Science & Technology

Jack Andraka was just a fifteen year old Maryland high school sophomore when he invented an inexpensive early detection test for pancreatic, ovarian, and lung cancers....

Wagner James Au has written about high-tech culture for over 10 years, and is the author of The Making of Second Life: Notes from the New World (HarperBusiness). Currently...

Andrew Blum is a journalist and the author of two books that demystify the everyday infrastructure of our lives: The Weather Machine: A Journey Inside the Forecast (Ecco)...

Dr. Bob Brier has worked in Egypt for more than 30 years and is one of the world's foremost authorities on mummies. He is Senior Research Fellow at the C.W. Post Campus...

Larry Burns advises organizations on the future of mobility, logistics, manufacturing, energy, and innovation. His current clients include Waymo (previously Google Self-Driving...

Daniel Burrus is considered one of the world's leading technology forecasters and business strategists, and is the founder and CEO of Burrus Research, a research and...

A Brief Candle in the Dark is the hugely entertaining sequel to the New York Times bestselling memoir An Appetite for Wonder. Richard Dawkins delves deeply into his intellectual...

Dr. Renee Engeln has been a professor for eleven years at Northwestern University, where she teaches about psychopathology, the psychology of women and gender, social...

Jonathan F.P. Rose is a thought leader on the environmental, social and economic issues and opportunities of cities. In 1989, Rose founded Jonathan Rose Companies LLC,...

Douglas Gayeton is an Award-winning American multimedia artist, filmmaker, writer, photographer and the author of Local: The New Face of Food and Farming in America (Harper...

Andrea “Andy” Gonzales is a computer programmer, feminist, and captivating public speaker. When Andy was 16, she created Tampon Run, a video game to destigmatize...

Christopher Gray, the son of a single working mother, grew up in deep poverty in Birmingham, Alabama. An academic star, he had every qualification for attending a top...

Preacher-boy, sex educator, newspaper columnist, public-radio commentator, documentary filmmaker, memoirist: these are among the many word-wielding trades Jon Jefferson...

Dr. Frances Jensen is an internationally known expert in neurology and the teenage brain. She is the Professor of Neurology and Chair of Neurology at the Perelman School...

Thomas D. Jones, PhD, is a scientist, author, pilot, and former NASA astronaut. He holds a doctorate in planetary sciences, and in more than eleven years with NASA, flew...

When William Kamkwamba was 14, Malawi suffered a severe famine. His family could no longer pay his school fees, and he was forced to drop out of high school. While staying...

Yukari Iwatani Kane is a veteran journalist with nearly fifteen years of experience writing about the technology industry. Author of the forthcoming Haunted Empire (HarperBusiness),...

Ann Kirschner, acclaimed historian, author, and internationally recognized expert on technology and education, knows how to dig deep into history to find the untold...