The next chapter in the history of the evolution of capitalism is going to be written someplace else.
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There’s a lot of pressure these days to be on, and there are some real, legitimate external factors for people, whether it’s the client might call or the customer might […]
A new survey reveals that some British parents let their young children interact with mobile devices for four or more hours a day. One psychiatrist reports that children as young as four are now being treated for addiction.
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.—Alan Watts Yesterday the NY Times published an article about the importance of play in the evolutionary development […]
Bitcoin is just the first virtual currency to make it big – and you can bet it won’t be the last.
From air filters in classrooms to sports domes covering school fields to bans on outdoor field trips, residents are doing everything they can to safeguard children from the effects of a worsening pollution crisis. Some are just leaving.
America’s nuclear waste is all dressed up in dry cask storage, with nowhere to go. In 1987, the Yucca Mountain, Nevada, was designated as a “deep geologic dispersal” site for […]
The latest attempt to redesign the traditional typewriter keyboard layout takes into account the way many tablet users hold their devices: with thumbs facing inward.
Is willfully destroying research an act of scientific terrorism?
If he’s not, his friends might be: A survey of British adults showed significant jumps in the number of people over 55 with a social media presence, offsetting a corresponding slowdown among younger people.
It used to be that the business landscape was a man’s world. Times are changing! Today, women are wielding more and more power on both sides of the business transaction. […]
The latest edition of the manual psychiatrists use to assess patients has gone through a major and controversial set of changes.
With terrorism at the forefront of public consciousness, it is easy to let civil liberties slip off the radar. This is unfortunate, if we learned anything from the classic psychology […]
It disappeared from central London in 1869, after an archeological magazine praised its historical value
I think that human beings are most limited in their tendency to pursue certainty and to think that answers are somehow absolute or even beneficial.
Few things are as painful to watch in movies as an activity you know and love being portrayed poorly. From the awkward baseball swings of athletically challenged actors to the […]
The Digital Public Library of America launched last week with an ambitious goal: To provide online access to content from as many libraries’ archives as possible for free.
It’s one thing to have someone online perform a routine task. It’s another if you’re blind and about to eat dinner, or you’re deaf and attending a college lecture. Two apps come to the rescue.
If you missed the White House Science Fair today — which you probably did — you can see the rebroadcast below, featuring hosts LeVar Burton and Bill Nye. Here’s why […]
Technology extends our thought, our reach, our vision, helps us transcend our boundaries. I think that’s a message everybody can get behind.
I wanted my audience to identify with Shylock in a deeply personal way, so much so that they would involuntarily nod and think, “Yes, I understand, I have been there.”
In the 43 years since Earth Day was first observed, the number of Americans who view conscious environmentalism as “very important” has dropped by almost a quarter, according to a new poll.
NASA’s recent discovery of two Earth-like planets within the Kepler-62 solar system – the most Earth-like planets ever detected – is creating excitement in the scientific community that we’re close to finding […]
The Chinese smart priority on diversifying their energy portfolio and creating jobs is something that we should match them on, again.
Should Dzhokhar Tsarnaev be tried as an enemy combatant or face a federal civilian trial?
Not all vitamins are good for all people, all the time. In fact, some can kill you. And guess what? We know where the bodies are buried.
How can a uniquely Shakespearean habit of mind can be applied to our own lives in order to help us think more creatively?
Cruelty preoccupies me. I find that stories of cruelty stay with me, hauntingly, and infiltrate deeply. I cannot conceive of it in its most basic elements, the physical act of […]
We’re in a period now where capitalism is going to have to recreate itself because that selfishness works to an extent but it does leave people behind.
Historians believe that Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1564, making today his 449th birthday. He also died on this date in 1616. And so Shakespeare is the subject of today’s Mind Memes.