The end of ownership: Personal property in the digital economy
From the black stuff to books, who gets the goods in a sharing and streaming era?
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The city getting rich from fake news
Many of the fake news websites that sprang up during the US election campaign have been traced to a small city in Macedonia ...
Algorithms are making us small-minded
Your life is mapped out for you but, not in the way that you think.
Merriam-Webster’s word of the year sums up 2016
Dictionary Merriam-Webster has named "surreal" as its word of the year.
Fish and chips and flu pills: sick customer’s delivery order goes viral
Plenty of us turn to takeout when we're feeling too sick to cook.
China’s rugby revolution: $100M mission to grow ‘olive ball’
China is making headlines with its stratospheric spending on global soccer stars -- but is it also undergoing a rugby revolution?
Bruce Springsteen’s archives will go to Monmouth University
When Bruce Springsteen was getting his start, there were two things about the Jersey Shore that made it an intense incubator for music: There was an after-hours club run by musicians that stayed open until 5 a.m ...
How East and West think in profoundly different ways
Psychologists are uncovering the surprising influence of geography on our reasoning, behaviour, and sense of self.
Impact of job-stealing robots a growing concern at Davos
Open markets and global trade have been blamed for job losses over the last decade, but global CEOs say the real culprits are increasingly machines.
Donald Trump travel ban hits scholars and students
An executive order signed by US president Donald Trump late on Friday afternoon immediately barring immigrants and non-immigrant visitors from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the US has had immediate effects on scholars and students.
