At our Masters of Design event Wednesday night at the Chelsea Art Museum, we caught up with some of our expert design bloggers to find out how some of the most creative minds in the business start their day. Video by Anne ...READ»
This year's theme is "Universal Access and Human Rights," but maybe it should be "Donate Now -- or Else." Of the 9.7 million HIV/AIDS sufferers in developing countries who need antiretroviral therapy, less than a third are getting it. ...READ»
Seems impossible, but it's true: Until April, the U.S. Army did not have mobile-Internet capability. This is particularly ludicrous since the Department of Defense's budget for military communications this year is $23.7 billion. (For ...READ»
Cars and airplanes may get tarred with a reputation as energy hogs, but the biggest culprits are buildings. Keeping our offices and homes lit, heated, and cooled accounts for a staggering 72% of electricity consumption and 38% of all ...READ»
"The home-building market is on life support," says Mike Lucki, head of
Ernst & Young's global-infrastructure services, reaffirming what we
already know. Yet the 30,000 attendees at this four-day event -- ...READ»
Business travel is expected to drop 5.6% this year, according to the U.S. Travel Association. Academics who study travel (sweet gig, right?) will convene in Greece to discuss the decline. There are only about 100 of them, so their ...READ»
Genetics, this is your mainstream moment! So says conference founder
and biotech entrepreneur John Boyce, who points to the rapid drop in
DNA-sequencing costs and growing interest in genomics
from consumer-goods manufacturers. ...READ»
Now that we have a president with a BlackBerry addiction and at least 70 members of Congress who tweet, naturally we have to have a conference to talk about how tech is transforming government. The Gov 2.0 Summit, hosted by O'Reilly ...READ»
As No Child Left Behind comes up for reauthorization, the debate will rage at this Chicago meeting of school-board members and administrators. Backers believe NCLB just needs tweaks, while opponents feel the program forces educators ...READ»
Tue, February 3 Share Long Beach, California
This ideas fest is bringing back some of its best speakers for its 25th birthday, themed "The Great Unveiling." This slogan refers to the innovations TED promises to premiere, and to its ...READ»
It's no secret President Obama is big on green chemistry: He nominated the "father of green chemistry," Paul Anastas, to head the EPA's R&D unit, and his administration is pushing for a chemical-security program for high-risk ...READ»
Time Out
Americans may not be working fewer hours, as David Roberts suggested in "All in a Day's Work
" (May), but more of us are working fewer days. In July, Utah became the first state to implement a mandatory ...READ»
