What's the Big Idea? It started with furniture, Kip Tindell remembers. When the Dallas-based entrepreneur set out with his partners to launch a venture in 1978, the idea was to sell […]

For those of you who don't have an e-reader (a category which, I have to admit, includes myself), or who just prefer something more tangible, here's some hopefully welcome news: […]

Edward Burger is an award-winning professor of mathematics. His forthcoming book, The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking(coauthored with Michael Starbird) presents practical, lively, and inspiring ways for you to become more successful […]

Edward Burger is a professor of mathematics at Williams College and an educational and business consultant. His forthcoming book, The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking (coauthored with Michael Starbird) presents […]

Kip Tindell, CEO of the Container Store, on recognizing a great idea.

Last week, Massachusetts congressman Edward Markey submitted the "Wireless Surveillance Act of 2012," which aims to protect the constitutional rights of cell phone users.

This blog writes about how we perceive risk, and how those perceptions often don’t match the facts. We’re more afraid of some things than we need to be, and less […]

A recent study from the University of Michigan has put to bed old ideas about sexting. The study concludes that sexting can be a normal, healthy aspect of dating.

Author and Cosmopolitan editor Helen Gurley Brown died yesterday at the lovely age of 90, after having been declared a “living landmark” in New York. In her honor I dusted […]

After raising $8.5 million on Kickstarter, developers of the Ouya console aim to revolutionize the gaming industry with apps and open sourcing.

Where should NASA go to look for intelligent life on Mars? To get to the truth, journalists say follow the money. Astronomers say follow the water. Dr. Michio Kaku says […]

Every Wednesday, Michio Kaku will be answering reader questions about physics and futuristic science. If you have a question for Dr. Kaku, just post it in the comments section below […]

UPDATE: The three members of Pussy Riot have been found guilty for "hooliganism" on Friday August 17th in one of the closest watched Russian trials since the Stalinist regime and […]

Enter the fray for a chance to get published! Send us your Ideas Gone Wild on next week's topic: URBAN LIVING – Click Here for details Editor's Note: Last week's Ideas […]

The technology to instantaneously track people through their computer and cell phone use is already widespread, but now the technology can predict where you'll be tomorrow or next week.

Websites and Apps often have overly-complicated, legalese-filled Terms of Service that basically force you to click "I agree." A new company wants to inform you about what exactly you're agreeing to.

There very well may come a day when the norm of air travel for the general public is to fly at mach 6, making us truly citizens of the world. 

The Philosopher’s Beard (hereafter, PB) certainly thinks we should consider it: "Many people would automatically say that such punishments are inhumane. But the very reason for this reaction - that […]

Howard Dean: Any politician who tells the American people there aren't going to be any sacrifices for everybody is a liar and I do not want the sacrifices to be […]

What’s the Big Idea? The days of children turning to their parents to learn how to cook may be coming to an end.   Nearly half of Americans believe that in […]