Search
In 2002, Richard Florida published his celebrated book The Rise of the Creative Class about the growth of the creative workforce and its implications for the rest of the culture […]
A survey of American adults showed that while more of us are living more of our lives online than ever before, there's a corresponding rise in the need for and appreciation of physical objects, tasks, and connections.
In a new report, researchers say that high-speed rail has created "market integration" between three large Chinese cities and smaller "satellite" cities outside of them, and that some of their conclusions can apply to California's current effort.
A Canadian man is offering a house for sale in either Canadian dollars "or its Bitcoin equivalent." It's one of several signs that the virtual currency is becoming more popular.
We lionize a small group of our kids and push other kids out to the margins. In doing so, we miss tremendous opportunities for them to become contributors to our society.
A study published in this week's Science provides the clearest proof yet that a series of volcanic eruptions wiped out half of Earth's animal and plant species prior to the dinosaur era.
He billed his first presidential visit to Israel as a listening tour, but it turns out Barack Obama is doing quite a bit of speaking as well. On his first […]
The appeal of the British drama/high-class soap opera Downton Abbey for American audiences has long been a subject of great speculation. Simon Schama called the show “cultural necrophilia” for bringing […]
Researchers in France have created a tiny new medical device, designed to be implanted beneath the skin, that uses enzymes to analyse the quality of a patient's blood.
Researchers at HP Labs have created a new kind of three-dimensional display that projects hologram-like videos without the need of external hardware such as special glasses.
Nearly 10 years ago, the Supreme Court outlawed the death penalty for crimes committed by minors in Roper v. Simmons. Justice Anthony Kennedy, representing the majority opinion, wrote: First, as […]
As recently as a decade ago, a common middle-class American interpretation of a father in a heterosexual couple was "Mom's assistant," as Louis C.K. called it. Parenting was a job […]
Austin is weird. The town’s tagline, “a collaborative fission of coordinated individualism,” is part hilarious and part profound. However it really is on point... the town is extra-ordinarily unique. Maybe […]
1. Extreme Weather is the New Normal Happy Spring! That means it's time to expect winter storms. That's the new normal, according to National Weather Service Director Louis Uccellini. "We have observed […]
"Having strong opinions is part of the joy of being alive, and loving people in spite of those strong opinions is one of the other joys of being alive."
Solar power could very well be responsible for over a third of our energy supply by the year 2060.
Ilya Naishuller, a 29-year old Russian director and front man for the Moscow punk band Biting Elbows, won the Internet this week. His band’s latest stunning music video, Motherf*cker, which […]
NASA has announced that its most recent Mars rover, Curiosity, recently found evidence of substantial water stores present on the planet's surface billions of years ago.
Dr. Jay Parkinson, a resident of New York City, recently began an online practice that now offers 24/7 medical services to 500 customers from 30 companies, saving time and money.