Are rich people more unethical?

Since the economic implosion of 2008, the news has been littered with accounts of questionable behavior in boardrooms, corner offices, and other gold-plated spaces. What’s not clear from the headlines, however, is whether white-collar criminals  are bad apples or extreme examples of a widespread trend.

Twitter partners with Datasift to unlock tweet archive

Companies are now able to search and analyse up to two years of Twitter updates for market research purposes.

12 Ways to Mess Up Your Kids

Child psychologists, psychiatrists, and other experts tell us the dozen things you should avoid doing to help your child develop into a happy, confident, well-rounded little person.

The truth about social smoking

Surely just one or two cigarettes a day can’t do us much harm – can they? 

10 Beautiful and Amazing Phenomena in the Sky

Sky, clouds, and space always displays beautiful views, either from the formation, color and artistic form. Behind that beauty, the nature showing signs of the coming of an event such as disaster, storm or extreme weather. But most of these phenomena are natural phenomenon which are very beautiful and amazing caught by human eye.

Carnaval in Rio

Tilt shift tme-lapse video and pictures of the Carnaval party in Rio de Janeiro.

Where Is All Of The World’s Oil?

It’s interesting seeing which countries have the most oil and knowing why countries go to war over this “liquid gold”.

What’s Wrong With the Teenage Mind?

“What was he thinking?” It’s the familiar cry of bewildered parents trying to understand why their teenagers act the way they do.

Artist Cecilia Paredes Disappears Into Wallpaper

Peruvian artist Cecilia Paredesexperiments with her own body by painting these floral wallpaper designs on herself and blending with the background. The result is pretty effective and in some of them you can barely see her.

A killer T cell in action as it attacks a cancerous cell

The human body is an amazing instrument that has the ability to heal itself from a variety of different maladies. One of the tools the immune system uses is called a T cell which is depicted in the video above.

How Swedes and Norwegians Broke the Power of the ‘1 Percent’

While many of us are working to ensure that the Occupy movement will have a lasting impact, it’s worthwhile to consider other countries where masses of people succeeded in nonviolently bringing about a high degree of democracy and economic justice. 

The Ethics of Biologically Enhancing Soldiers

Our ability to “upgrade” the bodies of soldiers through drugs, implants, and exoskeletons may be upending the ethical norms of war as we’ve understood them.

The Future of the Book Is the Stream

Cloud storage is paving the way for books that are sold not by title, but by time.

Half Dead: Men and the “Midlife Crisis” |

If you ask a person when “middle age” begins, the answer, not surprisingly,depends on the age of that respondent. American college-aged students are convinced that one fits soundly into the middle-age category at 35. Respondents who are actually 35, however, would beg to differ with these youngsters. Rather, for them, middle age is still half a decade away, with 40 representing the inaugural year.

Painting With Sound

Τhe latest work by the artist Martin Klimas begins with splatters of paint in fuchsia, teal and lime green, positioned on a scrim over the diaphragm of a speaker.

Google knows too much about you

If you use Google, and I know you do, you may have noticed a little banner popping up at the top of the page announcing: “We’re changing our privacy policy and terms.” It gives you the choice to “Learn More” or, another option, the one I’m betting most people followed, to “Dismiss.”

Happiness, Philosophy and Science

Philosophy was the origin of most scientific disciplines.   Aristotle was in some sense an astronomer, a physicist, a biologist, a psychologist and a political scientist. 

Impressive Facts About India

India is on the way to becoming the world’s fastest growing country by 2014.

What Europe loses if Greece is forced out

Germany should look to its past and ensure that Greece does not face a humiliating exit from the eurozone.

Welcome to Earth (time-lapse video)

Luc Bergeron creates a masterpiece from some of the best time-lapse videos online. 179 time-lapse videos are compiled into one 4 minute compilation called ‘Welcome to Earth’ featuring First Aid Kit’s ‘Wolf’.

The Ten Most Disturbing Scientific Discoveries

Science can be glorious; it can bring clarity to a chaotic world. But big scientific discoveries are by nature counterintuitive and sometimes shocking. Here are ten of the biggest threats to our peace of mind.

30 Things to Stop Doing to Yourself

“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.”  Nothing could be closer to the truth.  But before you can begin this process of transformation you have to stop doing the things that have been holding you back.

Pictures Taken At the Right Moment

Timing is everything, particularly in the case of amazing photography.

Ending world hunger is possible – so why hasn’t it been done?

Some 850 million people go to bed hungry. If the right decisions are made now, we can feed the world and address inequality.

The Numbers Behind Humanity’s YouTube Addiction

According to Google, one hour of web video is uploaded to YouTube each second. This short animation straight from the horse’s mouth does the rest of the math, complete with cute visualizations to help viewers wrap their heads around the crazy data.

Apple Management Lessons

Adam Lashinsky of Fortune has written the book, “Inside Apple: How America’s Most Admired — And Secretive — Company Really Works.“. Some important notes from this book.

The best medicine: The power of laughter

Laughter is the most obvious outward sign of happiness. But is it better for our health than we ever imagined?

Cancer Breath Test Enters Clinical Trials

A startup says its test can distinguish between subtypes of lung cancer.

From Spear Hunting to Space Travel

Scott Benson’s animated music video for Rendezvous’s head-bobbing track “The Murf” packs the entire evolution of our little species into three and a half minutes. From our first attempts at crushing each other with rocks to future intergalactic exploration, it’s a gorgeous meditation on who we are and where we’re going.

Why The Trip Home Seems To Go By Faster

In 1969, astronaut Alan Bean went to the moon as the lunar module pilot on Apollo 12. Although the trip going to the moon covered the same distance as the trip back, “returning from the moon seemed much shorter,” Bean says.

Impressive Facts About China

The speed and size of economic development going in China right now has never happened before. China plays a critical role in the global economy from here out.

Best beaches of Greece

Hundrends of wonderful beaches, difficult to choose the best among them.

A father’s day wish: Dads, wake the hell up!

The woman started crying. I didn’t expect this, because, well, why would I?

Japan, 11 months since the earthquake and tsunami

Ηow Japan has rebuilt in the 11 months since the earthquake and tsunami devastated the country. 

10 Psychological Techniques to Help You Get a New Job

Get hired using the fruits of psychological research on interview technique.

The Consequences of Fun

I really love how every key word in the following quote is subjective. Immoral? One man’s uncrossable line is another man’s Tuesday afternoon. Illegal? So much depends on the state (it’s probably legal in Alaska) and era you’re in (that jerk Jim Crow). Fattening? Well, any food is fattening if you eat five gallons of it.

Internet Study: Facebook Fatigue is Spreading

GlobalWebIndex, one of the world’s most detailed global insight studies into consumers’ online behaviour, has released the findings of its latest research which highlights both new and continuing trends in the way consumers access and use Web-based platforms.

Photographs – Aqueous

A beautiful series of photographs entitled “Aqueous” by London-based artist Mark Mawson. The concept is simple, drop paint and shoot it underwater, but the results are much more than that. His work is vibrant in colours and the shapes created are sculptural, almost divine.

Why the Early U.S. Didn’t Go the Way of the Euro

We usually don’t think of the U.S. as a monetary union, but early in its history it essentially was. Unlike the crisis-wracked euro zone, the dollar zone survived its first few decades without a major crisis, providing the fragile young republic with a period of relative stability during which it began to congeal culturally, economically, politically and militarily.

A world without wikipedia

During the recent SOPA and PIPA protests last Wednesday, we got a glimpse of an alternative universe:  A world without Wikipedia.  Here’s a graphic created by Greg Voakes, showing this.