic may not be finding an alternative heart, but repairing the original.
One Son's Guilt Over Not Visiting His Parents Enough Birthed the Most Depressing Website Ever
How often will you see your parents before they're dead?
Next Year, 3D Printers May Finally Make Something You Want to Keep
With an important patent expiring in February, a new breed of 3D printing will be open to the public.
Fly Girls (and Boys): 'The Fly Room' Opens Up a Pioneering DNA Lab in Film and Architecture
Alexis Gambis, who founded the Imagine Science Film Festival after getting his PhD in genetics and a masters in film, has reconstructed the legendary fruit fly laboratory where many modern-day genetics discoveries were made.
The Long Tail of Roswell: A Brief History of Our Most Famous Aliens
The highlights of the history of the most renowned alien landing in pop culture.
The Biggest Dead Zones in America's Waterways
We often bemoan the ecological tragedies plaguing the Gulf Coast—oil spills, industrial waste, overfishing—but many of the United States' coastal waterways experience eutrophic (high nutrient) and hypoxic conditions. Here are four of the worst.