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Item:A study finds that between 1970 and 2009, melanoma skin cancer cases increased eight times in women aged 18-39, and four times in men, apparently from increasing use of tanning […]
In many areas, clean energy technology has already reached an apex. What remains lacking are efficient distribution channels and better consumer communication. IT can fix all that.
While it’s tempting to mock the hollow chants of health care law critics as Jon Stewart did last Thursday — “what do we want? freedom! when do we want it? now!” — […]
There is no turning back. We live in a connected world and we are better because of it. We know more than ever before and we are more social than ever before. But we have to learn to take care of our brains to avoid an iDisorder. Don't blame Steve Jobs for your compulsions. Take control and do something good for your brain.
When attached to a headband, a new mobile device the size of a matchbox can pick up the electricity signals of your thoughts. Called iBrain, it is currently being tested on Stephen Hawking.
On the Internet, we’ve reached a tipping point where more than 50% of all Internet traffic is no longer generated by humans – instead, it's generated by a motley mix […]
As new technologies offer us new ways of communicating with machines and one another, people are starting to realize that we’re unlikely to end up with a one-size-fits-all solution.
Who would have guessed that, in 2012, radio could rival video as a medium for communicating complex scientific and mathematical concepts?
Most of us are fortunate enough to never have to ask where our food comes from. When we are young it just seems to materialize. A trip to the grocery […]
The model of the multinational corporation will give way to the multinational cooperative, say business experts. By 2025, cooperatives are expected to be a dominant business model.
This is a tale of two drones. One is the stuff of crazy science fiction. The other is a reality. Now here's the twist: individuals are making DIY drones a reality while large government-sponsored researchers are the ones writing the science fiction.
Albert W. Florence was riding in the passenger seat of his car when his wife was pulled over for speeding. When the investigating officer searched his records he found Mr. […]
As countries like China, India and South Africa come of age, they are more likely to adopt European-style national health care services than America's peculiar brand of privatization.
Media professional Helen Croydon quickly tired of dating younger men in her profession. That's when she discovered the world of 'allowance dating', i.e. finding sugar daddies online.
--Guest post by Josephine Chu, graduate student at American University. In the last ten years, the rise of a variety of web-based and social media platforms has dramatically changed the […]
A new book which points out correlations between political views and character types (determined by genetics) misses the fact that climate change skepticism exists in Europe, too.
With Willard Mitt Romney, American politics has moved beyond the predictable Newtonian rules of campaigning, into the bewildering and unpredictable era of quantum politicking.
With spring blooming all around us here in the United States, it’s natural that our thoughts go to, well, last spring, specifically the “Arab Spring” that saw the rise of […]
Adam Wolfson calls our attention to an important new book by political theorist John Tomasi. Against partisans on both sides, Tomasi claims that Free Market Fairness is hardly an oxymoron. […]