Sci and Tech

How do creative people cope with setbacks? Lars Albright, former Apple executive and CEO of SessionM, a loyalty platform for mobile applications, says the road to success isn't always a straight shot.

Summer heat got you down? We’ve got just the thing to revive you — our tech guru Ben Saren shared his list of great gear to keep you going through the dog days of August. Expect your shopping urge to be revived by the end of the list. 

This week, Innovation Hub is all about altruism in business. Meet one CEO who walks the walk: Michael Schrader of Vaxess Technologies, a company that uses silk protein to stabilize the temperature of vaccines so they can be shipped across the globe without refrigeration. In other words, with Schrader’s help, some of the 2.5 million people who die annually of preventable diseases could be saved using the fiber in your bedsheets. 

How is Big Data — the information generated from Google searches, GPS, online shopping and more — changing our lives? Kara Miller asked a panel of experts about the benefits and downsides of the international information database. Read More...

What will the world of tomorrow look like? The frozen, post-apocalyptic wasteland of The Day After Tomorrow, perhaps? According to Michio Kaku, professor of theoretical physics at the City College of New York and author of the recent book The Physics of the Future, not quite. He lays out his predictions and solutions for two major issues facing the world of 2100: growing population and climate change. Read More...

What will life be like in 2100? We ask famed physicist Michio Kaku, a professor at the City University of New York and author of  The Physics of the Future. Read More...