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Here’s my personal list of things that are over-rated. And, of under-rated things that aren’t supposed to make me happy, but do. What’s on your list? SURPRISE BIRTHDAY PARTIES. I […]
When I struggle to wrap my head around a problem, I often turn to art to help me literally picture the big issue and, I hope, guide me to an […]
Thirty-five years after their launch, the two Voyager deep space probes are about to enter interstellar space, while still transmitting data back to Earth.
Several geoengineering schemes for solving global warming, ranging in cost and technical achievability, are evaluated in a new study.
Last week, the last vestiges of the pop-science writer Jonah Lehrer's journalistic respectability evaporated. Wired, which had stuck with him through a summer of revelations about his self-borrowing, plagiarism and […]
A combined US/UK study claims that LED bulbs have a slight environmental edge over compact fluorescents, and with continued improvements that advantage is expected to grow significantly fairly soon.
Today's rising generation, or Internet Pioneers, are a complex bunch. They are "impatient, empowered, multi-tasking, curious, confident, confused, sexually liberated, sometimes binge-drinking, and often fragile kids.”
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In Hooked Up, Myers focuses on a subset of Millennials he terms "Internet Pioneers" who are much better connected and much more savvy technologically than any other generation before, and […]
In ‘On Liberty’, one of John Stuart Mill’s concerns was the best way to conduct ourselves, since conduct in expression was central to his moral claims about individual liberty. Mill […]
The classic Horatio Alger myth -- the rags-to-riches tale of someone from a humble, working-class background who attains a modicum of wealth and stability in American society -- is virtually an evergreen […]
A new report out by Oxfam says that the effects of climate change on the world's food supply and food prices are greatly underestimated and must be taken more seriously.
Bowing to public pressure, Guangzhou and other Chinese metropolises are taking steps to improve the environmental quality of life for their citizens, signaling a recognition that growth for growth's sake is bad policy.
As I begin to come back to earth after Michelle Obama’s spectacular speech at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday night, what strikes me most about Day One in Charlotte […]
Compelled by a programmer shortage, Estonia is implementing a computer programming curriculum that teaches children as young as 6 to code. It joins a growing movement that's designed to make everyone "code-literate."
A new site offers users the ability to create online flyers that they can post on their social networks, presumably saving paper, tacks, tape, and time.
New scientific evidence confirms that the mere presence of a cell phone can affect how you communicate with someone face-to-face.
Military adaptation of mobile technology has been limited due to a lack of communications access in remote areas. However, one company is looking to bring smartphone-like devices to soldiers in the field.
Rapid cost reduction, or demonitization, has led to breathtaking innovation in the field of unmanned air vehicles (or UAVs), and UAV advocates see the FAA issuing personal and commercial licenses by 2015.
Every week, Dr. Michio Kaku will be answering reader questions about physics and futuristic science. If you have a question for Dr. Kaku, just post it in the comments section […]