Read this and you'll look smart. You don't have to be intelligent to impress people -- you just have to fake it. Here's a daily list of fascinating articles that will wow your friends, surprise your co-workers and make you seem sharp at a cocktail party or over the lunch counter....
- A lesser known causality of the economic downturn: science. The credit crisis will prove to be hugely detrimental to scientific research as companies opt out of donations and endowments.
- As economic woes grip property buyers in England, Russian buyers have stepped in and demand nothing but the best.
- It's not just in your head: this presidential election is far more negative than its '04 counterpart. About 34 percent of Obama's ads are negative and 100 percent of McCain's are attack ads, exceeding the number of negative ads when Bush and Kerry faced off.
- Could a chip revolutionize photography?
- In pictures, a retrospective on the London Underground logo -- which celebrates its 100th year this week.
