A young violinist was made suicidal because of a critical byproduct of our time: the small inviolate zone of privacy that we all need has now become virtually impossible to maintain.

"Laptops in college classrooms are no longer just educational tools – they're distracting our future workers. During class, students tumble down these rabbit holes of diversion."rn

"Renowned Mexican historian and journalist Enrique Krauze on how Mario Vargas Llosa's novels revealed Latin America's soul — and exorcised its demons."

New research suggests that laughter, in the form of a reflex-like reaction to touch, has been adopted into human social behaviour from animal behaviour.

"'The Social Network'...does a brilliant job dissecting the sorts of people who become stars in an information economy and a hypercompetitive, purified meritocracy."

"A taste of the small-government, anti-spending Tea Party would do a world of good to conservatives in Australia and Europe," opines columnist Janet Albrechtsen.

Greece is broke so Prime Minister George Papandreou has cut spending, raised taxes and is trying to reeducate his people and steer them away from tax evasion and corruption.

"Debunking the myth of the lone maverick, health researchers suggest that groups of doctors outperform individuals not only in diagnosing problems but also in treating them."

'Waiting for Superman', David Guggenheim's documentary about the fissures in public education system, made Helena Andrews re-examine her privileged private education.

You may have heard about Dan Savage's video outreach campaign, "It Gets Better." The campaign was inspired by a spate of news stories about gay teens committing suicide in the […]

Last week, 85-year old obstretician Robert G. Edwards was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine for his breakthrough treatment of infertility commonly known as IVF (in-vitro fertilization).  Edwards’s idea was […]

Over the past few months, we've been covering somenoteworthycontenders for the prestigious James Dyson Award for student design innovation. This week, the global winner was finally announced – the LONGREACH […]

In Britain, there is much talk of something called the ‘Big Society’. This in essence is a set of ideas being promulgated by the Prime Minister, David Cameron and the […]

Sometimes you get the feeling that European climate advocates are producing media presentations intended for themselves--and that reinforce their own anxieties about climate change--rather than media that is intended to […]

New reports of volcanic activity from around the world! Thanks again to Sally Kuhn Sennert for putting together these reports for the Global Volcanism Program. Some highlights: Colombia It was […]

Can work make you happy, and—more than that—can work be driven by a higher purpose? While a professional calling or high-profile occupation has long been seen to bring purpose and […]

When you figure out the formula that encourages repeat business and customer loyalty, each new customer can grow your business exponentially.

Hsieh says Zappos can teach its new parent company, Amazon, a thing or two about the importance of a "high-touch, human approach" in business.

Learning to balance short-term, medium-term and long-term goals is the key to corporate success.

Too many companies only focus on the bottom line. When a company forgets about passion, purpose and happiness, it actually ends up hurting long-term profitability.