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By analyzing tweets tagged with GPS location data, researchers were able to track the spread of flu symptoms across space and time, accurately predicting when people would fall ill.

In some crucial areas of human cognition, we don’t know and we can’t fully trust ourselves. On the bright side, Daniel Kahneman’s work shows that the kinds of errors we […]

The redoubtable fashion critic Simon Doonan, author of Gay Men Don’t Get Fat, observes that a unique appearance is a political liability in the United States. Mitt Romney, he observes, […]

So you want to be Henry Rollins, kid? Bad news. The job’s already taken. The good news is that following Henry’s three golden rules gives you strong odds of success […]

Here’s how not to put yourself on an exercise regimen: by making a firm resolution, gritting your teeth each day through a 45 minute workout, then grimly enduring a salad.

Alain de Botton sees literature as a series of lenses that can significantly change the way you view the world.

Dan Shapiro outlines his five core concerns of negotiation.

So deeply rooted, says Tom Doctoroff, is the Western belief in individual freedom, that it is nearly impossible for us to accept the fact that in Chinese culture, the individual […]

Philosophy professor Santiago Zabala argues that using online identities to mediate our communication is a threat to our autonomy, but what is the best way to get our liberty back?

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), food production will need to increase at least 50 percent in order to meet the demand of a vastly growing world population.

The United States Defense Department has been beckoned by the Pentagon to clearly define its strategy in the Pacific towards Asia. 

President Obama’s new healthcare law is good news for the 30 million people who will have access to health insurance. However, health experts worry if the medical profession industry will be prepared to meet the demand.

Given the increasing influence that neuroscientific explanations have over our justice system, we must insist on improving scientific literacy so that the foundations of justice are upheld.

Scientists have discovered a “scaffolding” protein that regulates pain, mental illnesses and other neurological complications. 

Uzodinma Iweala describes how affected people have come to understand HIV/AIDS as something that is “livable, tangible and real.”

Neuroscientist David Eagleman explains how tiny variations in genetics impact the way we perceive reality. In the rarest of cases, they can actually cause us to see sound, taste color, […]

Researchers at Cambridge University have observed chemical reactions at the quantum level for the first time ever by isolating individual atoms and cooling them to incredibly low temperatures. 

The most important asset a company has is its people, says Jim Goodnight, CEO of SAS.

The economic state of mind for many countries, and the actual status of the country’s economic state don’t always match up.

The U.S. looks to China to support them in its attempt to restrict Iran’s nuclear objectives. 

The Director of National Intelligence admits in writing that there was at least one occasion when government spying was in violation of civil rights. 

While compassion is often the subject of religious and philosophical dictum, we can readily make ourselves more compassionate by thinking differently, say experimental psychologists. 

A new technique used to sequence the genome of single sperm cells for the first time could pay dividends by making in vitro fertilization more reliable and even aiding cancer research. 

Throughout his extraordinary career, Pryce has turned his attention outward rather than inward – onto his fellow actors, the audience, the needs of the story. This, he reflects, is the […]

Ever wondered what you were thinking after making a bad decision? Daniel Kahneman explains.

Delivering a lecture at Trinity College, Dublin, the American geneticist spoke on how modern science has changed the parameters of life and how we are close to creating synthetic life. 

A chuck of ice 46 square miles in area has broken off the Petermann Glacier, according to the Canadian Ice Service. Scientists warn that rising ocean temperature could do further damage. 

A technology start up that is adapting aged military equipment to civilian use wants to offer an unmanned aerial drone for $100 but the devices have raised questions about privacy law. 

If Romi Haan, the founder and CEO of South Korea’s Haan Corp could start over again, she (says she) would spend at least two years learning about home appliance sales […]

At the end of the day, you might very well feel like you owe all of your success to your mentor, and the only way you can possibly repay that […]