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Sep 6th 2007 From The Economist print editionA nuclear revival is welcome so long as the industry does not repeat its old mistakes    Get article backgroundIN MARCH 1986 this newspaper celebrated “The Charm of Nuclear Power” on its cover. The timing wasn't great. The…

Aug 30th 2007 | SAN FRANCISCO From The Economist print editionIt is rare for a company to dominate its industry while claiming not to be motivated by money. Google does. But it has yet to face a crisis Corbis  Get article backgroundIN AMERICA a phenomenon might claim to have entered…

Freddie Mercury Szeptember 6an lett volna hatvanegy éves. A Farrokh Bulsaraként született énekes a Queen együttes frontembereként vált ismertté, ám pályafutása során olyan széles skálán adta át érzelmeit közönségének, hogy ma minden idők egyik legjobb előadóművészeként…

Left,Firstview; right, Fashionista.com. Left, a dress from the Versace Spring/Summer '07 collection, which retailed for $1,685 when it was offered by Neiman Marcus this spring. On the right from Bebe, which sells their most expensive comparable dress for about $130. Forever 21 also sold a similar…

Eric Striffler for The New York Times WITH A LITTLE HELP Selin Semaan and Josh Weiselberg enlisted friends in designing his parents' summer house. By PHILIP NOBEL NORTH HAVEN, N.Y. A FAMILIAR story: The parents of a young, hungry architect plan to build a house, and the young, hungry…

Sep 5th 2007 | NEW YORK From Economist.comIs cyberwarfare a serious threat? EPA  A DECADE or so ago, thinkers and pundits were fond of discussing the emerging threat of cyber attacks as a matter of international affairs. The growing reliance of advanced economies on the internet, and the…

The original R-110 Travelall of 1953-54. By ROB SASS THE question of exactly which automaker created the muscle car or just what company gave birth to the minivan may never be answered satisfactorily. The origins of the sport utility vehicle seem to be more certain, however. In 1953,…

Charles Platiau/Reuters VANITY OR ART A Dior show in Paris in February. New York Fashion Week begins on Tuesday. By GUY TREBAY DEPENDING on who is doing the talking, fashion is bourgeois, girly, unfeminist, conformist, elitist, frivolous, anti-intellectual and a cultural stepchild…

Charity de Meer for The New York Times Christopher Swinney connects a Prius to his home’s backup power unit to help provide electricity. By JIM MOTAVALLI WHEN Hurricane Frances ripped through Gainesville, Fla., in 2004, Christopher Swinney, an anesthesiologist, was without…

Christian Hansen for The New York Times NO AUTOGRAPHS, PLEASE Amy Cohen is “visiting” blogs to promote her book. By KARA JESELLA FOR the publication in July of her first book, “The Late Bloomer’s Revolution,” Amy Cohen imagined a promotional tour of…