Less than half of American workers ask for pay raises. As Kate Ashford of Forbes explains, the key is resisting the stigma associated with talking about money in the workplace.

New Zealand has granted residency to the first climate change refugees, a family from Tuvalu. Assuming current trends continue, rising sea levels could submerge island nations such as Tuvalu and Kiribati in the next 30 to 50 years. 

Straight from the department of "why didn't I think of that?", a British designer has invented an alarm clock that doubles as coffee machine.

Apparently, out-of-office replies have their own little acronym now -- they're colloquially known as "OOO's." Your OOO may say more about you than you realize.

"Faith is believing something you can't see," says Dr. Nate Regier. Not just a religious concept, faith in oneself and others distinguishes leaders from the rest of the pack.

Is a silly name to blame for the Wii U's lack of success in the console market? Some critics blame poor marketing while others question Nintendo's ambiguous balance between serious and casual gaming.

Once a social taboo, tattoos have ridden a wave of popularity resulting in a variety of new trends, including an incorporation of popular brands and logos in body art.

A new report from Independent reveals that, despite attempts to rebrand itself, AOL still makes more money selling dial-up than by selling ads.

Dr. Raymond Bearse, the interim president of Kentucky State University, cut his salary $90,000 (to a paltry $259,745) in order to raise the minimum wage on campus to $10.25. 

The late author and professor famously dissected the falsely perceived equivalency between ignorance and knowledge in a 1980 Newsweek piece titled "A Cult of Ignorance." One wonders what Asimov would say about the current conflict between science and opinion.

Data produced by DeskTime, an app that tracks habits of employees on work computers, suggests the most productive employees put in 52 minutes of work for every 17 minutes of break.

IBM and USAA have joined forces to introduce supercomputer Watson to veterans in need of guidance as they transition back into society.

Arthur Chu made waves earlier this year when he won nearly $300,000 on Jeopardy. Like Ken Jennings before him, Chu knows that he has to branch out if he hopes to remain relevant. 

Ever feel like a guppy in a shark tank when attending networking events? Unless you're a natural-born used car salesman, the sales pitch atmosphere of these mixers can be a little overwhelming. Luckily, you've got alternatives.

Sometimes the biggest obstacle keeping a worker from optimum productivity is an overbearing, micromanaging boss. The secret to managing a micromanager is in taking hold of the the reigns of interpersonal communication.

"Regulation" need not be a dirty word. When new technologies emerge that shift the paradigms under which an industries operate, it's important for legislative authorities to prudently adjust the rules without stifling further innovation. 

You may be familiar with the expression "the clothes make the (wo)man." A psychologist might agree with that sentiment, as preliminary studies seem to suggest people adopt traits associated with different styles and fashions.

Multilevel marketing is a controversial business model that recruits customers to sell products to other customers. Companies like Herbalife and MXI Corp who employ multilevel marketing have been accused by critics of being pyramid schemes in disguise.

An upscale New York inn has seen its Yelp profile destroyed after the New York Post reported on its punitive crackdown on negative online reviews.

When you hear about theatre companies going under, poor finances tend to be the major culprit. In the case of Arlington, Virginia's American Century Theatre, the decision to close is more a matter of "mission accomplished."