Rick Smith

  According to a new survey by an Australian newspaper, the recession has given rise to a new breed of people, called “potentialists”, who love to live life to the fullest and still want to continue with a lavish lifestyle, but one defined on their own terms. Social researcher Mark McCrindle commented ...

  Among bread molds, Neurospora is a virtual citadel.  Neurospora crassa is a species of bread mold that is so averse to variation that whenever a large segment of DNA gets duplicated—a critical step in genetic evolution—it bombards the copy with what are known as “point mutations” that effectively turn the genetic ...

The greatness of our potential is created in our minds.  The limits, the obstacles that prevent us from achieving our potential are created in the same place.  Eight years ago, my perspective was changed dramatically as a result of the horrific events that unfolded that day.  I wrote down my thoughts, my scribblings hit the ...

The economy is in the toilet. Consumer sentiment has been very negative for quite some time. But there are some early signs of hope, a chance that we may be approaching the beginning of the end. This was the mood when I first was thinking about starting a new business in ...

  There is a growing chorus these days claiming that trying to find deeply fulfilling work in a recession is like trying to milk a fish. I think giving up on the pursuit of passion at work is a cop out. The reason so many come to this dead end conclusion is ...

And so begins my favorite week of the year. The TED conference, this year being held in Long Beach, California. TED is an assembly of big thinkers. It was started 25 years ago just as the world's of Technology, Entertainment and Media were converging. The original idea was to bring ...