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It’s been 800,000 years since the last one, and the field’s been thinning for the last 150 years, so one space agency is launching measurement satellites.

Two European carpooling sites recently gained the favor of venture capitalists, who point to years of declining car ownership independent of the current economic recession.

How is it possible that even in a time when encyclopedic knowledge is available at our fingertips, we still get the facts wrong and often get them wrong in egregious fashion?

The field of neuroeconomics hoped to begin explaining human behavior in ways that could have predicted the financial crash of 2007, but such theories have not been forthcoming. 

Julia Galef explains how a “simple and easy mental habit” can help you overcome your biases.

Julia Galef provides a fix for the “the commitment effect,” the condition of sticking with a business plan or a career or a relationship “long after it has become quite […]

It’s very complex as to whether or not we really want to catch a liar. We think we do. What if we find out that both of our presidential candidates […]

Steve Carlotti, CEO of The Cambridge Group, says Apple’s success is due to the company’s ability to uncover latent demand.

New interactive robot wants to be your Facebook friend.

In the past, the leading cause of injury deaths in America has consistently been car crashes but a new study has found that there are now more deaths each year from suicide.

What type of ethics training do both individuals and organizations need to navigate through the ethical minefields of business in the 21st century?

Researchers have successfully modified nanoparticles to make them more effective at delivering medication directly to specific organelles within the body’s cells, opening new treatment options.

Facial symmetry, long known to help form our concept of beauty, is also a good indicator of general health, say American and Scottish scientists who have completed a study on macaques.

Does your theory about what may have happened in a situation in some way determine the kind of evidence that you look for and the kind of evidence that you […]

Is the effort extended to identify the problem matched by the effort to solve that problem? How many times have you seen an institution devote extraordinary efforts to identify a […]

Guy Kawasaki reflects on how he got his foot in the door at Macintosh because of who he knew, not because of his skill set. Nonetheless, this led to a […]

While much of the news about ice melts has come from the Arctic, a study published this week describes interior “ice streams” and their effect on the integrity of the Antarctic ice sheet.

Are you planning for this week or this year?  Are you planning for this year or next year? If you are meeting the needs of students today but not keeping […]

A visionary developer wants to go beyond Google Translate to make the Internet available to anyone, at any time, in any language.

A proposal by the European Commission would allow American winemakers to use “château” on their labels, which French winemakers claim would diminish the original meaning and value of the word.

How we feel at work is more a reflection of how we deal with responsibility, says Timothy Judge, professor of management at the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business.

Relax, says Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of Habit. You can’t beat your Facebook addiction into submission – so schedule it into your work day.

While strife is bound to happen between different religious communities, there is no occasion to apologize. Alain de Botton says it’s awkward to apologize, after all. “This could lead to […]

The assistant managing editor of Fortune Magazine’s “40 Under 40” rankings offers up 3 tips to women who want to accelerate their careers.

Some of the world’s top professional writers swear by software that makes the Internet inaccessible while they write. Is Internet access keeping you from more create enterprise? 

A British psychology professor is working with European and American foundations to inspire young people toward a career, and lifestyle, in the physical and human sciences.