NASA recently leveled with the Obama administration: without a lot more funding, we're not going back to the moon. It's straight to Mars for the United States, and that's not going to be a cheap trip either. With that news in mind, ...READ»
While Washington spends yet another day failing to reform health care, New York is hosting 250 companies that are actively pushing the envelope in the pharmaceutical, medical, and biotech fields. The UBS Global Life Sciences ...READ»
Back when information transport systems were but networks of hard wires moving telephone signals, Building Industry Consulting Service International pulled itself together from a handful of small telcos looking to discuss concerns in ...READ»
Ben Bernanke says the recession is "very likely over." We remain respectfully skeptical. But to shed a some light on the view from the captain's chair, BusinessWeek editor in chief Steven J. Adler will host a live interview Citigroup ...READ»
Cryptografreaks and booksellers, rejoice! Brown's newest novel, which covers a 12-hour period in the ever-puzzling life of Da Vinci Code protagonist Robert Langdon, hits shelves with an initial print run of 5 million. That's only half ...READ»
Ahoy, me hearties! While most acceptable guidelines for magazine writing style may condemn opening a paragraph thusly, today all standards for proper English may be set aside, for it's International Talk Like Pirate Day. Created ...READ»
While no one advocates that we should stop producing food, when the finger-pointing over climate change begins, the ag industry often gets an unfair shake. If agriculture is so disproportionally bad for the planet, shouldn't ...READ»
"Mobile." If there's a single buzzword that's caught fire right now, "mobile" is napalm hot. Mobile apps, mobile ads, mobile devices, mobile Internet . . . it seems that the future of just about everything involves packing it to go. ...READ»
The average American generates 15,000 pounds of carbon dioxide a year. Researchers are trying to figure out where to put all of it, since the atmosphere has turned out to be a less-than-ideal place. One notion is to sequester CO2 in ...READ»
This kiddie-products expo -- which will draw more than 5,000 wholesale buyers perusing items from some 900 manufacturers of everything from diaper bags to organic mattresses for children -- has been based in Vegas since 2003. If you ...READ»
Thanks to the rise of the staycation, attendance at the nation's 218 accredited zoos and aquariums has been holding steady. Ahead of its annual industry meetup, AZA spokesman Steve Feldman is trying to maintain his optimism: "We're ...READ»
Fifty years ago, Congress passed a bill authorizing the creation of the federal food-stamp system. Dwight D. Eisenhower, who was president at the time, wasn't interested. It was not until 1961, under President John F. Kennedy, that ...READ»
Mouse House enthusiasts can listen to Radio Disney, watch the Disney Channel, play at Disney World, relax aboard Disney cruise ships, and scramble Disney Eggs (which have Disney characters printed on the shells). And now they can ...READ»
When it comes to contemporary art, "Made in China" may be a good thing. The spring auctions of Chinese art in New York and Hong Kong delivered mixed results -- some significant works went unsold, but several beat presale estimates ...READ»
"How do we bring back casual fans?" Mark Waller, the NFL's SVP of marketing and sales, asks rhetorically. Well, are you ready for some football ... and some event-driven marketing? Kickoff Weekend is a clever marketing construct ...READ»
"We had to create these 3-D avatars that to the world say the Beatles," says Harmonix creative director Josh Randall, who led the team that produced the new game The Beatles: Rock Band. "We were like, we cannot screw this up." To get ...READ»
Now that we have a president with a BlackBerry addiction and at least 70 members of Congress who tweet, naturally we have to have a conference to talk about how tech is transforming government. The Gov 2.0 Summit, hosted by O'Reilly ...READ»
The execs, scientists, and policy makers at this meeting have much to celebrate: The seed busi-ness is having its best year in decades. Thanks in part to the recession and the new frugality, seed retailers say U.S. sales have jumped ...READ»
America may be 233 years old, but really, she's a teenage girl with bulimia. In this fascinating account of our nation's binge-and-purge cycle of spending and sacrifice, Weber, a second-generation cheapskate -- her father reuses a tea ...READ»
Happy Birthday, Carly Fiorina! We’d ask you what your birthday wish is, but you’ve already made it abundantly clear; you’ve got your eye on Barbara Boxer’s Senate seat in 2010, and why not? You’ve certainly got the ...READ»
Each year, this global group asks the next generation of urban planners to take on a design challenge. This year's is to imagine a future for the site of Berlin's historic Tempelhof, the ridiculously central airport, left, that closed ...READ»
Tomorrow happens to be the first day of college football season, and that can only mean one thing: today is College Colors Day. Created to celebrate the traditions (read: sports) that make academia great, the “holiday” calls for ...READ»
If you're one of America's 750,000 Corvette owners, start your engine: 25 caravans -- with cars and drivers from every state in the Lower 48 -- will mark the National Corvette Museum's 15th anniversary by converging on GM's Corvette ...READ»
There are more than 4 billion mobile phones in the world, and two-thirds of them are in developing countries. This gathering explores how mobile technology can trans-form communities. In Chile, for example, farmers rely on text ...READ»
If Ad:tech's sleek Web site (ad-tech.com) doesn't convince you that it really is "the event for digital marketing" -- as its tagline boldly claims -- spend a few minutes browsing its blog, YouTube videos, Flickr pics, and Dopplr map. ...READ»
