Europe and North America may underestimate or trivialise its significance, but the emergence of an independent Latin America is helping reshape the global order.

The 21st century will not be dominated by America or China, instead it will be built on cities rather than states, predicts Parag Khanna, author of "How to Run the World".

Promiscuity is an interesting subject. There was a time, in the United States at least, when there was a pronounced double-standard about “sleeping around”: women who had many sex partners […]

When Sting sang “Young teacher/the subject/of school-girl fantasy,” it may well have been that he was thinking about an English teacher in a certain place and time, having been one […]

On the road from Korea’s world-class Incheon airport, across the spectacular eight-mile long humpback bridge to the landmark new Songdo International Business District development, we encountered a heavy fog that reminded […]

At NPR today, writer Mia Mask argues that Eat, Pray, Love follows on the heels of Sex and the City as Hollywood’s latest return to Orientalism. Coined by the writer […]

Felicia says it was easier to tell his parents he was gay than to tell them he would be on a show called “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.”

Felicia has had enough of the “Real Housewives.”

Besides his own apartment, Felicia’s favorite interior space in New York City is the Four Seasons Restaurant, which is of its moment, yet timelessly cool.

Just because a room is eco-friendly doesn’t mean it has to look like it’s eco-friendly.

Ultimately, the designer says he’s creating spaces for people to inhabit. “At the end of the day… you have to constantly be inspired.”

Tacky is not the worst thing in the world—it’s better to have bad taste than to have no taste at all.

A conversation with the interior designer.

According to the Voyager Interstellar Mission Web site, on June 28th of this year, Voyager 2 completed 12,000 days of continuous operation since its launch on August 20th, 1977. Each […]

“I don’t want to be married anymore,” writes Elizabeth Gilbert about the start of her pre-life crisis. “I don’t want to live in this big house. I don’t want to […]

“No vows for now,” read the headline in the San Francisco Chronicle. Tuesday night a three judge panel of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a stay of […]

More signs of a shift in society towards time and space that is unplugged: Cafes are attracting customers by banning Wi-Fi access. “People come here because we don’t offer it. […]

Front-lighting technology similar to Amazon’s Kindle will eventually be standard on computers and up-coming e-devices, meaning the computer display currently burning holes in your eyes won’t last forever. The problem […]

Apple carved its way as a formidable innovator in everything from UI design to the app economy. Now, they’re taking the lead on materials innovation. The company recently acquired an […]

Erik Olin Wright, a professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, thinks providing free transportation would reduce traffic and pollution, and create more efficient labor markets.