Over the past three millennia, money has had many incarnations, but none--most likely--as strange as what is yet to come. We asked a group of thinkers to cast their eyes toward the future and describe what they envision.
Picture this: On January 1, the dollar is extinct and all prices are in zlotys. Sounds scary, right? Yet 11 European nations and 290 million souls are about to perform just that kind of experiment.
Fall features four meteor showers for your evening enjoyment.
by Bob Berman
ER doctors know when stories fit and when they don't. And we ask questions until they do.
by Tony Dajer
Hubble shows the violent birth of a massive star.
When money arose in the ancient cities of Mesopotamia, it profoundly and permanently changed civilization.
by Heather Pringle
