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The buzz surrounding physicist Stephen Hawking's newest experiments with communication technology has been a bit overexuberant, along the lines of "new technology could help Stephen Hawking communicate via brain waves!" […]
If there’s a villain in Rosalind E. Krauss’ newest book, Under Blue Cup, it’s Marcel Duchamp. Art fell in the toilet with the dawn of Duchamp’s Fountain.
On March 10, 2009, President Obama announced that environmentalist and civil rights activist Van Jones would serve as a Special Advisor to the White House, overseeing the administration's ambitious and […]
On Tuesday, April 4th, 2012, we had the pleasure of interviewing Richard Tafel, human rights activist and founder of the policy advocacy organizations The Log Cabin Republicans and The Public […]
David LaChapelle changed the course of his career from commercial photography to fine art because "I want pictures that shine a light on this time we live in" rather than just add to "the distraction and the noise," he says.
Scientists have made the most accurate measurements yet of how quickly our Universe is expanding. Since gravitational pull gave way to dark energy, the rate is increasing.
President Obama said Monday that overturning the Affordable Care Act would be “an unprecedented, extraordinary step.” But by all accounts oral argument in the Supreme Court went badly for supporters […]
Given the unequivocal success of NASA's planet hunting mission, which has found 750 planets outside our solar system, an Earth-like planet will surely be found soon, say astronomers.
The discovery of ancient planets and new data suggesting that carbon may have formed in the early universe has overturned conventional wisdom about the possibility of very early life.
University students and private companies are racing to build the first private spacecraft to land on the moon. Google and the X Prize Foundation are offering $20 million to the winner.
In the first of my posts summing up the Reason Rally, there was a commenter who said that gathering on the National Mall was "sink[ing] to the level of the […]
A few simple concepts power today's powerful data mining algorithms, allowing companies and governments to gather data about who you are, what you do and what you might do.
Young people are already used to social media being a part of nearly everything they experience. So will books become the next part of life to become an interactive conversation?
Editorial Note: This is a guest contribution from KristenWolf, author of The Way, which was was recently selected by Oprah for her Reading List. Everyone grows up under the shadow of religion. No matter your […]
"Lesbian break-ups can apparently be bitchier than gay men's.” wrote columnist Giles Hattersley in the Sunday Times this weekend as he speculated his way through a piece on why 62% […]
What is the Big Idea? While the world was celebrating Nobel prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi's party's victory in Sunday's special elections in Myanmar, a new currency exchange rate went […]
Nobody tasked with running a business wants to join another social networking platform. Here are some ways to use the platforms you already subscribe to more effectively.
What's the Big Idea? If you’ve ever shopped, socialized, or signed up for anything online, there’s a chance that information you offered up willingly, in a seemingly private context, is […]
Who would have thought that Oprah Winfrey, of all people, was not yet ready for primetime? And yet, that's exactly the mistake she says she made -- along with supposedly […]
California-based TED is perhaps the most visible of the groups that are leading the crossover of serious intellectual thought into the pop mainstream. TED's approach – the 18 minute inspirational […]