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Blu Buffed from MOCA's Wall: The Museum Responds
Here's MOCA's response for why the museum took down Blu's mural just one day after the artist completed it.
Read & DiscussRich People Can't Recognize Your Emotions (It's Science, Apparently)
When compared to their lower socioeconomic counterparts, rich people are less skilled at recognizing other people's emotions, a study suggests.
Read & DiscussVideo: The 10 Most Watched YouTube Videos of the Year
From the "Bed Intruder" to "Double Rainbow" to OK Go's latest masterpiece, take a video trip down recent memory lane.
Read & DiscussCarbon Offsets for Your MacBook and iPad
Like a Terra Pass for the tech world, Belgrave Trust sells offsets for your Mac to fund clean energy projects around the world.
Read & DiscussObama Health Care Bill Ruled Unconstitutional: What Does It Mean?
A central provision of the Obama Administration's overhaul of health care has been ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge in Virginia.
Read & DiscussClinton to Tell Obama "It's the Economy, Stupid" in Person
The Washington Post reports that our nation's 42nd president, Bill Clinton, has been invited to the White House to spend some quality time with...
Read & DiscussMagnetic Fields: Made Visible in Video
Semiconductor created "Magnetic Movie" to make magnetic fields visible.n
Read & DiscussImage of the Day: A Bike Shop in 1912
Here's a look at a bike shop from nearly a century ago.n
Read & DiscussBlu's MOCA Mural Erased; Who's to Blame?
Jeffery Deitch was meant to bring street art to MOCA. So why was the mural he commissioned from Blu painted over after only one day?
Read & DiscussVictorian Romance Between Data and Literature
Two historians are charting how frequently words like "God," "love," "work," and "science" appear in turn-of-the-century Victorian literature.
Read & DiscussImage of the Day: "New World Transparent Specimens"
The artist and former fishery student Iro Tomita injects sea creatures with colorful dyes that reveal their complex skeletal systems.
Read & DiscussWikiLockdown: Three Questions on the Arrest of Julian Assange
Now that Assange has turned himself in, what does everything mean?
Read & DiscussImage of the Day: The Sun's Enormous Solar Prominence
The Solar Dynamics Observatory captures an image of an enormous prominence around the sun. Check out this accompanying video.
Read & DiscussImage of the Day: Veggie Masterpieces by Ju Duoqi
The artist Ju Duoqi arranges vegetables to reproduce artistic masterpieces from Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" to Edvard Munch's "The Scream."
Read & DiscussIf Nonprofits Aren't Working Themselves Out of Business, They're Failing
Nancy Lubin says charities have become like vampires. They ought to focus more on working themselves out of existence (or risk getting staked).
Read & DiscussImage of the Day: Just Developed Photos of Pearl Harbor Attack [Update]
For nearly seven decades, this roll of film sat idle in an old Brownie camera. Just kidding. But the photos are still great.
Read & DiscussThe WikiLeaks Legislation Begins
In response to Cablegate, Senator Joe Lieberman and others introduce Wikileaks legislation making it a crime to leak a U.S. intelligence...
Read & DiscussMethane in Your Laptop
A team of Harvard engineers is designing a laptop that's powered by biogas.
Read & DiscussThis Is the Way the House Climate Panel Ends (Whimper, No Bang)
It was probably inevitable that the Republican victories in November would translate to some serious trouble for climate legislation.
Read & DiscussAustralia's E-Waste Boom
In Australia, E-waste is a big problem. It's also becoming a big business.
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