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Even A/C Can’t Keep Our Economies From Slacking Off on Hot Days
As global warming turns up the temperature on the planet, it’s going to be tougher to get anything done
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Monopoly Was Designed to Teach the 99% About Income Inequality
The story you’ve heard about the creation of the famous board game is far from true
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NASA Could Actually Get a Budget Boost Next Year
The pending budget will give NASA even more money than they asked for
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The Fracking Boom Could Burn Out Decades Before It’s Supposed To
Overenthusiastic shale gas estimates may be setting the world up for a fracking crash
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MIT Is Giving Its Students Bitcoin
Researchers interested in studying how people use Bitcoin are handing out $100 worth of the currency to whoever wants it
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Most College Students Don’t Graduate on Time
The vast majority of students take more than 4 years to earn a bachelor’s degree
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A Major Galapagos Conservation Foundation Is Running Out of Cash
A fight over selling souvenirs on the Galapagos is threatening conservation efforts
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Why Do Families Move for Men’s, But Not Women’s, Careers?
Men choose jobs that are less flexible in location
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There’s an Airbnb for Fields in England
In the U.K., you can rent a field for weddings, concerts, sports matches or simply your own enjoyment
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This Computer From 1949 Runs on Water
Computers at the time didn’t have displays; one economics student created a visualization using water-filled tanks and tubes
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NASA Is Turning Black Friday Into “Black Hole Friday”
Because, in the end, even great savings won’t save you from a singularity
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Just in Time for Black Friday, San Francisco Passed the First Ever Retail Worker Bill of Rights
San Francisco’s retail staff will have more stable hours and the possibility to work overtime
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Millennials Are Different, Just Not the Way You Think
Young adults today are more optimistic despite facing more economic strain than the previous two generations
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Look How 30 Years of Automation Changed How Crayons Are Made
“Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” showed how people made crayons. Today, crayon-making is a robot’s job
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ISIS Is Making Its Own Currency
It’s the latest step in the insurgent group’s attempt to forge a new state
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Grad Students Carry 40 Percent of All Student Debt
But they make up just 14 percent of enrollment at U.S. universities
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Great Britain Still Has Significant Debt From World War I
The U.K. is committing itself to paying off a small fraction of that debt next year by issuing new debt
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The Case for Sending Women to Mars
Because women are smaller than men, they’re cheaper to send into space
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