The Chernobyl nuclear disaster
On April 26 1986, the No 4 reactor at the Chernobyl power station in Ukraine blew up. Facing nuclear disaster on an unprecedented …
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Nanotechnology - an Introduction
Anybody who doesn't know much about nanotechnology should begin with geckos. These are the lizards that are probably the world's b…
Digital Heaven
If you had the opportunity to live forever, would you take it? The obstacles to keeping your body alive indefinitely still seem in…
Einstein's Theory of Relativity for Dummies
Most people think it was Einstein who, in the first decade of the twentieth century, came up with the theory of relativity as if …
Investing With Leverage
$2,000 is nice, but more would be better, wouldn't it? So why not leverage? If you have $20,000 (and if the economy is ticking ove…
Leverage & the financial crisis
In 2008 the world financial system came close to a complete meltdown. No one wants a repeat of that terrible crash, but how can a …
Aaron's own account of his ordeal
DAY ONE:SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 9 A.M.Under a bluebird sky out in the desert, I leave my truck where the trail begins for Horseshoe Ca…
Aaron Ralston's Story
Aaron Ralston, a 27-year-old mountain sports fanatic from Colorado in the United States, found himself in dire straits* alone in a…
Ability
No letters after your name are ever going to be a total guarantee of competence any more than they are a guarantee against fraud. …
Apple Inc.
Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things …
