Orion Jones

35 years after terrestrial astronomers received the Wow! signal, a radio transmission unique from the background noise of space, humanity is offering a reply. You can contribute via Twitter.

Researchers from the public and private sectors will come together this summer to create a nuclear fusion-powered propulsion system that could save precious mission time. 

By using “Big Brother” as a model, the Dutch company Mars One wants to create the world’s biggest media spectacle. The goal is to attract corporate sponsorship to pay for the mission. 

Unthinkable just a decade ago, several companies are putting together packages to take the wealthy into space. As the technology matures, people on more average incomes will be able to go. 

Leadership traits that encourage the production of oxytocin in the body will be even more important in virtual offices, where technology will erect barriers to transparent communication. 

Just as sharing things in real life, like clothes and music, help us define who we are, a community-based online ethos could overcome the narcissism which people accuse the Web of facilitating.

A new app for the iPad, which presents readers with chucks of text more like flashcards than words in a conversation, claims to be able to increase your reading speed by 30% to 300%. 

Researchers at NASA and Tel Aviv University have twisted data streams around one another to wirelessly transmit 2.5 terabits of information per second, creating a network with nearly infinite capacity.

The social networking king is extending its reach by givings all users an @facebook.com email address and testing a mobile app that allows you to find users in the same physical vicinity. 

A spending and income report shows American’s spent less on “big ticket” items in May. Experts believe consumer spending will continue to be “sluggish” for months to come.

China is ahead in its effort in “stopgap” measures by building an average of one coal power plant every week. Clean coal burning is what nations have been turning to in order to help keep carbon dioxide levels down.  

Another round of discussions between the United States and Iran did not pan out as hoped for by all parties involved. The two countries cannot come to a consensus, leading many to wonder what’s next.

Despite the political issues and the economic slowdown in China, it is still a growing country. Experts believe its economy will continue to remain strong for a while.

The plug has recently been pulled on Stuxnet, which is one of the most powerful computer viruses to be launched and aimed at Iran. However, cyber security experts worry that others of its type will surface.

IBM computer engineers are making progress toward a cognitive computational model by combining our current knowledge of neuroscience, supercomputing and nanotechnology. 

What evolution and computer science have taught us is that comprehension is not required for competence. Similarly, the human mind may not be so mysterious as is often thought. 

By using magnetic fields to disrupt local brain regions, scientists have recreated the kinds of distractions that happen in daily life. It turns out these distractions greatly color our perceptions.

Human behavior does not follow strict cost-benefit analyses, especially when it comes to being honest. Psychologist Dan Ariely explains the more complex rules individuals follow. 

To live in society, we must predict how other people will make decisions. Japanese scientists are beginning to reveal how the brain does that, potentially improving our social systems. 

How does meditation do the job many pay thousands for therapists to do? It is the question researchers and scientists are still trying to find the answer to; however, one study helps to shed some light on the subject.

Based on a study in one of the countries where soap is limited, scientists discovered that by applying the right technique when washing hands a person can eliminate bacteria using only water. 

Professional demands in the US typically require women to sacrifice familial responsibilities, but women should not have to choose between the two, says Anne-Marie Slaughter. 

Soccer, or football as it’s known to the rest of the world, is truly a universal sport. Its popularity spans genders and continents, and in terms of equipment, it also has the lowest barrier to entry. 

Stress has always had a bad rap because of its effect on a person’s health, but according to a recent study stress isn’t so bad at all. Scientists explain how stress can actually boost the immune system. 

A new generation of college graduates has been had by the American higher education system, which insists on costly degree programs to justify its corrupting influence on society. 

The modern man supposedly sympathetic to feminist goals in the Nice Guy, who defines himself according to his liberal values. But it’s just more patriarchy in disguise, says Eva Wiseman. 

People who live alone and/or feel alone have a higher possibility of disability or early death, according to new studies.

The supposed luxury of cheap fashion becomes less glamorous when you realize you’ve been dressed in rags by a corporate business model that emphasizes quantity over quality.

Researchers from Glasgow University say that men who drink tea could have a higher risk of prostate cancer than men who don’t drink tea. 

A new digital camera out of Duke University is set to change the way we take and use photographs, surpassing the limits of human biology and expanding on nature’s power.