Technology & Innovation

Why can’t patients compare costs of health care treatment like they would a camera or washing machine? One California start up wants to empower consumers to do just that.

While the Euro sinks in value, France argues for a stronger central bank to regulate the currency. Germany seems opposed by Chancellor Merkel may be playing the long game.

Marketing professional Geoffrey James reminds business hopefuls that rejection is only a moment in time. Fearing rejection, however, can hold your business back for years.

The Illinois State Geographical Survey is set to begin pumping one million tonnes of CO2 into a layer of sandstone 7,000 feet beneath the Earth’s surface. It’s a little publicized climate change solution.

The world’s most-used manufacturing materials, steel and aluminum, are being replaced by layered carbon fibers, which being lighter than traditional materials, saves on fuel costs.

When Harvard researchers created a computer game that mimicked online social networks, they found that selfish people were quickly excluded, motivating a change in behavior.

The International Energy Agency, often criticized for its bias toward nuclear and fossil fuels, reports that renewable energies are becoming competitive even without subsidies.

In many areas of the increasingly networked global economy the middleman is more in demand than ever.

The Amwell Township of western Pennsylvania sits on one of the world’s largest natural gas reserves. But are the political benefits of mining natural gas worth the human costs?

Ahead of a U.N. climate conference, another large cache of emails stolen from climate scientists has been published. Where does such fervent doubt over climate change come from?

Stanford’s experiment in offering its three most popular computer science classes to the public for free online has seen a huge take-up, with 200,000 people enrolled.

Patricia Milligan discusses the conflict between a generation that has carved out a niche and is intent on securing it and a generation that’s burning for a shot. The give-and-take between the two is global in scale.

The emotional rollercoaster ride that lies behind they hype of being a high tech start-up founder is seldom talked about. Success, not sadness, sells, but it’s not the whole story.

Until now, the concept of info-vision–streaming information across a person’s field of view– was science fiction, but scientists have developed a prototype lens promising the real thing.

You go in for a pair of jeans and come out with two pairs and some new shoes. Sound familiar? Shopping centers use your own psychology against you to get you to buy more.

Parker, the creator of Napster and a key player in the rise of Facebook, is, as usual, thinking big. He worries about a warring tech industry and envisions how social media can transform politics.

Is the West presently severely disadvantaged with regard to Asia, if not in relative decline? 

From making your pitch to knowing when to leave as C.E.O., Richard Branson looks at common mistakes entrepreneurs make and gives advice about how to avoid them.

Researchers at Stanford University have found a new ultra-low power source for transmitting data via microchips. The development could bring about a new generation of computers.

Steve Jobs was right again. A year and a half after Apple’s late founder endorsed HTML5, the programming technique is quickly winning over programmers and website developers.

Two-thirds of online adults now use social media, and mainly to connect with family and friends. Few use these platforms to flirt or find new friends, a survey has found.

Seth Godin takes marketers to task over their failure to adjust to the internet revolution which has seen the cost of cost of a new customer plunge, in some cases to close to zero.

Move away from the idea of getting people to click on ads and learn from sites which have generated a huge amount of loyalty online—like Drudge, Reddit, Techmeme and Fark.

Once upon a time it was Uncle Sam who came to the rescue of other nations but eyes are on Beijing to save Europe. America is not ‘over’ but let’s acknowledge its heyday has passed.

Everyone has ideas; it’s how you execute them that will get you noticed. Ghost writer Jeff Haden has observed the world’s greatest businessmen up close. Here are his tips. 

It’s a brave new working world for recent college grads. Find out if entrepreneurship is a good option for you by weighing the pros and cons. 

The world’s largest array of radio telescopes may soon be awarded to South Africa. Besides revolutionizing our knowledge of the cosmos, the project could spark a scientific renaissance.

Employers now have a new tool “to cut through the crap and get to the right person” when recruiting–a video interview screening service.

Twitter’s microblogging/social network is much smaller than Facebook. So why do tweets have the edge in promoting news content–especially on mobile?

Online encyclopedia pioneer Jimmy Wales is excited about the explosion of people online, saying it even gives those living under tyrants the power to demand change.