Jim Gilliam tells how the Internet saved his life — literally! — and how unprecedented connectivity is shifting the global community in chaotic, exciting ways.

Ever seen an episode of CSI? A bit of snot can reveal a lot.

The 70th anniversary of the dropping of atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki will undoubtedly be accompanied by images of the “mushroom clouds” that rose over both cities. Terrible and sublime, these images burned themselves into the consciousness of “the greatest generation” and every generation since that’s lived with both the legacy of nuclear war and the reality of nuclear energy. A new exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario titled Camera Atomica looks deeply at the interrelated nature of photography and nuclear war and peace to come away with a fascinating glimpse of the calculatedly manufactured “atomic sublime” — the fascination with such terrible power at our command that simply won’t let us look away.

Technological advancements will eventually make scarcity a non-issue. But will the people driving these developments allow everyone to enjoy it?

One of UK's biggest retailers shows us how zero waste to landfills is done.

Researchers believe there's something wrong with the brain's ability to clean out the crud as we age, which leads to a buildup of a protein that causes Alzheimer's.

The next wave of retirees will be more tech-savvy than ever.

There are fair quarrels with the details of the Obama Administration plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. But beyond the details, the fact that such a major step is being taken in the first place is a hopeful sign that our leaders can lead with reason and wisdom, and not just follow public opinion and emotion, as we try to find a more sustainable path to the future.

Recent trends in the tech sector suggest the liberal arts degree is making a major comeback.

Most likely not, though Bill's not ruling it out completely.

The rats, which are trained to sniff out TNT, are among the most efficient tools available to Cambodians trying to rid their country of over 4 million landmines left over from the Khmer Rouge.

A look at our galactic plane in the infrared reveals nebulae, explosions and new stars as never before. “That, then, is loveliness, we said,Children in wonder watching the stars,Is the […]

They only get stronger as time goes on. “Your problem is to bridge the gap which exists between where you are now and the goal you intend to reach.” -Earl […]

Travel around the world in half an hour, with time to spare for an ice cream.

A vaccine that did not exist a year ago has proven 100 percent effective at preventing people who are at extremely high risk of infection from contracting the Ebola virus. 

There is no sense whatsoever that we are on the same page here, working toward some roughly agreed upon vision of a better future.

Photojournalist Lynsey Addario believes in the power of images. They engage in a way text and writing can't. That's why photographs are so vital in educating the public about conflicts, war, poverty, and other troublesome issues worldwide.

The internet now plays such a large role in daily life that it's difficult to imagine many people getting by without it.

The separation between our reality and the reality of the rest of animal life — the "man given dominion" nonsense — is a façade that’s slowly eroding.

“When I think of art, I think of beauty. Beauty is the mystery of life,” minimalist artist Agnes Martin once explained. “It is not in the eye; it is in my mind. In our minds there is awareness of perfection.” In the first comprehensive survey of her art at the Tate Modern, in London, England, the exhibition Agnes Martin strives to guide viewers to that “awareness of perfection” Martin strove to embody in her minimalist, geometrically founded art. Rather than the cold, person-less brand of modernist minimalism, Martin’s work personifies the warm humanity of Buddhist editing down to essentials. At the same time, surveying Martin’s art and thinking allows us to revisit the feminist critiques of minimalism and shows how Martin’s stepping back from the bustle of the New York art scene freed her to find “a beautiful mind” — not just for women, but for everyone.