Wikipedia lists dozens and dozens of end of world prophecies.  Oddly, the alarm and attention raised by these prophecies works like advertis...

Once upon a time, a cat lover was shocked to learn that his cat had climbed high into a tree. Terrified of what this might mean for the cat...

Daniel Kahneman is the only psychology professor to have won a Nobel Prize in Economics. His studies on how people value things are one of...

Idea junkie that I am, I was watching Robert Wright and James Pinkerton talk about Obama's Inauguration Speech. Pinkerton, a Fox News c...

For the first time in 600 years, a pope has retired. In all seriousness, that is stunning news, something more truly historical than another...

Even if you're blind. This might be my favorite (new to me) song from 2012. Might be. What's certain is that it is Friday. That'...

Dow at 14,010: Market peak or new leg up? One hardly knows what to find more amusing: the thought that something as impersonal as a meas...

I've compiled a table that rather comprehensively measures the sum of presidential luck and efficacy. (You get to decide just how those ...

Today, the Bureau of Labor announced that 755,000 new jobs had been created. Well, not exactly new, just new to their data set. Their best e...

Media is fragmenting into smaller, niche audiences. People have netflix and tivo and don't have to watch ads in order to watch their fav...

It's tough arguing against the folks who oppose regulations on guns. I'm always a little worried that they might pull out a gun afte...

Amita Sharma at KPBS did some fascinating reporting on how rising sea levels will impact a planned expansion of San Diego's convention ...

Weeks ago, I flew beside an attractive young mother who told me that she got married even though she didn't want to. "I don't i...

What's missing in Washington is not a dialogue between Republicans and Democrats. What's missing is a dialogue between wild optimism...

Today, Martin Luther King's Birthday (well, holiday commemorating same), Barack Obama was sworn in for his second term. And January mark...

The Legatum 2012 Index has just been released. It ranks countries by a rich set of variables to measure prosperity. It doesn't just mea...

From a fascinating article on the fundraising behind Scientology's recent cathedral building here : And the ranks of the faithful are...

I'm done arguing. As part of a new year's experiment (my variant on new year's resolutions) for the next few months, I'm goi...

China is creating its next generation through eugenics. Geoffrey Miller reports at the Edge that, The BGI Cognitive Genomics Project is...

Liberals are concerned about this chart: Their problem is, labor is not getting as much of the money generated by US companies. The fear...