This week, physicists in Europe are expected to announce whether or not they have found the Higgs boson, which is the last undiscovered particle in the Standard Model of particle physics.

People with deep spiritual conviction—from religious fundamentalists to high Himalayan mystics—possess the greatest existential gift of all: certainty. But these days, it’s not a gift that we find it easy […]

That we are not instinctively built that way must be recognized if we’re going to get beyond the risks of not being built that way.

Neil DeGrasse Tyson, who ought to know, says that the future won't be anything like The Terminator. "I live in the real world, and in the real world that’s simply […]

Jeff Jarvis, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Peter Diamandis, Jonathan Harris, and Jaron Lanier on a better technological future informed by the best of human nature.

Canada's vast oil sands make it the world's second-most oil producing nation. But the benefits of greater wealth and energy independence must be weighed against the environment. 

Whether women, or men, or both invented it – empathy, even in adversarial relationships, is invariably the wisest approach.

             There’s wicked, like the Wicked Witch. Wicked, as in evil.             There’s wicked, like “It’s WICKED hot!” Wicked, urban slang for ‘very’.             And then there are Wicked Problems; […]

Harvard sociologist Robert Putnam recently told activists that class division has become the dominant form of social difficulties in America, and that the problem is getting worse.

So I go to Panera Bread (a great example of how a well-designed national chain can serve localist ends) yesterday and was confronted by several Floyd County members or fellow […]

It seems Afghanistan may go the way of Angola and the Congo, which have both suffered greatly as a result of material wealth coupled with unaccountable political institutions. 

A Berkeley physics discussion group asked "the late night big questions of quantum theory" which served to refocus the field of quantum physics. 

Globalization has entered its knowledge phase, where small companies can take advantage of computer software to leverage their limited resources throughout the world. 

The Partido Revolucionario Institucional has returned to power after a twelve-year hiatus. Previously, it ruled the nation's politics for 70 years, allowing drug cartels to operate with impunity. 

Art theft is a terrible problem worldwide. Aside from robbing the public of enjoying the great works of the past, art theft often leads to damage to the art and […]

As Einstein once said, “We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” Not being burdened by the failures of the past or the incompetencies of the present, the students’ forward-looking approach transforms these challenges into great opportunities.

We do our society a great disservice by associating "having it all" with working long hours, whether at the office or at home--or both, says Boston University professor Ellen Shell. 

As a solution to extreme color-blindness, one cybernetic device allows colors to be experienced as sounds, even the infrared spectrum. Should we get on the cyborg bandwagon?

According to contemporary Western science, measurable consciousness is extinguished when the body dies. But Eastern traditions see it differently. Does that mean they are wrong?

The Supreme Court’s recent decision on healthcare reform put more than health policy on the public agenda – it triggered a recurring debate in the United States on the power […]