Today’s rising generation, or Internet Pioneers, are a complex bunch. They are “impatient, empowered, multi-tasking, curious, confident, confused, sexually liberated, sometimes binge-drinking, and often fragile kids.”
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In ‘On Liberty’, one of John Stuart Mill’s concerns was the best way to conduct ourselves, since conduct in expression was central to his moral claims about individual liberty. Mill […]
The classic Horatio Alger myth — the rags-to-riches tale of someone from a humble, working-class background who attains a modicum of wealth and stability in American society — is virtually an evergreen […]
A new report out by Oxfam says that the effects of climate change on the world’s food supply and food prices are greatly underestimated and must be taken more seriously.
Bowing to public pressure, Guangzhou and other Chinese metropolises are taking steps to improve the environmental quality of life for their citizens, signaling a recognition that growth for growth’s sake is bad policy.
As I begin to come back to earth after Michelle Obama’s spectacular speech at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday night, what strikes me most about Day One in Charlotte […]
Compelled by a programmer shortage, Estonia is implementing a computer programming curriculum that teaches children as young as 6 to code. It joins a growing movement that’s designed to make everyone “code-literate.”
A new site offers users the ability to create online flyers that they can post on their social networks, presumably saving paper, tacks, tape, and time.
New scientific evidence confirms that the mere presence of a cell phone can affect how you communicate with someone face-to-face.
Military adaptation of mobile technology has been limited due to a lack of communications access in remote areas. However, one company is looking to bring smartphone-like devices to soldiers in the field.
Rapid cost reduction, or demonitization, has led to breathtaking innovation in the field of unmanned air vehicles (or UAVs), and UAV advocates see the FAA issuing personal and commercial licenses by 2015.
Every week, Dr. Michio Kaku will be answering reader questions about physics and futuristic science. If you have a question for Dr. Kaku, just post it in the comments section […]
Thanks to the hilarious and provocative Rob Reiner film,When Harry Met Sally, there is one debate that still gets even the most reticent people taking a stand. And, that, of […]
A company is bringing old science fiction titles back to life as e-books using a fair and sustainable business model, garnering praise from authors and readers alike.
So, here’s the question for today: How should we respond when people we admire make serious missteps? Just so there’s no confusion, I want to say right up front that […]
Ethiopian Airlines is banking on the state-of-the-art Boeing 787 Dreamliner to help it transform the nature of air travel across the African continent and beyond.
Every election comes with questions, ranging from the serious (How will we fix the economy?) to the ludicrous (Was he born in this country?). But this election season, artist Barbara […]
Unionization rates have been dropping in both countries, but unlike the US, where anti-union employers hold sway, Canada has instituted laws and guidelines designed to protect and preserve the right to unionize.
Government efforts to circumvent poaching by providing a range of financial incentives to local villagers is enjoying success in Rwanda.
The number of Muslims on American college campuses has increased dramatically in recent years, with more students, particularly women, choosing to attend Catholic institutions.
Thanks to cross-border educational programs and standards, more Europeans are dating and marrying across country lines, helping to create a future “European” identity.
Because drinkers monitor their intake with reference to the halfway line of a glass, drinking speed varies depending on the shape of the glass.
People who work from home are more productive and more-productive people prefer to work from home. These conclusions will help continue the growing trend of at-home office space.
In times of economic hardship, different social classes respond differently. Upper classes turn inward and seek more individual finances while lower classes turn to their communities.
Researchers have found that emotionally healthy elderly individuals employ unique coping strategies to deal with life’s travails, focusing on the present rather than on feelings of regret.
Since 1963 (more or less), the sophisticated wisdom has been on the side of easygoing sexual satisfaction. Sex can and should be for pleasure detached from various repressive relational concerns. […]
Solitary confinement is a form of emotional torture which robs people of their very identities, and keeping inmates from human interaction will only worsen their reentry into society.
How far can science go in extending the human life span? Genetic engineering, preventative medicine, regeneration and machine solutions could help us live longer—possibly forever?
Building on groundbreaking work done at MIT in 2005, researchers have created muscle which can be activated with light, setting the scene for a new generation of robotics.