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A crowd-sourced map suggesting the 'ideal' borders for a country that has had so many different ones.
Philippa Perry is a British psychotherapist and writer. She is also the author of How To Stay Sane, a charming new book and a recent edition to The School of […]
It's that time of year again. My gym is chock full of New Year's resolutioners--hogging treadmills and filling up space in already tight Zumba classes, desperate to lose a few […]
Depending on what you’re reading, the deal Congress finalized late Tuesday night to steer us away from the fiscal cliff represents either a “complete rout for the Democrats” or a windfall […]
Krishnamurti was faced with an unsolvable dilemma not unfamiliar to spiritual teachers. He often implored his audience to not take anything he says as truth, but to find it for […]
Scheduled to launch early this year are three PhoneSat "nanosatellites" -- nicknamed Alexander, Graham, and Bell -- built using off-the-shelf components, including Samsung Nexus smartphones.
A company believes it's got the right mix of technologies to open and operate South America's first-ever commercial-scale biorefinery producing ethanol from sugarcane waste.
The technology allowing you to read this is responsible for approximately two percent of global carbon dioxide emissions yearly. Researchers are developing new and improved models for measuring this output.
I write here about the Risk Perception Gap, when we worry too much about smaller risks and not enough about bigger ones. More than just an interesting example of […]
A new math curriculum is needed to move us from the knowledge economy to "the computational knowledge economy where high-level math is integral to what everyone does."
Last month's report from the National Research Council suggests that some objectives set by the Obama administration should be reevaluated in light of "national consensus" about space research and exploration.
As if astronauts didn't have enough to worry about: A new study is the first to examine the impact of prolonged exposure on neurodegeneration, which contributes to the development of the disease.
Big Data is becoming as powerful an asset as oil, and it will be the source of many high quality jobs in the near future.
Last year, when I wrote about the death of Savita Halappanavar from anti-choice theology, I pointed out that several Catholic bloggers seemed to think Catholic doctrine should have permitted her […]
Using data from a variety of sources, writer Andrew Leonard points out the growing dominance of mobile computing, calling it "2012's biggest technological transformation."
Writer Jesse Meixsell offers reasons why, in terms of difficulty level, today's gamers may have it a lot better than their late-20th-century predecessors.
Last summer, a bookstore in northeast London was the beneficiary of Britain's first-ever cash mob. Begun in the US, and patterned after flash mobs, it is a growing movement designed to bring people together to support local businesses.
Writer Brian Profitt discusses what the country's recent law requiring real names for Internet use could mean from a political and a marketing perspective.
Realizing that constant connectivity isn't always healthy, some business have begun implementing policies designed to manage employees' online time.
Using technology, pirates are literally cloning buildings made by famous Western architects, and have even succeeded in replicating an entire Austrian town. Reactions range from outrage to curiosity about future creative mutations.