June 15, 2017

“The emperor has no clothes!” Hans Christian Andersen tells the story of a king who loved his appearance. The king’s dress was lavish until the day two swindlers came to town and deceived him into wearing nothing. Pretending to be weavers, the two said they could spin the finest cloth, one so beautiful none unfit […]

Error and astronomy. It was once a frustrating science because no one could accurately predict much of anything. The Babylonians had amassed centuries of data. The Greeks studied it and split into two school of thought—those who said everything revolves around the earth and those who said everything revolves around the sun. Neither side was

From flight to space exploration, electricity to integrated circuits, high-rise buildings to skyscrapers, advances never dreamed possible have become reality. Travel, communication, medicine, music, food preparation, investing, entertainment—these are just a few of the areas that have seen revolutionary changes in the last 50 years. Despite so many advances, there’s no consensus on how to