The 2008 financial crisis is proving to have been an important marker in the 21st century because of the lingering effects it’s had on the global economy, particularly in North America and most of Europe. It set the stage for a wide revival of populist politics not seen since the 1930s, and has caused many... Continue Reading →

News anchors are beneficial to society in many ways. It’s nice to have someone read you the news, as opposed to having to read it yourself. News anchors also look very pleasant, with faces that are often close to symmetrical as well as very good teeth. But they do have their downsides. They’re expensive; noted... Continue Reading →

On Tuesday, the United States should be celebrating its 95th Armistice Day, pausing as a nation to think about the terrible costs of war – including the loss of so many lives. Unfortunately, we replaced it with a very different holiday. On 1 June 1954, less than a year after America exited the Korean War in defeat,... Continue Reading →

A UK hospital is probing the cause of a patient's death after the UK's first robot-assisted heart valve surgery. Was it the surgeon's lack of training? His supervisors' early departure? Poor communication? Or…the robot itself? The pioneering robot-assisted mitral valve repair ended in catastrophe, with a cascade of failures resulting in the death of retired... Continue Reading →

There was a huge amount of excitement when the Higgs boson was first spotted back in 2012—a discovery that bagged the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2013. The particle completed the so-called standard model, our current best theory of understanding nature at the level of particles. Now scientists at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at... Continue Reading →

Approximately 15 years ago, the St. Boniface church in San Francisco started opening its doors for homeless people in need of shelter. Father Louis Vitale of the church along with community activist Shelly Roder, started the effort, which is known as The Gubbio Project in 2004. Hundreds of people every day pass through this church,... Continue Reading →

Twenty million students started college this fall, and this much is certain: The vast majority of them will be taking on debt — a lot of debt. What's less certain is whether their degrees will pay off. According to the survey Freelancing in America 2018, released Wednesday, freelancers put more value on skills training: 93... Continue Reading →

After Amazon’s “Amazon Go” 100% self-service stores with no cashiers and cameras tracking the purchases, now Walmart is opening a store without any cashier personnel in it. It’s seems like employee-free stores are coming, and they’re coming at a massive scale, the market is definitely not ready for it – for the simple fact that in... Continue Reading →

In a landmark study, 20 top US corporate lawyers with decades of experience in corporate law and contract review were pitted against an AI. Their task was to spot issues in five Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs), which are a contractual basis for most business deals. The study, carried out with leading legal academics and experts, saw... Continue Reading →

Under crisp blue skies, about 1,000 well-wishers turned out at the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo Monday to catch a glimpse of Japan's Princess Ayako and her groom Kei Moriya on their wedding day. As the smiling couple entered the shrine, the crowd shouted their congratulations with the Japanese word "Banzai" -- meaning an auspicious wish... Continue Reading →