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One widely useful mental habit that we teach in our class at the Center for Applied Rationality is called reference class forecasting, and it’s for the most part, in the literature, […]

When you click on an article you are voting. You’re telling an editor to produce more content like that at the expense of the stuff that you didn’t click on.

The most terrifying thing I’ve ever seen was not produced by Wes Craven or found in a theme park, it’s what I see some people do to themselves to lose weight. Take a look at these SEVEN scary diets . . . but reader beware if you’re easily grossed-out!

The words “nerd” and “geek” are often used interchangeably, as if they mean the same thing. They actually don’t.

Microsoft’s TwedEx is one of several systems being developed that would use technology to deliver packages to people on the move using other people on the move as couriers .

Stop using ‘literally’ figuratively!

We are very, very wired to spread ideas and that’s where the power of human innovation comes from.

If there’s one thing that unites the good guys in movies and TV shows, it’s a hatred of “procedure”—those legal niceties that get the bad guys out of jail and […]

John Hunter uses Sun Tzu’s The Art of War to help students develop habits of mind that include collaboration and peaceful conflict resolution. 

Not humans, but computers, are endlessly trading parts of companies, and even generating hundreds of thousands of fake orders to fool other computers so that high frequency traders can take advantage of the confusion. 

Certain forms of nitrogen contribute to a host of health and environmental problems. A new tool helps individuals see how their lifestyle choices fit into the larger sustainability picture.

I wonder if 50 years from now we’ll look back, and maybe Julian Assange will be the hero and J. Edgar Hoover will be the enemy of the state.

The whole idea of mastery is you’re going to eventually become a greater master than you’re mentor.  

Biologists at Princeton and Johns Hopkins universities have created an artificial human ear—using a three-dimensional printer, no less—that detects sound better than natural human ears.

It may sound obvious, but security experts warn that as hacking technology becomes more sophisticated, employees should take care not to reveal too much when they’re away.

What do we need to think about in light of the recent NSA leaks story? Precedent, collateral damage, discourse, and jumping on the grenade.

This month, Securing America’s Future Energy announced its inaugural “Energy Security Prize” competition for emerging and advanced technologies with the ability to significantly reduce America’s dependence on oil. 

Two new mobile apps—one from Google and one from a smaller tech startup—may indicate how large scale data analysis, i.e. Big Data, can help you manage your daily affairs.

Estimates suggest that nearly a quarter of the world’s youth, aged 15 to 24, are out of work. While some do not seek work for cultural reasons, most find their skills are mismatched to the economy.

What an odd and outdated national value the British have.

             My career as a reporter spanned a remarkable time in local TV news, of both incredible journalistic creativity and commitment, and a profit-driven abandonment of journalism’s civic responsibility to […]

A number of new neuroscience projects, combined with an important theory about how the mind works from infancy, may facilitate large advances in artificial intelligence in the years ahead.

Recent advances in brain-computer interfaces, which may facilitate brain-brain communication, raise the specter of comic book heroes who effortlessly “talk” to each other without talking at all.

It’s a huge stretch to blame ordinary Detroiters for the imprudence of their city’s municipal government.

In recent years, text messaging has become a major part of how we communicate. Recent surveys find that 60% of people worldwide are active texters, with over 193,000 text messages […]

As more institutions take advantage of improved tracking methods, all kinds of unusual information is being sold to data brokers, and there’s still not a whole lot you can do about it.

Information firm NPD’s annual study on online music use credits the drop with the popularity of free streaming services and successful industry litigation, among other reasons.

You only know how hard it is to be a responsible consumer after you’ve tried it – running laps around isles trying to find that one brand you know is […]

Far from receiving information about the world as it is, our biology—and psychology—filter what we perceive to be reality to a very high degree. Mindfulness can help us notice our surroundings. 

In light of the interrelatedness of all life, we have an obligation to remove silos and broaden biological and biomedical thinking.