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...known for half a century that each of these models works well in its own domain, but each also proclaims that the other is defective. Melding the warring antagonists is essential to gaining insight into other great mysteries—what happened at the big bang, the true fate of matter crushed at the center of a black hole, even the nature of time. I began working on string theory—one of the most promising approaches—25 years ago, as a young graduate student hungry to make a mark on the physics world...

Author: By Brian Greene | Title: Questions, Not Answers, Make Science the Ultimate Adventure | 6/2/2009 | See Source »

...Given all that, what do WSL's consumer psyche measures say about the fate of the recession? "We see it more as the end of the beginning," says Liebmann. "There's a very big cloud still over the consumer. We've been through the first phase, and we hope the worst has happened. Shoppers are feeling a little bit chipper, but there's still more to go." Sure, additional economic tumult may be coming. But at least we can enjoy a little calm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are Shoppers Fed Up with the Recession? | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

Although senior goaltender Joe Pike made 14 saves on the day, then-No. 3 Cornell was able to overwhelm Harvard, 13-12. The following week, then-No. 2 Princeton handed the Crimson another one-goal defeat. The Tigers sealed Harvard’s fate with an unassisted goal with two minutes to play, giving the Crimson a 10-9 loss. Brown followed suit the next week, defeating Harvard...

Author: By Alexandra J. Mihalek, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SEASON RECAP: Harvard On Brink of Success | 5/30/2009 | See Source »

...country solution for a truly European-based company seems not in line with the idea of a European Union and its legislation," Belgian Prime Minister Herman van Rompuy wrote in a letter to the European Commission this week. He is worried about the fate of 2,600 workers at an Opel plant in Antwerp, which is slated for closure under some of the rescue plans under consideration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rescuing GM in Europe: A Political Hot Potato | 5/28/2009 | See Source »

...Fears have also been growing over the fate of up to 20,000 civilians trapped in Mingora, Swat's main town, as the army and the Taliban continue to battle each other street by street. In recent days, the army has claimed a flurry of successes: recapturing key intersections in Mingora, retaking Pakistan's only ski resort at Malam Jabba (which was being used by the Taliban as a training camp and logistics base) and clearing the former militant stronghold of Matta. Militants are now reportedly retreating from Mingora to Kabal. The army has made a push toward Kabal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fleeing the Taliban, Pakistani Refugees in Limbo | 5/27/2009 | See Source »

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