Do the Top Billion Need New Goals?
Do the world's haves need a set of goals to match those established for helping the world's have nots?
View ArticleScience and the Dangerous Climate Question
A climate scientist explains why science cannot define how much global warming is too much.
View ArticleIs Confidence in Science as a Source of Progress Based on Faith or Fact?
A closer look at humans as a "scientific animal."
View ArticleFalling Forward (Without Falling Down)
An adaptive trait in a complicated century: the ability to fall forward without falling down.
View ArticleScience, Faith and Progress (With and Without a Capital ‘P’)
A deeper look at the role of science in fostering human progress.
View ArticleHumpback Whales Yield Some Sonic Secrets to Science
A reflection on research showing how humpback whales are changing their tune.
View ArticleSeeking Happiness on a Finite and Human-Shaped Planet
Bhutan, a tiny Himalayan nation moving from monarchy to democracy, comes to the United Nations to help humanity explore new ways to measure progress.
View ArticleSylvia Earle on Optimism and the Up and Down Sides of Fossil Fuels
A spellbinding conversation on the gifts and wonders in the ocean and the power of conveyed curiosity and excitement.
View ArticleEmpathy as a Path to Climate (and Energy) Progress
Can the kind of empathy driving a new push on gun control carry over to climate change?
View ArticleAdvice from Cervantes that Suits 2013 and Beyond: Plunge In
A 405-year-old thought from Cervantes applies in a turbulent era.
View ArticleWhen is a Person Not a Human? When it’s a Dolphin, or Chimp, or…
An exploration of the rights of dolphins and other "nonhuman persons."
View ArticleDarren Aronofsky on Floods, Fanaticism, the Big Bang, Warming and More
The director of "Noah" and other films about obsession explores his views of global warming, fanaticism and the uncomfortable intersection of religion and science.
View ArticlePope Francis: ‘We Are Custodians of Creation’
Pope Francis lays out a religious and scientific argument for caring for the planet.
View ArticleTracing the Roots of Pope Francis’s Climate Plans for 2015
A closer look at Pope Francis's planned push on climate change in 2015.
View ArticleWhy Jeb Bush and Other Republicans Are Wrong to Chide Pope Francis for Taking...
Why Republican presidential hopefuls are wrong to chide Pope Francis for taking a position on global warming policy.
View ArticleScientists Propose a Research Agenda Aimed at Fostering Sustainable Human...
Can a shift in scientific research priorities help produce a good future for humanity?
View ArticleA Mindful Path to Environmental Progress in a Noisy Media Environment
A psychiatrist and a journalist talk about communication, the mind and environmental progress.
View ArticleIs Confidence in Science as a Source of Progress Based on Faith or Fact?
A closer look at humans as a "scientific animal."
View ArticleFalling Forward (Without Falling Down)
An adaptive trait in a complicated century: the ability to fall forward without falling down.
View ArticleScience, Faith and Progress (With and Without a Capital ‘P’)
A deeper look at the role of science in fostering human progress.
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