Mark Zuckerberg has grown from a Harvard dropout who changed what it means to be social into a billionaire philanthropist bent on shaping a better world for his daughter.
Other
Dec 3, 2015
0
8
It is a battle being played out around resource-rich Australia.
Environment
Dec 3, 2015
0
12
The huge philanthropic pledge by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife—totaling perhaps $45 billion—reflects the fast-paced emergence of a new Gilded Age of giving. The changes excite many in the charity world, but ...
Business
Dec 3, 2015
0
12
A long-awaited Hawaii Supreme Court ruling Wednesday invalidating a construction permit for what would be one of the world's largest telescopes represents a major setback for the $1.4 billion project on a mountain astronomers ...
Space Exploration
Dec 3, 2015
0
37
The European Space Agency launched a rocket Thursday to carry two cubes of gold and platinum almost a million miles from Earth so scientists can see how they'll behave in a freefall—at a cost of more than $450 million.
Space Exploration
Dec 3, 2015
0
86
The deep sea hunt for the missing Malaysian airliner has been refocused on the southern reaches of an expansive search zone based on new analysis released on Thursday of the Boeing 777's final hours and how it might have ...
Other
Dec 3, 2015
0
13
From posting on social networks and online shopping to sending emails and instant messages, we are producing more data than ever, prompting a new exhibition in London to explore the dangers and possibilities of this information ...
Internet
Dec 3, 2015
0
15
Human-level intelligence is familiar in biological 'hardware'—it happens inside our skulls. Technology and science are now converging on a possible future where similar intelligence can be created in computers.
Computer Sciences
Dec 3, 2015
0
13
The Sun demonstrates the potential to superflare, new research into stellar flaring suggests.
Space Exploration
Dec 3, 2015
1
60
A Chinese pledge to upgrade the nation's coal-fired power plants to cut pollution is aimed mainly at soothing domestic fears over dangerous smog, rather than tackling climate change emissions, analysts said Thursday.
Environment
Dec 3, 2015
0
5
