Baratunde Thurston is a politically-active, technology-loving comedian from the future. He has over 30 years experience being black. His first book, How To Be Black, was published in February 2012 […]
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Bill Nye, aka The Science Guy, is a man with a mission: to help foster a scientifically literate society, to help people everywhere understand and appreciate the science that makes […]
Wine is a way to add great things to your life, but there is a dark side….
Chip Conley’s “emotional equations,” simple formulas like anxiety = uncertainty x powerlessness, are designed to help individuals and businesses achieve real fulfillment, not just material success.
What’s the Big Idea? A door to solving several public-policy challenges opens if health insurance is separated from employment. It’s an approach with features attractive to both major parties- and […]
What’s the Big Idea? This week in Washington D.C. the United States Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments on the constitutionality of federal health care legislation. It’s a case that […]
Newsweek magazine in 1986 stunned a generation of college-educated single women by reporting that they had a better chance of being killed by a terrorist than ever walking down an […]
By Chris Rivard and Karl Rebay (Partners, Moss Adams)The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is two years old. Is it a success? A failure? Has health care been reformed? […]
Embellished products created by Western companies cannot survive a globalized market where countries like India and China create alternatives for their citizens at a fraction of the price.
Financial expert Mohamed El-Erian says the American economic recovery is underway but still too fragile to sustain rapid growth. Educating workers will be a key source of growth.
As President Obama travels to South Korea, matters of the state will be on hand. But what about the people living in North Korea? Their treatment is at once frightening and bizarre.
“We can have huge wealth in the hands of a relatively few people or we can have a democracy. But we can’t have both,” said Louis Brandeis. Today, income inequality is an all time high.
Despite dire predictions of the future, brought on quite naturally by the protracted recession, professor Philip Auerswald believes the world is headed for epic prosperity. Here’s why…
What is the Big Idea? The world is becoming increasingly interconnected and more employers are looking for candidates with global experience. Now, college students are getting in on the action […]
Reflecting on the care she gave her husband after a massive stroke, author Diane Ackerman writes a graceful and informative piece on how the brain functions when in love.
York College behavioral scientist Robert Duncan addresses whether researchers have successfully located consciousness in the brain’s biology and what that might mean.
It’s Sunday morning, and I’m writing this on the train from Washington, D.C. back to New York. I’m exhausted, washed out, and my calves are two knots of pain from […]
One of our most able and informed scientific journalists, William Saletan, astutely summarizes the pioneering contribution of the dissident evolutionary psychologist Jonathan Haidt: Social conservatives see welfare and feminism as threats […]
The concept of privacy is undergoing a radical transformation, thanks to our continuing willingness to provide companies like Facebook and Google our data for free. If, before, we largely lived […]
Researchers found that men who drank vodka cranberries performed better on standard creativity tests than those who didn’t. If you want to think differently, getting tipsy might help.
Using light to activate specific proteins in the brain which recall memories, scientists have found that just a few cells in the hippocampus can contain rich and powerful memories.
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has committed $300 million to the Allen Institute for Brain Science, doubling its staff of scientists, to map the brain’s basic circuitry of perception.
We may think we’re free to choose what to eat and how to eat it, but food companies maximize their profits by restricting our choices
What is the Big Idea? A new ad released by Rick Santorum’s campaign team inserted President Obama’s face for a split-second into a montage about Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The […]
Combining patient health records with user symptoms and demographic data, a new online data crunching project wants to help offer quick and accurate medical advice to those in need.
This past week, John Nash (fellow author of Education Recoded) and I have had the pleasure of presenting to faculty and students at the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur, […]
Because cancerous cells are worse at defending against viruses than healthy cells, medical scientists across the country are working to modify viruses to specifically target cancer.
Using commercial semiconductor technology, scientists have found a more accurate way to measure nanopores, which may allow for far cheaper DNA sequencing in the years ahead.
New research suggests that abnormally quick prenatal brain growth is a biological marker of autism. Scientists have traced the growth back to gene expression, suggesting possible treatments.
For nearly 70 years, the World Bank has been an institution led by bankers, economists, technocrats and politicians – until now. Obama’s inspired choice of Jim Yong Kim, president of […]