The New World's Tallest Building

On July 21, construction reached 1,680 feet on the 141st floor of the Burj Dubai tower in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, making it the largest building in the world.
Photos: The new world's tallest building

Mo' iPhone, Mo' Problems

No, I didn't stand in line for an iPhone. I wasn't sure it could stand up to my occasional fumble-n-drop method of phone usage and I didn't want to buy a cell phone with a battery I couldn't replace. Read on...
Mo' iPhone, Mo' Problems

10 Most Amazing Illusions

We think we perceive objective reality, but perception is always altered by invisible biases. Illusions demonstrate this fact. So go ahead, get your own perception from 10 of the coolest illusions ever made.
10 Most Amazing Illusions

Chinook - World Man-Machine Checkers Champion

The Chinook project began in 1989 with the goal of developing a program capable of defeating the human World Checkers Champion. In 1990, Chinook became the first program in any game to win the right to play for a human World Championship. The program lost the Championship match in 1992, but became Champion in 1994. By 1996, it became clear that the program was much stronger than any human, and Chinook was retired.
Chinook

God Plays Dice

A look at daily life through the eyes of a mathematician.
God Plays Dice

Common spice may help Alzheimer's patients

Turmeric, the main spice found in curry, may boost the immune system of patients with Alzheimer's disease and, thereby, increase the clearance of amyloid plaques in the brain.
Common spice may help Alzheimer's patients

Low glycemic index diets best for weight loss

Low glycemic index diets are more effective than other diet strategies for helping overweight or obese people lose weight and improve their cholesterol levels, a review of the medical literature shows.
Low Glycemic Index diets best for weight loss

Vitamin C useless for preventing or treating colds

For the average person, popping vitamin C pills is unlikely to ward off the common cold or shorten its length or severity. However, for people exposed to short bouts of extreme physical exercise or cold temperatures, vitamin C may markedly reduce their risk of catching a cold.
Vitamin C useless for preventing or treating colds

New test pinpoints deadliest Prostate Cancers

Scientists have found a new way to identify a particularly deadly form of prostate cancer in a breakthrough that could save tens of thousands of men from undergoing unnecessary surgery each year.
New test pinpoints deadliest Prostate Cancers

5 Simple Ways to Store Your Files Online

5 simple online backup services that just work.
5 Simple Ways to Store Your Files Online

Seven Blunders of the World

The Seven Blunders of the World is a list that Mahatma Gandhi gave to his grandson Arun Gandhi, written on a piece of paper, on their final day together, not too long before his assassination.
Seven Blunders of the World

4 Powerful Reasons to Meditate and How To Get Started

Meditation is the art of silencing the mind. When the mind is silent, concentration is increased and we experience inner peace in the midst of worldly turmoil. This elusive inner peace is what attracts so many people to meditation and is a quality everyone can benefit from.
4 Powerful Reasons to Meditate and How To Get Started

wikiHow - The How-To Manual

wikiHow is a collaborative writing project to build the world's largest, highest quality how-to manual. With your edits, we can create a free resource that helps millions of people by offering solutions to the problems of everyday life. wikiHow currently contains 22,162 articles written, edited, and maintained primarily by volunteers.
wikiHow - The How-To Manual

10 virtually instant ways to improve your Life

Many of our problems come from within our own minds. They aren’t caused by events, bad luck, or other people. We cause them through our own poor mental habits. Here are 10 habits you should set aside right away to free yourself from the many problems each one will be causing you.
10 virtually instant ways to improve your Life

Good Math, Bad Math

Good Math, Bad Math is a blog which exists for two reasons:
1. For Mark Chu-Carroll to ramble about the beauty of mathematics, and try to share his enthusiasm for the subject.
2. To track down the bozos who use bad math to lie, distort reality, and in general support bad arguments; demonstrate their errors and their dishonesty; and generally mock them.
Good Math, Bad Math

Prime Minister of Australia Weekly Radio Message

Australia is continuing to address the global challenge of climate change through practical and balanced responses.
Prime Minister of Australia Weekly Radio Message

Turn of the Century Magazines

The late 1800s and early 1900s were an exciting time to be part of the magazine industry. Literary and pulp magazines began to flourish as the cost of chemical wood pulp dropped from $366 per metric tonne in 1866 to $36 in 1900. Magazines like Munsey’s and McClure’s dropped their prices to around 10 cents and began produced volumes with novel-sized proportions.
Turn of the Century Magazines

State of World Population 2007

In 2008, the world reaches an invisible but momentous milestone: For the first time in history, more than half its human population, 3.3 billion people, will be living in urban areas. By 2030, this is expected to swell to almost 5 billion. Many of the new urbanites will be poor. Their future, the future of cities in developing countries, the future of humanity itself, all depend very much on decisions made now in preparation for this growth.
State of World Population 2007

100 Worst Cover Songs

Some of these covers were sincere attempts to make good songs, others are so inexplicably awful that you don't know what the hell they were thinking. Others are clearly meant to be jokes, but it doesn't make them sound any better, even so.
100 Worst Cover Songs

Travel: World's Longest Non-Stop Flights

You're traveling from Newark, NJ to Singapore... bring a book. You'll be in the air for almost 19 hours on the longest flight in the world, according to Forbes magazine.
Travel: World's Longest Non-Stop Flights