So interesting!

Quoted: The many lives of Frederic Bourdin.

Quoted: Does technology drive history?

Quoted: If your IQ is hardwired, how can you get smarter? Lots of ways, and our guide to better brain power shows you how. Think of it as a software upgrade to maximize your

Quoted: parents agonize for up to 45 hours over the name of their child -- a combined 30 million hours annually in Britain.

One in three parents believed the right name can give a child confidence while up to two million thought it could help their child's career prospects.

The latest national statistics update showed that Grace, Ruby and Olivia ranked as the current top names for girls and Jack, Thomas and Oliver for boys.

Great commentary by Brendan Crain.

Quoted: A national magazine created for and by a new generation of urban thinkers and leaders. Next American City observes, documents and conceives realistic solutions about how to make cities better.

Quoted: Scientists have already noted World of Warcraft's usefulness in studying how diseases spread. The game's network of 10 million players -- each capable of making decisions, either logical or illogical, rational or irrational -- gives scientists a ready-made virtual world to scrutinize that's not based on computer models or artificial intelligence. The game could be an invaluable tool not only for counterterrorists and epidemiologists but also sociologists and economists.

Quoted: By the high Middle Ages, Christmas was a rowdy, bawdy time, often inside the church as well as outside it. In France, many parishes celebrated the Feast of the Ass, supposedly honoring the donkey that had brought Mary to Bethlehem. Donkeys were brought into the church and the mass ended with priests and parishioners alike making donkey noises.

Quoted: This is a book about a world in a life. Conceived in Jamaica and possibly mixed-race, Elizabeth Marsh (1735-1785) traveled farther and was more intimately affected by developments across the globe than the vast majority of men. She was the first woman...

Amazing!

Quoted: Berg, the Guinness World Record-honored "Cardstacker," has devoted his career to building houses of playing cards -- and skyscrapers, domes, cathedrals and stadiums, too.