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For a short period in human history, the two-way flow of information was overshadowed by mass media. Today, the pendulum is swinging back to the way things used to be. 

Rote knowledge is worth less and less than it was before. And so we need an education system that challenges students at all levels, particularly as they get a little older to think about problem solving skills, to be able to be broader in their base of education.

I always wanted to push the boundaries.  There was always a ‘why.’  So if somebody gave me an answer, I wanted to know why that was so. 

If I actually have to motivate you then perhaps actually I am discounting what you really are as a person.  I’m saying you’re a lump that needs to be motivated.

The world has a lot of is deep areas of expertise; what the world lacks today is agility and context. 

Happify provides a range of tools that use positive psychology techniques to help participants improve on qualities commonly associated with happiness, such as resilience and compassion.

Support for legalizing marijuana is now 58 percent. There are few other issues, save gay marriage, where public opinion has changed so dramatically.

Wichita State University is one of a growing number of higher-education institutions that are using predictive analysis tools to help them determine how well incoming students will do.

Consider how much more beautiful and authentic and sophisticated and accurate our world would become if we could appreciate the key terminologies of all cultures.

Next month, the University of Wisconsin will begin accepting applications for degree programs that give students three months of "all you can eat" access to online courses and allow them to earn their degrees by taking competency tests.

The Chinese Characters Dictation Competition invited students to test their knowledge of written Chinese at a time when some say technology is eroding language skills. A nationwide audience tuned in for last Friday's finale.

Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson argue that remote working is not some cooky brainchild of software developers. "The future, quite literally, belongs to those who get it."

Over 270 robotics researchers have signed on to a proposed ban on weapons systems that can fire "without a human in the loop."

“Paranoia’s the garlic in life’s kitchen,” remarks the central character, Maxine Tarnow, of Thomas Pynchon’s latest novel, Bleeding Edge. “You can never have too much.” Pynchon seasons his latest epic […]

The financial crisis may be one reason executives are flocking to classes and seminars to learn what the great Western philosophers had to say about such concepts as respect, authority, and ethics.

In addition, the government ordered local networks to provide more "morality-building" documentaries and news shows.

Lucha Libro is a literary version of the popular Mexican wrestling event. In this case, the luchadores are aspiring writers who have five minutes to come up with a short story in front of a live audience.

This isn't an historical document: The Global Slavery Index describes conditions happening today for nearly 30 million people who are being held illegally against their will.

HealthCare.gov contains an estimated 500 million lines of code. To put that in context, that is five times the amount of code as contained in a large bank's computer system. 

A pending launch has supporters excited about a possible Asian space race and opponents concerned about more pressing needs here on Earth.