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Video Roundup: Science Friday Desktop Diaries

I don't have a desk, because there's no room in my apartment, but if I did it would probably be covered in so much crap that I wouldn't be able to use it anyway.

The UK has just had one lost decade, and is about to enter a second

Philip Aldrick considers the chilling claims of a compelling account of the challenges facing the West by HSBC's chief global economist.

Cannabis: Colorado's budding industry

Dispensaries selling cannabis bath salts, 'bud-tenders' advising on blends, even a marijuana university. As Colorado gears up for legalisation, we get the dope on Denver's 'green rush'

I'm being driven around Denver by America's first professional stoner.

Will robots take all thejobs?

In a fascinating installment of the IEEE Techwise podcast [MP3], Rice University Computational Engineering prof Moshe Vardi discusses the possibility that robots will obviate human labor faster than new jobs are created, leaving us with no jobs.

Economics and the perils of big data

Reinhart and Rogoff may have used a relatively small set of mostly publicly available data, but the profession as a whole is using ever-larger tailor-made data sets

The brouhaha over Carmen Reinhart's and Kenneth Rogoff's article "Growth in a Time of Debt" may be the most conspicuous and in

Business news and markets: as it happened - Friday, May 17

German economist and ECB board member Joerg Asmussen warns the eurozone powerhouse risks becoming the "sick man of Europe" if it does not implement widespread reforms.

Smartphones Have Bridged The Digital Divide

Since at least the 1990s, when personal computers first became commonplace, public policy experts have worried the ill effects of a Digital Divide. That is, a learning, socialization and economic gap across socio-economic status, race and gender caused by unequal access to computing resources.

8 Objects That Signal a New Industrial Revolution

Are we on the verge of a third industrial revolution? The editors at The Economist certainly think so.

US budget deficit's fall should make European 'austerians' think again

Budget shortfall predicted to drop to 4%, from 10% in 2009, vindicating Obama's policy of US growing its way out of debt

If only the "austerians" had listened. According to the latest forecasts, the US budget deficit will shrink to 4% of GDP this year.

Trulia Bubble Watch: Today's Rising Home Prices Are A Rebound, NOT A Bubble

Trulia's Chief Economist reveals why home prices today look undervalued by 7%, even though home price gains rival those of the last decade"s bubble. Prices are overvalued only in a few California and Texas metros.