Impact of Science & Technology on Society

Evolution helps us understand our own humble place in the rich tapestry of life. But what do we know about the theory of evolution itself? Based on...

Does neuroscience have anything to say about religious belief or the existence of God? Some have tried to answer this question, but, in doing so, m...

A must read Gordon Brown A truly excellent book Sir David King The three biggest challenges facing the world today, in A. C. Graylings view, are ...

Worth a read for anyone who cares about making change happen.Barack ObamaA powerful new blueprint for how governments and nonprofits can harness th...

The tech elite have a plan to survive the apocalypse: they want to leave us all behind. Five mysterious billionaires summoned Douglas Rushkoff to a...

The search for life on Marsand the moral issues confronting us as we prepare to send humans thereDoes life exist on Mars? The question has captivat...

The classic case for why government must support sciencewith a new essay by physicist and former congressman Rush Holt on what democracy needs from...

In The Glass Cage, best-selling author Nicholas Carr digs behind the headlines about factory robots and self-driving cars, wearable computers and d...

In one hundred lean and incisive statements, Douglas Rushkoff argues that we are essentially social creatures and that we achieve our greatest aspi...

Why do people choose to play with ideas considered antiquated? Why do they elect to act in non-productive ways? Perhaps the question can be asked i...

Computer software and its structures, devices and processes are woven into our everyday life. Their significance is not just technical: the algorit...

Why companies need to move away from a product first orientation to pursuing innovation based on customer need. In the past, companies found s...

Computer software and its structures, devices and processes are woven into our everyday life. Their significance is not just technical: the algorit...

An argument in favor of finding a place for humans (and humanness) in the future digital economy. In the digital economy, accountants, baristas,...

America's economic revolution isn't just driven by technology. It's about markets.The past twenty-five years have witnessed a remarkable shift in h...

The first book to look critically at digital technologies and the role they play within queer lives in contemporary IndiaThis pioneering interdisci...

The nanotechnology revolution that will transform human health and longevityNano Comes to Life opens a window onto the nanoscalethe infinitesimal r...

How science consultants make movie science plausible, in films ranging from 2001: A Space Odyssey to Finding Nemo. Stanley Kubrick''s 2001: A Sp...

How marginalized groups use Twitter to advance counter-narratives, preempt political spin, and build diverse networks of dissent. The power of h...

All too often the digital revolution is depicted as a global nightmare: companies are shut down, jobs are cut, and the future is looking grim. Othe...