MP3 Paul Zak tells us about oxytocin, a chemical messenger that accounts for why some people are generous, trustworthy, and faithful and others aren’t. His book The Moral Molecule: The Source of Love and Prosperity …
Read the full story »Auto China came to a close this week, with the world’s automakers packing up in Beijing and likely reflecting on the rapidly changing trends in the world of cars. It’s been just three years since …
Adam Marsh – “On global and local scales, there is a large shift in how novel ideas and discoveries can quickly establish market relevance and commercial significance. The acquisition of Instagram by Facebook for US$ …
James Marshall Reilly set out to capture the insights of today’s brightest business and nonprofit leaders. He conducted in-depth interviews with Tony Hsieh (Zappos), Blake Mycoskie (TOMS), Shawn Fanning (Napster, Rupture, Path), and Jessica Jackley …
In The Social Organization, Anthony Bradley and Mark McDonald — leading experts in the area of social media at Gartner — show how to turn ad hoc collaboration into a disciplined strategy that achieves key …
Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have joined forces to offer free online courses to anyone with an internet connection. Harvard President Drew Faust and MIT President Susan Hockfield announced the new initiative in …
Plants are leafing out and flowering sooner each year than predicted by results from controlled environmental warming experiments, according to data from a major new archive of historical observations assembled with the help of a …
Likened to the human genome project for education, the Dynamic Learning Maps Alternate Assessment Consortium, led by the University of Kansas’ Center for Education Testing and Evaluation, has unveiled the world’s largest learning map, a …
Two blind men can see again for the first time in more than two decades after an implant of a 3mm ‘bionic eye’ microchip. Doctors believe in time Chris James will be able to recognise …
With the shift towards large-scale agriculture, intensive farming focused on a small number of crop varieties. In addition, rules introduced by the EU in the 1970s restricted the trade of seed that had not been …
One of the geeky, cute contraptions of the early Facebook days was a web-enabled beer keg at company headquarters. Whenever an employee swiped their RFID badge on it, a camera would snap a photo of …
Passage of the America Invents Act into law led to the most dramatic changes in the U.S. patent system in 60 years. These reforms will have a significant impact on technology innovators such as biotechnology-based …
Conventional robots are predominantly made of rigid resilient materials, many of which are toxic, non-biodegradable and have a negative impact on the natural ecology. Any robot deployed in the environment must therefore be continually tracked …
Adrian McDonald, a professor of environmental management at the University of Leeds, said it was hard to predict what would happen if the UK had a third dry winter but he agreed standpipes could be …
In flood-hit fields in the Philippines, farmers are testing a hardy new variety of rice that can survive completely submerged for more than two weeks. In Kenya’s Kibera slum, poor urban families are turning around …
A well-known theoretical physicist has taken direct aim at a key theory in the computer industry, saying Moore’s Law is collapsing. Physicist Michio Kaku, a professor of theoretical physics at City University of New York, …
Is radical reinvention the key to winning in today’s fast-paced world? Judging by the results of some of the world’s best-performing companies, no. In Repeatability, Chris Zook and James Allen — leaders of Bain & …
Apple Stores earn more money per square foot than any other retailer. At the core of Apple’s success and intense customer loyalty, however, aren’t just “Insanely Great” products, but great people who are informed, empowered, …
opening address has just been delivered by a hologram. Craig Venter, who was one of the first scientists to sequence the human genome and created the first synthetic life form, is up next. And later, …
DNA studies of four skeletons reveal how agriculture spread in Europe during the Stone Age. A group of researchers have discovered that some migrants introduced agriculture in Europe. The researchers discovered the four skeletons on …
The practice of students endlessly copying letters and sentences from a chalkboard is a thing of the past. Teaching perfect strokes and proper curves in cursive writing is no longer at the top of a …
In a world where you can no longer plan or predict your way to success, how can you achieve your most important goals? It’s a daunting question. But in today’s environment, where change is the …
India’s economic growth and political stability are at stake in coming years if it does not change its approach to water management, a member of its natural resources planning commission told Reuters. Mihir Shah, who …
Google plans to move ahead with its self-driving car technology and hopes to get a hand from the folks in Detroit. Anthony Levandowski, head of Google’s self-driving car project, told an audience at the Society …
How much is that college degree really worth? That depends on your major. It turns out that some undergraduate and graduate diplomas are worth a lot more during a lifetime of work. In fact, the …
America is aging. The leading edge of the baby boom generation is already eligible for Social Security and Medicare. Gloomy prognosticators fear the aging population will exert a dampening influence on the economy. The popular …
In the wars of the Twentieth Century, uniforms just served to keep soldiers warm – but in future wars, they’re likely to be complicated electronic systems. The Office of Naval Research is researching uniforms which …
The goal of strategy is to choose the course of action that ensures success and survival. In a world of rapidly accelerating change, today's strategy quickly becomes obsolete. We must be ever more aware of the future we are planning for, since that future will quickly be upon us. Strategic foresight has a serious intent: to improve our understanding of the range of possible futures, and to use that understanding to inform action.
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