European and American companies have successfully tested new prototypes of flying cars. So how soon will you be able to lift yourself out traffic jams and fly home? That may depend on regulation.  

When it comes to being the world’s most digitally innovative nation, the U.S. now trails Romania, which has become the first nation to accept the “Every European Digital” challenge from […]

Recently, the Catholic writer and apologist Mark Shea fielded a question from a reader who was disturbed by pro-slavery Bible verses quoted on an atheist billboard in Pennsylvania. Here's the […]

If this video doesn't creep you out, you might be a replicant.  Researchers at Japan's Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International have developed a robot called Geminoid|DK, which not only looks like a human, […]

Politics makes us stupid. This is one of my recurring themes. This is the principal reason I refuse to be a partisan or ideological team player. People call me libertarian […]

What is the Big Idea? An intern in a hospital in Harbin city was stabbed to death by an angry patient last week. Three other doctors were seriously injured in […]

Google's "augmented reality" glasses are upon us, complete with stylish company codename ("Project Glass") and Orwellian rhetorical judo: "People I have spoken with [i.e., Google employees] who have have seen Project […]

Just ninety years ago, we thought our galaxy was the extent of the Universe. Now we know hundreds of millions of galaxies exist in an ever-expanding Universe. Where does that leave us? 

The buzz surrounding physicist Stephen Hawking's newest experiments with communication technology has been a bit overexuberant, along the lines of "new technology could help Stephen Hawking communicate via brain waves!" […]

If there’s a villain in Rosalind E. Krauss’ newest book, Under Blue Cup, it’s Marcel Duchamp. Art fell in the toilet with the dawn of Duchamp’s Fountain.

On March 10, 2009, President Obama announced that environmentalist and civil rights activist Van Jones would serve as a Special Advisor to the White House, overseeing the administration's ambitious and […]

On Tuesday, April 4th, 2012, we had the pleasure of interviewing Richard Tafel, human rights activist and founder of the policy advocacy organizations The Log Cabin Republicans and The Public […]

David LaChapelle changed the course of his career from commercial photography to fine art because "I want pictures that shine a light on this time we live in" rather than just add to "the distraction and the noise," he says. 

Our April 3, 2012 live interview with Richard Tafel on human rights, faith, and meeting global challenges.

Scientists have made the most accurate measurements yet of how quickly our Universe is expanding. Since gravitational pull gave way to dark energy, the rate is increasing.

President Obama said Monday that overturning the Affordable Care Act would be “an unprecedented, extraordinary step.” But by all accounts oral argument in the Supreme Court went badly for supporters […]

Given the unequivocal success of NASA's planet hunting mission, which has found 750 planets outside our solar system, an Earth-like planet will surely be found soon, say astronomers. 

The discovery of ancient planets and new data suggesting that carbon may have formed in the early universe has overturned conventional wisdom about the possibility of very early life. 

University students and private companies are racing to build the first private spacecraft to land on the moon. Google and the X Prize Foundation are offering $20 million to the winner.