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.

Consciousness is an emergent property of the brain, resulting from the communication of information across all its regions and cannot be reduced to something residing in specific areas.

In general, they have detached themselves from time-honored institutions like political parties and religion while becoming more educated, more diverse, and more equal along gender lines.

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.

Slavoj Žižek draws from examples in literature, film, and advertising to explain a phenomenon in which no sexual liaison is complete without a third element — an intruder, something like a fantasy.

Dishonesty in one domain doesn’t excuse hucksterism in another. Yet as long as healing remains a lucrative business, it’s going to remain a challenge weeding through the pretty designs and catchy slogans to find medicine that works.

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.

Tightrope artist Philippe Petit explains the importance of teaching kids the power of intuition.

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.

And if so, how does Einstein’s relativity — both special and general — cope? “If everything seems under control, you’re not going fast enough.” -Mario Andretti The end of the week means another dip […]

Well, that was an eye-opener. 

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.

Higher and more equitable growth in the United States requires more public support for higher education, argues economist and best-selling author Thomas Piketty.

An ordinance ban on fast-food stores opening in the Los Angeles area has done little to curb the rising obesity rate in low-income areas.