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Over half the world’s population lives in cities, with millions more pouring in every year. Countries like China, India and South Korea are investing heavily in new so-called “smart cities” […]
Butler "challenged the status quo, looking at what could be achieved in later life, not at what might be lost," writes Richard Hodes, Director of the National Institute on Aging.
Ryan Chin, of MIT's Smart Cities group writes that while Mitchell was perhaps the world's leading urban theorist, he was also a great mentor and advocate for students.
The father of fractal geometry "was one of the most visionary mathematicians from the latter part of the twentieth century," writes Boston University professor Robert Devaney.
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The most important thing to remember about grassroots fundraising is that donations are often in support of a relationship as much as they are in support of a cause.
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Crowdrise was much less expensive to set up than everyone originally said; websites don't have to be top-heavy or front-loaded, says Norton.
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Though some have questioned the substance of social networking, Norton believes we are just beginning to grasp its full power.
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The idea for Crowdrise came from Norton's experiences trying to raise money for the New York Marathon.
The philanthropist explains how his website Crowdrise seeks to combine the experience of social networking and the substance of being involved in good causes. Engagement with an issue you care […]
The key to understanding the enduring relevance of the speech is to focus on what Ike actually said and to understand what motivated the general for much of his adult lifetime.
A fake pill can make patients feel better, even when they know it's nothing but inert ingredients, according to a new study where patients knew they were receiving a sugar pill.
By intensely focusing the sun's rays on a rare earth oxide, researchers have discovered a reactor that could produce fuel from water in an easily stored form.
The British universities, Oxford and Cambridge included, are under siege from a system of state control that is undermining the caliber of their scholarship, says Simon Head.
It’s been a better year for God. After withering literary assaults on the Almighty from the academic Richard Dawkins and the essayist Christopher Hitchens, believers have hit back.
If you want to know what industry will power the next U.S. economy, follow the money. Where are investors really looking? And where is research and experimentation really happening?
The Mexican government has been using the army to fight the nation's drug cartels for about four years. It isn't working. Some critics say the army is part of the problem.
One is a gadget-maker, the other a search engine—but now Apple and Google are at odds. Robert Lane Greene reports on how each company requires a different leap of faith.
The best way to face the future and tackle diet-related problems is to arm people with knowledge and skills. The Economist compiles the year's best dietary advice.
Christmas is one night that is allowed to rip itself from the continuum and to exist all on its own, a mystery and damnation to all the clocks ticking away below.
We can all simplify our traditions and distill our expectations to their essence: a time of joy and peace. Adele Stan says she found the true meaning of Christmas by not celebrating it.