The Martian has been praised as the rare science fiction movie that takes pains with scientific accuracy, but one of the more prosaic events in the movie is actually among the least likely.
Make friends. Make enemies. Make your name.
You are what you eat. And when it comes to economics, you are, mostly, the goods and services you consume.
Maybe the best speaker of the House is no speaker at all.
An under-the-radar startup funded by billionaire Eric Schmidt has become a major technology vendor for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, underscoring the bonds between Silicon Valley and Democratic politics.
The date is fast approaching when the United States risks finding itself in default on its debt.
With a primary debate against an emboldened left-wing candidate looming, Hillary Clinton has announced her opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the free trade deal recently concluded by 12 nations, including the US, and endorsed by President Barack Obama.
The political world is aghast today that Gallup has yet to start polling the 2016 presidential primary and seem unlikely to do so during the 2016 general election, apparently because it lacks faith in its methodology.
An Israeli group seeking to win a $30 million prize will fly their spacecraft to the moon in 2017, with the help of a SpaceX rideshare.
US multinationals in the Fortune 500 doubled the assets they hold in foreign subsidiaries between 2008 and 2014, taking advantage of loopholes in US and foreign laws to keep $2.1 trillion out of sight of tax authorities, a new analysis shows.
Trade ministers from 12 Pacific rim countries, including the US, Japan, Mexico and Vietnam, came to terms Monday on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a landmark free-trade deal that’s being described as the most ambitious in a generation. What exactly does it all mean?
The World Bank may have some new advice for developing countries: Give away millions of dollars to random entrepreneurs.
This week, Actuality meets two survivors of the deadly avalanche that struck Mt. Everest in April, before making our own ascent of the Everest Industrial Complex.
After a whistleblower leaked the details of secret Swiss accounts at global bank HSBC earlier this year, the strongest reaction came from advanced economies, where governments launched efforts to reclaim tax money hidden abroad.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren may have receded to the background of the raucous 2016 presidential race, but the popular Massachusetts lawmaker is still striking fear into the heart of the financial industry.
First, Barcelona footballer Lionel Messi was brought to court on tax-fraud charges. Now, his teammate and fellow global soccer star Neymar is having his assets frozen. Luis Suarez, the third member of the attack triumvirate that dominated last season’s top club football competitions, must be on the phone with his accountant by now.
After surviving at least two attempts to oust him, the top Republican in Congress has surprised nearly everyone when his aides announced he will retire in October, the consequences of failing to unite his caucus on how to best battle US president Barack Obama’s policy agenda.
As Russia ramps up its military involvement in Syria’s civil war and defies international agreements in Ukraine, Russian president Vladimir Putin will meet with US president Barack Obama on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meeting, which starts next week on Sept. 28.
Volkswagen’s scheme to cheat on emissions tests could have been found out earlier if the automaker—and indeed all automakers—hadn’t been able to block car-owners from digging into the software that runs their vehicles, digital rights advocates say.
Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor contending for the Republican presidential nomination, says he’d repeal a raft of government rules on taking office.
Chinese president Xi Jinping arrival in the US comes at an inconvenient moment for relations between the two countries.
If it’s September and Barack Obama is the US president, it means the spending bills necessary to keep the country’s government operating are being held up by symbolic ideological demands made by conservative lawmakers.
Elon Musk relishes stirring the pot. Take his recent appearance on the Late Show and his suggestion—perhaps in jest, it’s hard to tell with Musk—that nuking Mars is a way to terraform the red planet and make it fit for human life.
This week, Actuality bites into Monsanto’s plans for a new, super-healthy breed of broccoli and what it means for our food supply—but the unexpected consequences may have more to do with the three letters “DOJ” (US Department of Justice) than “GMO” (genetically modified organisms).
