From: sciencestage.com on Mon, Mar 07 2011 2:25 PM

The merger between Schaeffler and Continental was one of the biggest in German economic history. The fanfare surrounding the union has thrown a spotlight on the extremely valuable and highly-efficient automotive supply industry. Who has not heard of engines from Bosch, steering systems from ZF, ...

From: sciencestage.com on Thu, Mar 03 2011 3:30 AM

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From: sciencestage.com on Wed, Mar 02 2011 1:32 PM

The residents of the high mountains in northwestern Argentina lead a tough and frugal life. Their villages lie at an altitude of up to 4200 meters, where the solar radiation is intense in the thin air and it gets bitterly cold at night, even in summer. The people have cut down large swathes of t...

From: sciencestage.com on Tue, Mar 01 2011 6:46 AM

Directed by Tawd Dorenfeld Note From Serj Tankian: Borders are the gallows of our collective national egos. Subjective lines in the sand, water and air are separating plants, animals, and atmosphere. Fear! Fear is the cause of separation for this imposed illusion, this cordoned off space from pr...

From: MIT TechTV on Tue, Nov 23 2010 5:42 PM

A mass hangs from two identical springs. First, the springs are attached in series by a short string between them. The springs are also connected in parallel by two peripheral strings that are initially slack. The center string is cut, changing the system from series to parallel. The...

From: MIT World on Tue, Sep 14 2010 2:48 PM

In what could be the ultimate twist on Toy Story, Henry Jenkins suggests that action figures — those Star Wars and Masters of the Universe dolls from a few decades ago -- had the power to spark human creativity and transcend their original function. Jenkins argues such toys served children...

From: MIT World on Thu, May 13 2010 11:13 AM

The world’s most intractable problems might be cracked if more of our “brightest minds” could be tempted to work on them, asserts Bill Gates. Too many graduates of top universities like MIT find it infinitely more satisfying to deal in derivatives, he says, or lucrative areas of medical science ...

From: sciencestage.com on Sat, Sep 05 2009 2:17 PM

long before that happens, the sun will expand so enormously that Earth will be cooked to a cinder. Take a tour through the solar system, learn about the event horizon of black holes and when our galaxy began. 1. Faster Than The Speed Of Light (1/2): The Universe - Created Out Of Nothing? www.you...

From: sciencestage.com on Mon, Aug 31 2009 6:47 AM

Noam recently appeared on The Real News Network for a 4 part interview. During the 3rd part, Chomsky broke down the root of the problem with the US heath care system. Here is a clip from that interview. Watch the full interview here therealnews.com