Polyurethane seemed like it couldn't interact with the earth's normal processes of breaking down and recycling material. That's just because it hadn't met the right mushroom yet.READ»
Humans have spent millennia learning how to read each other’s emotions and treat each other right. Facebook is now trying to figure out how to help them do that online.READ»
Harvard or Yale? The high-school overachievers’ nagging existential dilemma suddenly got a whole lot easier thanks to the taste-prediction startup Hunch.
Hunch enlisted Column Five Media to design an infographic that ranks the ...READ»
Post-financial meltdown, business schools are trying to make their graduates more responsible. But does taking one class on ethics work, or does a new ethical model need to permeate the curriculum?READ»
A new breed of do-gooders wants to apply rigorous analysis to development programs. But are they getting any useful information, or just wasting money collecting meaningless data?READ»
Economist Dean Karlan's new book looks at what works and what doesn't work in the fight against global poverty. Thinking about giving some money to a cause? Give it to one that works.READ»
Picture a metal that's so clever it can be blown into a mold like plastic materials, then think of the amazing gadgets that could be crafted from it--gizmos that make Apple's unibody Macs look like child's play. READ»
My Life in Beta column this month is all about how technology can enable our naturally occuring generosity.[Commenters have added their own great resources, like Tripping, a site for travelers seeking hosts, and Razoo.com, a site ...READ»
Robot appendages are increasingly hot-topic research as our androids and prosthetic limbs get better. Now Harvard and Yale roboticists have invented a better robot finger based on one heck of an unusual source: cockroach legs.READ»
CoverFlow is how Mac users view documents, music, videos--most every type of file on its laptops and mobile devices. Now a judge says the company swiped it from Mirror Worlds LLC. READ»
What makes a college environmentally friendly? Does it need scores of rooftop solar panels and LEED-certified buildings or will a PETA-approved cafeteria menu suffice?READ»
As Little Italy drowned its sorrows with buckets of grappa and espresso chasers, innovation was poking fun at oil giants, skittering around on its bionic paws and playing Hunt the New Facebook Employee in the corridors of the White ...READ»
Lisa Lapin
Director of University Communications
Stanford University
Palo Alto, California
Lapin, 45, helped start Futurity, a Web site that aggregates highlights of the latest research from more than 55 universities, from ...READ»
You'd think a college campus would be thrilled about switching from a proprietary email system to Gmail--but Yale has delayed that very switch over a variety of mostly ridiculous fears.READ»
