In a manner which matches the fortuity, if not the consequence, of Archimedes' bath and Newton's apple, the 3.6 million read more

In a manner which matches the fortuity, if not the consequence, of Archimedes' bath and Newton's apple, the 3.6 million year old fossil footprints were eventually noticed one evening in September 1976 by the paleontologist Andrew Hill, who fell while avoiding a ball of elephant dung hurled at him by the ecologist David Western.

Saying that Windows95 is equal to Macintosh is like finding a potato that looks like Jesus and believing you've witnessed read more

Saying that Windows95 is equal to Macintosh is like finding a potato that looks like Jesus and believing you've witnessed the second coming.

What is more difficult, to think of an encampment on the moon or of Harlem rebuilt? Both are now within read more

What is more difficult, to think of an encampment on the moon or of Harlem rebuilt? Both are now within the reach of our resources. Both now depend upon human decision and human will.

Technology is destructive only in the hands of people who do not realize that they are one and the same read more

Technology is destructive only in the hands of people who do not realize that they are one and the same process as the universe. -Alan Watts.

Men who accomplish great things in the industrial world are the ones who have faith in the money producing power read more

Men who accomplish great things in the industrial world are the ones who have faith in the money producing power of ideas.

Through the magic of motion pictures, someone who's never left Peoria knows the softness of a Paris spring, the color read more

Through the magic of motion pictures, someone who's never left Peoria knows the softness of a Paris spring, the color of a Nile sunset, the sorts of vegetation one will find along the upper Amazon and that Big Ben has not yet gone digital.

The digital revolution is far more significant than the invention of writing or even of printing.

The digital revolution is far more significant than the invention of writing or even of printing.

As nuclear and other technological achievements continue to mount, the normal life span will continue to climb. The hourly productivity read more

As nuclear and other technological achievements continue to mount, the normal life span will continue to climb. The hourly productivity of the worker will increase.

In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no read more

In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite. -Paul Dirac.