Black and white thinking gives us a (false and temporary) sense of security and control over life's uncertainties but in reality it narrows our vision and creates insecurity.

Neuroimaging has revealed the neural basis of the intense imagery induced by the "spirit vine", a hallucinogenic brew long used by rain forest shamans to provoke mystical visions.

Why do some survive a breakup without deep distress, even if sad or worried about money? Research shows one thing—having self-compassion—uniquely predicts good outcomes.

The Spaceship Company, a joint-venture between Virgin Galactic and a California technology company, has opened the doors of a new facility to manufacture suborbital spaceships. 

In order to successfully integrate your new hire into the workplace, you need to explain to them everything that isn't in the manual.

Lasting change doesn't come from the top. Systems that no longer work must be rebuilt from the bottom up, says Fred Hassan.

Let me get this straight. I’m supposed to come to work with you and work every day with the singular goal of maximizing the value for faceless, nameless people who could blow us off in a nanosecond if they had a bad hair day. Am I right?

Everyone else just saw a trash truck idling at a pickup point, blocking traffic, smoke pouring out of its exhaust and litter everywhere. But Jim Poss saw opportunity for innovation.

The fast fashion retail model has been taken to a new level by U.K.-based rock-bottom price retailer Primark. A case study of why 'no bells, no whistles' works for it.

Jobs are key to economic growth so what can be learnt from the organizations that create the most employment? Global is the way to go and consumer orientation is key.

Top entrepreneurs say new products or services usually need many 'pivots' to find a successful formula. Here's how to make those course corrections faster and more efficient.

Most innovation efforts are doomed to fail; they direct focus away from what is required to succeed instead of onto how to create more value for customers.

A robot around the size of a human hand has already climbed a 1,500ft rope up the Grand Canyon, driven the Le Mans circuit for 24 hours, and is set to do Hawaii's triathlon.

Will there will come a time when putting up an all-glass building is like wearing a fur coat? About 90,000 birds are killed each year by flying into buildings in New York City alone.

Home prices in many famous cities are over $1,000 per square foot but MIT architects from the “1K House” project have already produced a $5,925 home prototype.

Elon Musk, co-founder of PayPal and founder of Tesla Motors and SpaceX, on how entrepreneurs can disrupt major industries, although it's like “staring into the face of death.”

Orthopedic surgical trainee Mark Frame 3D printed a model of a bone from a CT scan, as preparation for surgery, for a fraction of the usual price of such a model.

Two decades after the concept of 'sustainability' shifted from a financial to an environmental association, corporations are seeing the business case for focusing on the environment.

British scientists hope to use a huge balloon and hosepipe to shoot particles into the atmosphere–like an erupting volcano–and cool down Earth. A prototype is ready to try.

NASA's planet-hunting Kepler space observatory has already identified more than 1,200 planetary candidates and tomorrow NASA will announce a new discovery by it.