Naomi Klein, No Logo

“No Logo” was meant to eradicate “brand bullies.” Instead, it inadvertently became the most influential marketing manual of our time.

Naomi Klein, No Logo Ten years after the initial release of “No Logo,” Naomi Klein continues to provide invaluable marketing advice to the corporate world. More

 

The Playboy Book

“Playboy and the Making of the Good Life in Modern America.”

The Playboy Book Historian Elizabeth Fraterrigo methodically combed through hundreds of issues of Playboy magazine to write her book. Take a look at what she has to say about Playboy. More

 

Fault-y Predictions

Fault-y Predictions

Scientists still a long way from being able to predict when earthquakes will strike.

In “Predicting the Unpredictable: The Tumultuous Science of Earthquake Prediction,” seismologist Susan Hough of the Southern California Earthquake Center explains why the ability to predict earthquakes remains elusive. More

A World Without Ice

A World Without Ice

Why ice matters—and how humans are upsetting the delicate geological balance between Earth and this critical component of our environment.

In the following Failure interview, geophysicist Henry Pollack talks ice, nature’s “most sensitive and unambiguous indicator of climate change.” More

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This Day in Failure

February 8th

2007: Canadian pairs figure skater Jessica Dube is struck in the face—mid-spin—by partner Bryce Davison’s skate while competing at the Four Continents Ice Skating Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It takes 80 stitches to close the deep four-inch gash, yet Dube is back on the ice less than two weeks later.

1993: General Motors sues NBC, alleging...

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Failure Analysis

On Friday, part of an Atlas Air Boeing 747 cargo jet came down in the parking lot of Miami International Mall. More

Would you be OK with being ‘digitally undressed’ by a full-body scanner at the airport?

Letters to the Editor

I found the article about teaching Ugandans how to crochet very interesting, but I almost didn’t read it due to the reckless claims in the first paragraph. More

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The dirty little secret ... is that every Republican in this country wants Obama to fail, but none of them have the guts to say so. I am willing to say it.

- Rush Limbaugh, February 2009