No surprise here: The next Cayman looks a lot like the current one, and we’re okay with that.
We’ve already spotted the 2012 Boxster in the wild—our editor-in-chief, Eddie Alterman, even snagged a few shots himself—but now we have the first spy photos of the next-gen Boxster’s hardtop sibling, the...
When it came to surviving freezing weather, mammoths relied on more than their woolly coats: even their blood was specially adapted to let them thrive in chilly climes. Their hemoglobin functioned well over a larger range of temperatures than does the hemoglobin found in modern elephants--and in...
Chicago futures trader Donald Wilson Jr. has been using hard times and falling prices to bulk up on real estate holdings here. Now he’s stepping up to a riskier class, going from investor to developer, and he’s tipped off his plan of action. Wilson is making the case...
Christopher Nolen, an independent film director and producer, enjoys using Groupon coupons to get half-off deals at restaurants. So when he found out about a new deals website dedicated to black-owned businesses, he signed up. “This is the African-American community’...
By 2020, 15 million people worldwide will have cancer and nine million of them will be living in developing countries, according to World Health Organization estimates. Harvard University physician and medical anthropologist Paul Farmer is determined to ensure that prediction doesn’t come...
The heart's electrical pulse has made possible the modern-day pacemaker , a device that has helped keep millions of human hearts beating. Such invasive devices, however, have proved difficult to use on small, delicate embryonic animal hearts, which some researchers study to learn more about the...
Look up from this page and scan the scene in front of you. Your eyes dart around, bringing different objects into view. As you read this article, your eyes jump to bring every word into focus. You can become aware of, and even control, these large movements of the eyes, which scientists call...
Warren Buffett is coming to the rescue of another fallen giant. Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway announced Thursday that it would invest $5 billion in Bank of America Corp., giving a much-needed vote of confidence in the struggling bank.
Chicago-based Ariel Investments LLC, which has had a focus on domestic stocks, said Tuesday it has launched two mutual funds with an international flavor. The two no-load funds are Ariel International Equity Fund, with a ticker symbol AINTX; and Ariel Global Equity...
A fungus known as Geomyces destructans is indeed responsible for the dusting of white across bat noses and wings that has wiped out entire populations of the flying mammals, new research shows. By purposefully infecting healthy bats with the fungus--and confirming that seemingly healthy "...
