Orion Jones

The population boom of the modern era–there are about seven billion people today living on the planet, up from two billion in 1920–has resulted in an aging world population.

The world faces a difficult task in brining energy to poor populations while mitigating the effects of climate change, which is why creating innovative energy programs must be a global priority.

Toddlers’ speech patterns were thought to lack the grammatical architecture used by adults, but new research suggests that children just learning to talk have already begun obeying grammatical rules.

As we move toward a more cashless society, the dangers of credit transactions are becoming more apparent as those vulnerable to abusing credit also increase in number.

New research suggests that the father-child bond is remarkably similar to the mother-child bond in terms of the essential physical communication that takes place during a child’s infant years.

During a crisis, the demonstration of wealth via the purchase of luxury items is more effective at exhibiting qualities favorable to survivability than such purchases in favorable economic times.

Study after study tells us somewhat disturbing things about the solidity of human character: There is no single version of “you” and “me” even though we talk as if there were.

In experiments on non-human primates, biologists are working to switch off the gene, controlled by proteins myostatin and activin A, that keeps muscle mass between certain boundaries.

By injecting a virus with a normal gene directly into the retina of an eye with a defective gene, researchers have successfully restored some sight to more than a dozen people with a rare inherited eye disease.

The Supreme Court has ruled against a Utah-based genetic testing company in a decision which defines the legal limits of ownership over the building blocks of life. 

Public health researchers have found that when employees are given a day or two of paid recovery time, the influenza virus spreads through the office at a much slower rate, further reducing absences.

In a controversial book, What Do Women Want? Adventures in the Science of Female Desire, journalist Daniel Bergner argues that female sexual desire is just as strong and just as […]

A number of indices suggest that America’s political institutions are falling in stature (shocker, right?) and that the nation’s ability to support entrepreneurs is suffering as a result.

In an effort to bolster its already impressive cybersecurity talent, the Israeli Defense Forces have called for a two-fold increase in the number of young people scouted for computer programming talent.

The US has been unwise to reject growing political ambitions from states like Brazil, which offered to broker nuclear arms talks between the US and Iran before President Obama declined the invitation. 

Former CIA data operative Edward Snowden has claimed responsibility for leaking the NSA’s massive phone and Internet surveillance program to American journalist Glenn Greenwald.

As wealth rises in China, so does its number of emigrants. It is estimated that nearly two-thirds of the country’s nouveau riche use their funds to leave the country.

In the midst of a culture that appraises positivity far above negativity, or even a balanced view of reality, psychologists say now is an equally important time to accept the trials of life for what they are.

Neuroscientists at Karolinska Institute have proven that a significant number of new neurons in the hippocampus — a brain region crucial for memory and learning — are generated in adult humans.

Listening to enjoyable music activates reward centers deep inside the brain, specifically the subcortical nuclei which is known to be important in reward, motivation and emotion. 

Neuroscience is still one of biology’s newest fields and the extent to which human behavior can be explained exclusively in terms of blood flow to specific regions of the brain remains highly in doubt. 

Putting your feelings into words, versus simply acting on how you feel, can change your course of action, say researchers at the University of Virginia–sometimes for the worse.

Medical professionals have begun investigating the effects of MDMA, better known as the party drug called ecstasy, on soldiers looking to treat symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Sleep is the most selfish thing you can do. People say they like the feeling of having their partner next to them when they are asleep. But you have to be awake to feel that.

Developers at Samsung are trying to one-up Google Glass, the technology that delivers the Internet via a pair of eyeglasses, by creating contact lenses capable of displaying the same electronic information.

In an experiment using MRI machines, researchers have found that breastfeeding improves brain development in infants when compared with breastfeeding mixed with formula and formula alone.

People who drink one to three cups of coffee per day have a lower risk of contracting certain diseases, including dementia, and are more likely to live longer than those who abstain from coffee.

While many colleges offer open online courses, Georgia Tech is the first to offer a full-credit graduate program. What’s more, the degree will cost about a quarter of those offered at traditional, onsite schools.

Optimistic reports of the recovering American economy, 70 percent of which relies on domestic consumption, overestimate the extent to which consumer spending is on the rebound.

Inspired by Zip Car and similar projects in Europe, Carrot is the first car-share enterprise in Mexico. From just three cars, the program has grown to 40 vehicles and has signed up 8,500 members.