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In fact, fractals are nothing new. As colourful illustrations they have been appearing in media for many years. But there is more behind this. Fractals provide the mathematical tool set to describe complex structures including coastlines, clouds, mountains, plants, vascular systems, growth...

This week, Philip Rosedale, the creator of Second Life discusses the economics and future development cycle for it's virtual community.

The ultimatum game is an economics experiment that provides insight into the human psyche. Check out our HowStuffWorks podcast to learn about the rules to the ultimatum game.

Stories of huge waves -- giant walls of water -- have long been written off as sailors' yarns. Now scientists have proof that these legends are true. Experiments in wave pools and with mathematical models have proven that freak waves can form, seemingly out of nowhere, as high as 35 meters. One...

"Fall Out" - Professor Lovell discusses U.S. Economics and the fallout of a judge's ruling on California's Proposition 8. The 'Professor of Freedom' Dr. Terry J. Lovell is a tenured full Professor of Business and Economics at Yavapai College in Prescott, Arizona where he has taught for...

Physicist Geoffrey West has found that simple, mathematical laws govern the properties of cities -- that wealth, crime rate, walking speed and many other aspects of a city can be deduced from a single number: the city's population. In this mind-bending talk from TEDGlobal he shows how it works...

"Trial by Fire" - Guest host and Professor of Economics, Dr. Terry J. Lovell interviews best selling author J. A. Jance about her new book, 'Trial by Fire.' The 'Professor of Freedom' Dr. Terry J. Lovell is a tenured full Professor of Business and Economics at Yavapai College in...

It may seem that big problems require big solutions, but ad man Rory Sutherland says many flashy, expensive fixes are just obscuring better, simpler answers. To illustrate, he uses behavioral economics and hilarious examples.