The idea of perpetual motion, which has been around for centuries, is to make a device that will produce more work output than the energy input—in short, to get something for nothing. Robert Fludd in 1618 was one of the first to discover it is...

The persuance of perpetual motion is to physics and mechanical engineering what alchemy is to modern chemistry, which is to say that it is seeking after the unrealizable. The earliest written description of a perpetual motion machine dates to the fifth...

A solitaire game which has an object of discarding playing cards from the tableau. It is also called Idiot's Delight because of the time-consuming process of the game. The tableau is made up of four piles/columns. Four cards are dealt (the rest are left...

“Slow and seasoned”: That’s how a press release describes the paintings of Joanne Freeman on exhibition at Lohin Geduld Gallery. It’s prudent to be wary of the promotional verbiage accompanying visual art. More often than not, words overstate the merits of the work or, as...

“Slow and seasoned”: That’s how a press release describes the paintings of Joanne Freeman on exhibition at Lohin Geduld Gallery. It’s prudent to be wary of the promotional verbiage accompanying visual art. More often than not, words overstate the merits of the work or, as...

 Björk has been recording albums for almost 30 years. Her solo career alone has spanned close to 15. Most bands, even successful ones that accumulate large fan bases, dissolve or cease to be relevant in half that time. So why, aside from the viral marketing...

He's vacationed in New Hampshire, lunched with the Bush family in Maine and taken a tough line on Iran.In his first six months as French president, Nicolas Sarkozy has lived up to his pledge to heal relations with the United States torn asunder by the...