Research done on physical development of high-performing young athletes shows that there are no clear answers despite what anecdotal evidence seems to suggest.

Howard Dean's most faithful aide on the secret to wowing your boss.

Through luck or sheer force of will, these seven former interns all managed to make it from paper-pushing, truck-loading, and (literally) shit-shovelling to the very top of their fields. Many went […]

Science writer Jesse Bering says that not only do we visualize erotic scenes when we’re masturbating, "but we also use our imagination in this way when we’re actually having sex […]

My eighth grade art teacher was the first to introduce me to the concept of "right-brain thinking." He brought his copy of DRAWING FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BRAIN […]

Plenty of people are happy for their leaders and bosses to make choices for them, as long as they probably would have made similar choices themselves.  Yet when leaders and bosses don't truly represent the interests of their constituents and employees, nudging can be toxic. 

In 1990, Kate O'Connor was the aide for the lieutenant governor of a small, largely inconsequential New England state. Fourteen years later, when Howard Dean became a front runner for the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination, that job -- her first -- suddenly changed.    

Before the FDA starts meddling with the legality of bio-implants, rogue hackers are pushing the man-machine boundary in an attempt to augment and improve our natural senses. 

Software developed for Microsoft's workplace social network, Yammer, can gauge the emotions of employees using the network by analyzing the messages they sent through it.

A lingering problem with renewable energy is that it is not a consistent producer. But a new battery can store energy for later use, making renewables more cost-effective for business.

There’s growing concern that tensions over territorial disputes in the South China Sea could escalate into a military confrontation between China and its neighbors—a confrontation, many argue, that would inexorably […]

Several research projects are currently working to make robots more responsive to children's needs, and new research suggests that the physical presence of robots helps kids learn. 

The latest US Jobs report diffuses concerns about America heading back in a recession.   

Female Olympians are rightly angry that their bodies have been criticized in petty ways. The Brazilian soccer team was called “a bit chubby,” and weightlifters have been called “fat” and […]

Google's attempt at building a piece of hardware to manage your household's digital media flow has been pulled from the shelves, demonstrating the difficulty of all-encompassing technology.

Today Counterterrorism adviser John Brennan gave a detailed overview of US policy toward Yemen at the Council on Foreign Relations.  Marc Lynch over at Foreign Policy has provided the good […]

My latest article has just been published on AlterNet, Why Is America's Most Progressive Voting Block Often Overlooked? In it, I discuss the strong progressive leanings of American nonbelievers, what […]

Brent Sherwood of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory wants the agency to take a hard look at its plans to send humans to Mars, perhaps concentrating on colonizing the Moon instead. 

Alicia Munnell discusses the consequences of the shift from defined benefit to defined contribution plans.

A British computational scientist has built a presentation reminiscent of Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth, this time showing the consequences of the Earth's population boom.