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Julia Galef explains how a "simple and easy mental habit" can help you overcome your biases.
What hasn’t been said about Louis C.K.? The New York Times called him a “comedic Quentin Tarantino.” Writing for the Los Angeles Book Review Adam Wilson said he was “television’s […]
The Brooklyn Book Festival took place last weekend, and I still can't stop thinking about Mary Higgins Clark. She's a GILF, a grandmother I'd like to "Friend," and leave inside […]
While there are workers that play solitaire as a distraction from work, some businesses find that employees who are allowed to play certain games at work end up performing better.
Fed up with the banking system, one small business owner decided to start his own bank that pays out interest in his store's goods.
Uniqlo, a Japanese basics retailer, is looking to expand beyond its 800 stores in Japan and take over a share of the American clothing market.
One reporter took to using a variety of time-saving apps that found her rides and hired personal assistants, but she found something greater at stake than the cost.
Dr. Joachim Kohn has devoted his life to research and now it's paying off. He's creating new ways to regrow body parts for veterans injured in war.
I'm surprised to still be writing about blasphemy laws, but it seems the idea just won't die. At the United Nations this week, the elected leaders of newly democratic Egypt […]
In order to make a cloud computing network more secure, DeTron is introducing its new QDK chip that cuts out any third party between sender and receiver.
New research in Britain is conducting MRI scans on people who have taken MDMA to understand how it acts on the brain and to possibly help those affected by PTSD.
So says an outstanding young conservative public intellectual—Helen Rittelmeyer. It’s true enough that conservatives still do accuse the Democrats—or, more precisely, the liberals—of being moral relativists. Rittelmeyer quotes Paul Ryan […]
There are few trends in the "maker movement" that have the potential to disrupt traditional industries, economies and the wider culture than 3D Printing.
Bloomberg recently asked me a few questions about the evolving role and capacity of the United Nations. With the 67th session of the UN General Assembly underway, I wanted to […]
Paul Ekman studies "the lies that society cares about catching and generally disapproves of." After all, we lie most often to avoid punishment for breaking a rule.
With a tween in the house I’ve rediscovered the ruthless economy of cool. I’ve remembered that cool is as unforgiving of bad timing as the stock market. One minute the […]
Amazon, known for selling everything from books to car parts, is venturing into the "green" sector with its website Vine.com
Massive financial institutions regularly make the news but one smaller bank has kept under the radar and outperformed even the largest banks.
Despite slumping sales, Burberry is continuing to use modern technology to help sell their high fashion clothing.
Steve Carlotti, CEO of The Cambridge Group, says Apple's success is due to the company's ability to uncover latent demand.