Science writer Carl Zimmer is optimistic about current research into a vaccine that protects against all viruses. Although results are still years away, scientists are looking for characteristics that all viruses share.
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A reader in his late 20s writes to me and poses this not-uncommon dilemma. The reader does not like his close friend’s fiancée. At all. He worries that his friend […]
Once thought to be useless muck, scientists now believe that the majority of our genetic information plays an important role in making proteins and helping to differentiate species.
We have a blind spot when it comes to predicting our own moral and ethical behavior, but new research suggests we are better, not worse, when part of a crowd.
Government recommendations to require data recorders in all new light cars and trucks starting in 2014 ignore the fact that they’ve already been in many cars for years, often without drivers’ knowledge.
A study of over 1,000 senior citizens found that higher levels of resilience and lower levels of depression were most associated with those who considered themselves to have “successfully aged.”
This afternoon, the Supreme Court agreed to hear argument in two same-sex marriage cases: a challenge to the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision to overturn Proposition 8 and […]
Researchers compared art from three time periods and found that modern artists got — and are still getting — animal gaits wrong far more often than expected.
Preliminary research shows that family dynamics — specifically, the levels of conversation — play a role in which methods of online communication are used for keeping in touch.
Just over a month ago I attended a debate (at Bristol Festival of Ideas) between Howard Marks, the man who at one point was the world’s most prolific cannabis dealer – […]
As more companies attempt to create custom services based on car data, a California-based business is using both data and driver behavior to set its rates.
Building video into ATMs enables customers to interact with tellers if they need assistance during a transaction. It also lets banks reserve the branch offices for more in-depth customer questions or issues.
Parodies of Kim Jong-un and North Korea are indicative of the scary reality that we simply don’t have a lot of information about what is actually happening inside North Korea.
When true paradigm shifts occur, as with Cloud Computing and NewSpace, there is no buzz phrase that is more appropriate, stigmatized as it may be. When examining existing and emerging […]
What do Sir Richard Branson, Archbishop Desmond Tutu; Paul Mitchell founder John Paul DeJoria; bestselling author/speakers Jack Canfield, Gregg Braden, Barbara Marx Hubbard; three-time Nobel nominated Dr. Scilla Elworthy; philanthropist […]
The Stick-N-Find app works with specially-made stickers that can be affixed onto keys, pets’ collars, and other items. With 39 days to go, its Indiegogo campaign has made almost double its goal.
Ethan Nadelmann, a leading expert on drug policy, sees evidence that Obama is willing to move in “a somewhat new direction” on drug policy.
Wake Forest University engineers discovered that adding carbon nanotubes to a special kind of polymer causes it to give off a comfortable white light when electricity is run through it.
Just like fingerprints, the pattern of veins in the eyes is unique to each individual. New software takes pictures of those patterns and uses them for authentication.
So I hope I didn’t offend either American Conservatives or crunchy conservatives in my previous post. I was trying to burst stereotypes about conservatives in general for an audience unfamiliar […]
Forget about those coated costume contact lenses: Scientists in Belgium have created a lens with a curved, flexible LCD display.
The best case against drone warfare as it is being waged lies in the fact that the campaign is being conducted in secret, shrouded from public view, unguided by any clear standards and immune from oversight.
If Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie reign as the premier power couple of Hollywood, then Seymour Chwast and Paula Scher deserve credit as the “Brangelina” of the world of graphic […]
In an interview late last month, Republican senator Marco Rubio, who’s widely viewed to be laying the groundwork for a 2016 presidential run, announced that he doesn’t know how old […]
Huge changes are currently taking place in the way new ideas are bought, sold and fought over. It is now not uncommon for companies to exist that do nothing except sue other […]
Have you gotten a measure of your attention skills on a site like Lumosity? Has a physician recommended that your elderly parent give software like BrainHQ a try? Then you are already part of the booming Digital Brain Health market . . .
Ever feel sorry for a sidewalk sparrow with a cigarette butt in its beak? Did you sigh in wistful sadness at seeing nature’s beauty polluted by human industry, which turns […]
You should not pull the plug on an emerging technology just because it’s Tuesday at noon and you’re frustrated.
Clay Johnson, author of The Information Diet, argues that software developers should take responsibility for the vital role they play in a digital society, and individuals need to be aware of the basic digital literacy skills we need to possess in order to be programmers, not just subjects who are programmed.
This week, in the final installment of a 3-part series, we look to five trends that will shape the Future.