Julie Sunderland, the Director of Program Related Investments for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, explains how the Foundation works to include and incentivize the private sector in order to accomplish its ambitious goals. 

Steven Kotler, author of "The Rise of Superman," discusses hypofrontality — literally the slowing of the prefrontal cortex — and how it allows one to enter an optimal state of consciousness known as flow.

Meat consumption is increasingly seen as a health risk, an environmental risk, and a misuse of precious land and water resources.

We have electric charges and fields, but only magnetic fields. Could there be magnetic charges in our Universe? “It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is […]

Boarding an airplane is painfully slow, and while the back-to-front method used by most airlines is an intuitively good way to get people into their seats quickly, the results are mostly disastrous.

Having a do-to list for other people also helps circumvent the dreaded task of networking. 

"The absence of ideology in a work does not mean an absence of ideas; on the contrary it fertilizes them." -French-Romanian Absurdist playwright Eugène Ionesco, 1958

There’s no doubt that encouraging girls to take STEM courses is imperative to their higher representation as women in those fields.  But a recent Catalyst study of 6,000 MBA graduates […]

The American stock markets have all opened with gains this morning and the Economist reports this is likely due to the wave of GOP victories in the midterm elections.

Besides the political fallout from yesterday's midterm elections, America's long war against recreational marijuana is slowly but steadily coming to an end.

Discover the invisible ballet in the sky. 

Giving birth doesn't seem likely to augment the finely tuned fitness of a professional athlete, but having a child may favorably change the physical and hormonal composition of mothers.

Futurists who believe endlessly in the miracle of technology are seizing on the approaching Internet of Things as the next harbinger of leisure, independence, and fun in the sun. 

Author and environmental strategist Andrew Winston explains the unique ideas espoused in his book "The Big Pivot," in which he promotes a green shift in business priorities away from short-term profits and toward long-term sustainability.

The fastest way to make interstellar travel a reality might not be only science fiction for long! It is humanity’s longstanding dream to venture to the stars. We long to […]

Best-selling author Steven Kotler discusses hypofrontality — literally the slowing of the brain's prefrontal cortex — and how it allows one to enter an optimal state of consciousness, known as flow. As Kotler explains, flow refers to those moments of total absorption when we get so focused on the task at hand that everything else disappears

The extreme action dance pioneer takes us through the theory behind PopAction and how flying, falling dancers teach audiences about resilience and hope.

Even if our behavior is in some sense determined by forces unavailable to the conscious mind, people are willing to uphold their belief in free will.

Author and environmental strategist Andrew Winston explains the unique ideas espoused in his book The Big Pivot, in which he promotes a green shift in business priorities away from short-term profits and toward long-term sustainability.  

When it comes to choosing a mate, a new study form the University of Toronto argues that people overestimate their willingness to reject unsuitable romantic partners.