Word: unexpectedness
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For the moment, scientists call these unknowns "dark energy" and "dark matter," respectively. The LHC, by examining the subatomic building blocks of the universe, might explain these mysteries and many others, much as a doctor diagnoses a patient by studying blood work. But according to Tejinder Virdee, a particle physicist...
It's hard to pigeonhole Glasvegas. While Britain's music scene is currently awash with spattered Day-Glo clothing and hipster aloofness, the band of the moment dress in black and embrace their emotions with astonishing honesty. But what's this cream-colored cocktail in the hand of lead singer...
That movement came to an abrupt halt over the weekend with the surprise resignation of the party's combative chief, Kurt Beck. His unseating followed the widely expected anointing of Germany's silver-haired Foreign Minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, known as the "Graue Effizienz" (a play on the term "Grey...
As often as not, presidential campaigns are won or lost because of the unexpected, not the predictable. In the heat of a final push towards Election Day, what usually makes the difference is how each candidate responds to and takes advantage of unforeseen events. Two weeks ago, for instance, the...
Party conventions, by their very nature, are supposed to be one of the few reliably scripted moments in a campaign. Democrats and Republicans alike spend years planning all four days of partisan posturing down to the smallest detail, in the hope that they can broadcast the perfect message before the...