Most of us are fortunate enough to never have to ask where our food comes from. When we are young it just seems to materialize. A trip to the grocery […]

The model of the multinational corporation will give way to the multinational cooperative, say business experts. By 2025, cooperatives are expected to be a dominant business model.

This is a tale of two drones. One is the stuff of crazy science fiction. The other is a reality. Now here's the twist: individuals are making DIY drones a reality while large government-sponsored researchers are the ones writing the science fiction.     

Albert W. Florence was riding in the passenger seat of his car when his wife was pulled over for speeding. When the investigating officer searched his records he found Mr. […]

As countries like China, India and South Africa come of age, they are more likely to adopt European-style national health care services than America's peculiar brand of privatization.

Media professional Helen Croydon quickly tired of dating younger men in her profession. That's when she discovered the world of 'allowance dating', i.e. finding sugar daddies online. 

 

--Guest post by Josephine Chu, graduate student at American University. In the last ten years, the rise of a variety of web-based and social media platforms has dramatically changed the […]

A new book which points out correlations between political views and character types (determined by genetics) misses the fact that climate change skepticism exists in Europe, too. 

With Willard Mitt Romney, American politics has moved beyond the predictable Newtonian rules of campaigning, into the bewildering and unpredictable era of quantum politicking. 

With spring blooming all around us here in the United States, it’s natural that our thoughts go to, well, last spring, specifically the “Arab Spring” that saw the rise of […]

Adam Wolfson calls our attention to an important new book by political theorist John Tomasi.  Against partisans on both sides, Tomasi claims that Free Market Fairness is hardly an oxymoron. […]

I agree in a broad sense that Weiner owes it to both his audience and his art to be true to what he discovers about the history of the era he's chosen to depict.

Some of the country's most elite neuroscientists called a surprise press conference today, April 1st, to admit that their field of research is a hoax to justify their own research positions. 

The Etch-a-Sketch to which Mitt Romney has been disparagingly likened is a wonderful toy. The Ohio Art Company invented it in 1960, and it was one of the original inductees […]

While creativity is often treated as ephemeral and serendipitous, Jonah Lehrer examines research suggesting we can all create the conditions under which creativity is more likely to thrive. 

While studying a second language is known to be more difficult in adulthood, recent research shows that even adult brains can mimic the brain patterns of native speakers. 

Two weeks ago, we published, "Is Brain Science Just Hype?," our interview with Swarthmore professor of psychology Barry Schwartz. The author of The Paradox of Choice and Practical Wisdom (two of the most-watched TED Talks ever), […]

A survey conducted at a North Carolina business where dogs are regularly present suggests that employees have less stress, better morale and higher productivity in the presence of canines. 

New research shows that people who self-identify as conservative distrust science as an institution. Is it because our culture has changed or because their brains are wired that way?