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Four hundred years ago, the Italian scientist Galileo Galilei looked into space and changed our view of the universe. Heres award-winning journalist David Zax on how Galileo used the telescope to change our world view. From that ugly old cylinder, he writes, came the profound idea that we are part of something much larger.

After a 35-year search, an Israeli archeologist solved the mystery of King Herods final resting place.

Returning the plunder of war to its rightful owner may sound straightforward, writes award-winning author and journalist Colin Woodard but in practice it is extremely difficult, particularly for objects seized during the depths of World War II.

John Kao, bestselling author and master of creativity and innovation, shows how you can put your life and business on a trajectory to uncommon success. The journey begins with a conceptual prototype of your own making and ends with you realizing your ambition.

It is more than ironic that the current recession has prompted various Western observers to turn a 30-year-old belief on its head. No longer do the pundits claim that China can only survive and prosper by adopting capitalism. Now, this brief eBook says, they look to China, with its growing economy and increasing demand for consumer goods, to keep capitalism itself from collapsing.

Years of financing trade imbalances, budget deficits, wars, and social programs without benefit of spending cuts or tax increases are helping to pull down an already wobbly dollar. And our biggest creditors, the Chinese, have grown restive. Its a recipe for calamity that could crater your investments along with the American currency. Its not too late to protect your portfolio.

Brit Eaton is the best of a curious breed of fortune hunters combing old mine shafts and barns across the West for vintage denim. Hes discovered 50,000 worth of clothes in a single day, and his clients include Ralph Lauren and Levis. Here, award-winning journalist and author Steven Rinella joins him on his search for the blues.

The global financial crisis is far from over. It could topple into either inflation or deflation. In either case, gold is one of your safest bets.

What if there were one thing that affected whether our marriage will stay the course, how long well live, even our chances of catching the flu? There is, and it lies in that euphoric emotion we all crave: happiness. Heres a look into the most fascinating scientific studies that show what matters - and...

Everyones a foodie now. But in a world of foodies, refinement and rarified good taste seem increasingly to come at the cost of actually being satisfied with anything. How do we crack the dilemma of contentment when were constantly accumulating expertise about how things can be improved? The Cranky...

Why Paul Simon can teach us more about roasting a chicken than Julia Child, James Beard, Anthony Bourdain, and Thomas Keller combined.

Many, if not most, big reinvention projects dont deliver what they promise. And traditional management methods are to blame. Knowledge work contains a social component that outdated industrial-age mechanisms cannot address. Heres how to manage complex human factors in large, dynamic organizations.

Never before has admission to elite colleges been so sought after. Parents spend a fortune trying to get their kids in; kids spend their high school years preparing to fill in every blank on their applications. But what, in the end, does it get them? asks William Deresiewicz, a former Yale University...

Agatha Christie was 48 years old in 1938, gaining fame and fortune from her prolific output of short stories and novels, one series starring the detective Hercule Poirot, another centered on the underestimated spinster Jane Marple. Christies life had settled into a comfortable routine: Part of the year...