Robert Montenegro

Eliminating the estate tax makes no sense in a meritocratic system, yet most Americans are against the so-called “death tax.” The reasons why range from the hypocritical to the woefully ignorant.

“Exposure” and “experience” are rarely worth uncompensated labor.

Don’t just try to give your child the right answers. Lead them to smart conclusions by offering thought-out, open-ended questions.

Art, music, and gym are always the first to go when school administrators seek cuts, yet a child’s physical well-being is just as important to society as his or her intellectual skills.

Computer science curriculum must be adopted by K-12 schools in order to increase diversity in the tech sector.

Tech companies fighting for market share are focused on making their products and services so pleasurable that they become the stuff of compulsive habits in their customers.

A 29-year-old tutor faces felony charges after allegedly hacking into a California high school’s network to change students’ grades. The maximum sentence is 16 years in prison. 

Mastery of a second language alters the way one perceives situations, offering a more complete worldview. It’s like two minds alive within one person.

Cancer’s scars aren’t just physical. Sufferers and survivors alike must battle on a separate front to combat the effects of depression and mental illness.

Online dating allows you ample opportunity to run a campaign of trial-and-error in order to fully optimize the dating experience.

Companies looking for a quick way to boost efficiency should make certain that clear and precise agendas are used for each meeting.

With services like eBay and Craigslist connecting buyers with sellers, the internet age has been very kind to “middleman” marketplaces. Yet as with all forms of exponential technology, intermediates must adapt if they wish to survive.

New and expecting parents can boost their baby’s development by playing games that exercise the young brain.

Pop-up skyscrapers constructed using pre-assembled pieces could forever change the way we perceive city planning and construction.

The New Orleans-based startup Earth Prime seeks to harness the powers of humans, technology, and the environment in order to increase access to fresh vegetables. 

In an announcement earlier this week, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced a range of innovative new features to be tested this summer, including the much talked-about self-drive mode.

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced in late 2013 that he wanted to build a drone-based delivery service. The company now has a license from the US Federal Aviation Administration to begin testing said service.

For today’s UN International Day of Happiness, NPR traveled to the struggling country of Nepal in order to learn what makes its citizens happy. For many, it’s the little things in life that bring them the most joy.

The South By Southwest Festival in Austin has become so saturated with startups and investors that entrepreneurs have had to get creative in order to draw attention.

Qatar, host of the 2022 World Cup, is constructing event infrastructure with what basically amounts to modern-day slave labor. Where is the outrage?

Most Europeans will be afforded at least a partial view of the eclipse. For everyone else, digital technology has got you covered.

Laptops, smart devices, and all forms of educational technology are making their way into the classroom. It’s vital that parents educate themselves about this transition so they can ask the right kinds of questions.

Companies are investing in data-driven solutions that can shine a light on which business practices aren’t working while offering solutions for improvement.

A recent spat between Sen. Ted Cruz and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden represents the always-sticky relationship between Congress and the U.S. space agency.

You’re worth sticking up for.

Not to dampen the enthusiasm for all you bracketologists out there, but the odds of accurately predicting the NCAA tournament range from 1 in 128 billion to 1 in 9.2 quintillion. 

Happy Pi Day! We’ve compiled some fun facts from across the internet in commemoration of 3.14.15. And just in case you’re curious, the world’s most famous irrational number boasts a “1” as its millionth digit.

Industrial innovations in the late 19th and early 20th centuries enabled “the largest hunt in human history” out of which several whale populations were almost eradicated.

For five years, an organization called Dunna: Creative Alternatives for Peace has encouraged the practice of yoga for both victims and ex-militants of the ongoing Colombian conflict.

The amount of salt used on Boston roads this past winter weighed more than the equivalent of over 20,000 elephants. Considering that about 84 percent of road salt makes it into our water, that’s a whole lot of pollution in only one season.