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Shepard Fairey has given his "stamp of approval" to the Stamp Stampede - a campaign to stamp dollar bills with messages like "Not To Be Used For Bribing Politicians."
David Brooks endorsed the use of “nudges” (also known as libertarian paternalism) in his New York Times column yesterday, at least partially, giving a cautious thumbs up to the new […]
Extreme weather trends combined with a rapidly growing urban population. What is happening and what can we do about it?
Even the White House is getting involved in YouTube's "Geek Week," hosting a special We the Geeks: Robots Hangout today at 2:00 pm EDT for "a conversation about the state of American robotics and the possibilities for robots to improve life on Earth."
Linda Lovelace learned from her mistakes. So can we all, by resolving our core sense of unworthiness, our "sadness attitudes," and replacing them with self-approval, self-appreciation, goal-setting, and action taking in line with what we know within.
Researchers have been studying the social, ecological, and economic factors behind what they say is the "homogenization" of American lawns...and "keeping up appearances" is only one of them.
Though the subculture of privacy enthusiasts will strengthen, don’t expect it to grow significantly or to influence mainstream behaviors in any major way.
As with the anecdotally rich discoveries in Freakonomics, practitioners of predictive analytics constantly stumble upon insightful gems such as,vegetarians miss fewer flights.
If you've been following YouTube Geek Week, you may have noticed that YouTube has been releasing one Easter egg per day this week.
Take a moment to rub the top of your skull. With a little motivation -- and the aid of a drill or pick -- one could easily unlock the squelchy pink organ encased within.
The government collecting telephone and email records of every citizen is just plain wrong.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta, the neurosurgeon and chief medical correspondent at CNN, has changed his mind about medical marijuana.
I wanted to draw attention to how philosophers actually go about their business and get them thinking more self-consciously about the tools they use and how they use them.
Biology gives us the general moral sense and the general ability to develop a moral system but the specific rules that we apply in our society are not necessarily given by biology.
The same company that installed bins with digital ad screens during the 2012 London Olympics has now added a gadget to some of them that can track smartphones, eventually allowing for more targeted sales pitches.
A system currently being tested on European flights uses a short-wave ultraviolet laser to detect air density fluctuations that could signal a pocket of turbulence ahead.
Americans encounter incivility more than twice a day on average (2.4 times) according to a new study.
Some researchers are concerned that current methods are not the least painful and least stressful options.
Guest post by Jill Janes “Susie, you are to report to the principal’s office at once.” Those words strike terror directly into the heart of most elementary students. They are […]
China is in full gears to becoming a cultural superpower, and its 400 million micro-bloggershave a huge stake in creating the future society.