SpaceX Achieves Long Sought Historic Feat in Rocket Launch
A long exposure photograph shows the SpaceX Falcon 9 lifting off (L) from its launch pad and then returning to a landing zone (R) at the...
Former Astronaut Promotes Science Education and a Trip to a Star
Mae Jemison, shown at a White House forum in June 2012, promotes science literacy and says people in every part of the world need to...
Scalia argues black students benefit from ‘slower’ colleges
Near the end of oral argument in a high-profile affirmative-action case Wednesday, conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia...
Gene Summit Organizers Stress Caution on Human Gene Editing
Human chromosomes, where DNA resides and does its work. WASHINGTON—Scientists and ethicists at a global meeting in Washington on Thursday...
Foreign-Born Players Make Mark in US College Basketball
NEW YORK CITY— When physician James Naismith invented basketball in 1891, he had no idea the international impact it would have. The...
12 reasons people with Type A personalities are unstoppable
Personalities fit into one of two groups — Type A and Type B — it's one or the other. Type A's typically are extremely motivated...
The 3 things that separate a leader from a manager
A lot of people use the word "manager" as a part of their job title or description, but "leaders" don't get that label simply by being...
Here's how to write an email to a potential employer
In a way, writing the perfect email to a potential employer is a balancing act. On the one hand, you want to make your message and...
5 conversation tips that will make you memorable in 30 seconds or less
The average human loses concentration ability after 8 seconds (which is shorter than a goldfish's attention span, so that's awesome), so...
I'm a self-made millionaire, and here's the single best piece of advice I can give you about
After interviewing more than 1,200 of the world’s wealthiest people over the past 30 years, and finding more than 100 differences in how...
