Hurricane Irene: Social Media Shows Calm Before the Storm [PICS] As Hurricane Irene churns through the North Carolina coast on its way to points north, New York City stands ready for the storm, and all is quiet. It’s like a ghost town. While power stays on and smartphones stay charged, we’re putting together a … Read More
Worthy Videos Physicist Geoffrey West has found that simple, mathematical laws govern the properties of cities — that wealth, crime rate, walking speed and many other aspects of a city can be deduced from a single number the city’s population. In this mind-bending talk from TEDGlobal he shows how it works and how similar laws … Read More


