Orion Jones

Writers invest their very lives in their work, so who should they turn to when a manuscript is finished? Increasingly, literary agents are taking the place of publishing house editors. 

Emer O’Toole has some advice for preparing women for the summer months. The short story writer sprung into (in)action when she saw how ingrained many gender roles had become. 

While literature has been criticized as a corrupting influence at different points in history, recent research suggests that works of fiction draw out the empathy in us, encouraging justice. 

Perhaps the world’s most modern instrument, engineers and DJs behind the Reactable are sharing their tracks’ layers to make remixing free and easy to anyone who wants to try. 

British scientists have created artificial muscles that mimic the actual muscle of squids, helping researchers create active-camouflage clothing and smart skin to regulate our temperature. 

While many businesses are predicting big money from Big Data, Peter Fader thinks that today’s data analysis tools serve us quite well. There is actually little to gain with more data. 

Not fearing this age’s breakneck technological change, two of the nation’s most prestigious universities are set to offer their classes to anyone in the world with an Internet connection. 

A new company has been launched with the specific purpose of mining near-Earth asteroids for precious metals. Without massive technological advancement, however, the economics won’t work. 

If you have an idea for a new technology company, more firms are offering start up money in exchange for a slice of ownership. Given their success, some say they may replace MBAs. 

By modifying DNA to pick up on slight chemical variations, and attaching the DNA to carbon nanotubes, scientists want to create an electronic nose that can identify cancers in the body.

Someday soon you may be able to create replicas of 3D objects by taking their photo and feeding the data to your at-home printer. Will that be the end of the manufacturing-based economy? 

If you have an idea for a new technology company, more firms are offering start up money in exchange for a slice of ownership. Given their success, some say they may replace MBAs. 

In June of this year, you can see Venus pass across the surface of the sun. The event, which will not occur again until 2117, will help planet hunters to find foreign worlds similar to Earth. 

A new company has been launched with the specific purpose of mining near-Earth asteroids for precious metals. Without massive technological advancement, however, the economics won’t work. 

As the world’s largest particle collider reaches higher energy levels, scientists can better understand how the Universe’s constituent particles formed just after the big bang. 

By creating a Space Joint Stock Company, America’s largest energy, defense and technology companies could generate massive cash flows while providing unlimited amounts of clean energy. 

Looking to make a cut of the billions of dollars in annual revenue Internet companies make by selling personal data, Hewlett-Packard wants to patent its idea for an open data market. 

Despite the bad name commercialization receives in academic circles, it is essential to carry laboratory discoveries, like graphene and stem cell therapy, into their next stages of innovation. 

The UK’s highest court has ordered ISPs to block their customers from accessing the Swedish torrent-hosting site. One ISP responded by saying better legal alternatives to piracy are needed.

Mistakes made 30 years ago have made much of the early digital age inaccessible to historians. Today, regulators are struggling to find ways to maintain a faithful historical record. 

Facebook will soon encourage its American and British users to declare their organ donor status as part of their personal profile. Organ donation advocates are praising the move. 

While in American and the UK, having a picturesque family life is considered practically essential for holding the highest office, it confers no political gain on French politicians. 

At what point do the competitive business practices of higher education cut against the public good it is intended to serve? The nation’s system of student loans needs reform. 

Much of what we know about the world’s most ostracized country comes from a clandestine network of some 200 informants that communicate via cell phone to a news agency in Seoul.

Despite the attention we give the Internet for making us socially isolated, it may be that automobile traffic is more to blame for isolating people from their neighborhoods. 

Conventional farming practices favor corporate agriculture and are widely considered environmentally unsustainable, but can organic farming feed a world with nine billion people?

Rather than trying to cope with or counteract the cognitive decline that comes naturally with age, neuroscientists say that continuing to live an active and engaged life is the best strategy. 

New psychological research shows that when people are prompted to think analytically, they downplay their belief in supernatural beings like God and angels. Are you a believer? 

Always be looking for solutions, but don’t try too hard, says Jonah Lehrer. When we leave the mind to its own devices and forget about strict concentration, we are more likely to create. 

While anti-depressants work to regulate serotonin in the brain, the chemical is found more plentifully in other parts of the body where it helps with processes like digestion and development.