Last week I completed my first self-supported, multi-stage, ultra-marathon “race” in Lapland, above the Arctic Circle. After more than 50 previous ultras, none of which have lasted more than a couple ...

To place this in a simple example, if you want to get picked for the basketball team, you're looking to be taller than other people; increasing everyone's height by 3 inches doesn't uniquely benefit ...

As the comedian Louis CK quipped some time ago, "Everything is amazing right now and nobody is happy." In that instance he was referring to the massive technological improvements that have arisen in ...

A couple of years ago, I wrote about absolute versus relative returns. Given the latest market run, I am getting a lot of questions about chasing returns, and individuals comparing themselves to the S ...

Absolute income is your total earnings from all sources. Factoring in relative income helps assess financial status against peers. Increasing absolute income allows more saving and investment, so you ...

In this interview, Sue Berets, the Applications Scientist at Harrick Scientific, talks to AZoM about specular reflectance measurements and the difference between absolute and relative. Please tell us ...