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The U.S. Supreme Court determined that biotechnology companies are not allowed to patent genes. The Court has not gone far enough.
Technology companies can create enormous value, but what about jobs?
As a staunch follower of Adam Smith, Jean-Baptiste Say aligned himself with the tradition of classical political economy. However, he quickly diverged from Smith, creating his own brand of economics. […]
“Workers of the world, unite!”Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels bellowed in The Communist Manifesto in 1848, largely in response to the Industrial Revolution (and Second Industrial Revolution) threatening not just […]
It's not quite a "Star Trek" holodeck, but two junior doctors based in London have developed a way to display 3D animated graphics of body parts on an auditorium stage.
We would have been able to attract an extra 700 million dollars in aid over 10 years by changing the names of hurricanes.
Even arch rationalists, people who think very carefully, are swayed by the presence of others.
Superman may have originally been envisioned as a telepathic bald villain bent on world destruction, but he was quickly transformed into a beloved hero of Depression-era America, with his all-American, […]
If you’re anything like me, you can’t wait for summer to finally start. The Chicago winter dragged on forever and now the weather just can’t seem to make up its […]
Turkey's Standing Man is inspiring protesters across the country.
Keynes did not just diagnose the problem, he also posed a solution: government intervention.
Bill Nye's viral Big Think video continues to spread the thoughts of an inspirational man.
We’re already used to describing our online social identity as a “digital tattoo” – something that we carry with us permanently wherever we go. So what if it were now possible to […]
It’s a fact of life in the 21st century that we’re all very busy. If you do a gut check on yourself, you’d likely admit that you are busier this […]
Spreading luck around isn't as easy as it sounds.
A rejoinder to the author of the Neurobonkers blog post criticizing my take on Edward Snowden.
Youth unemployment has reached crisis levels in several European countries: 39% in Italy, 55% in Spain, and 60% in Greece. Now, early retirement, a so-called economic fix that I'd hoped […]
The election of moderate Iranian presidential candidate Hassan Rohani represents an opportunity for the West to engage Iran with fresh negotiations over its nuclear energy program.
As of this weekend, Google has begun testing Project Loon, in which solar-powered balloons flying 12 miles above the Earth to provide Internet to participating locations in New Zealand.
Edward Snowden, the whistleblower who went public with the NSA's clandestine data mining operation, forms part of an increasing crossover between government and private cybersecurity organizations.