Science and Tech

Though media and public interest in the organization has waned recently, WikiLeaks continues to publish a torrent of diplomatic and other sensitive material. In this essay, Shaun Randol argues that, from top to bottom, the anti-secrecy organization has permanently altered how international affairs are conducted: emboldened citizens worldwide can now act in arenas normally reserved for a powerful, elite few.

In a digital age, are we to consider traditional art forms, such as painting, quaint?

High speed trains, jumbo planes and other forms of change all bring conflict and tension.

There has been a monumental increase in 'hack attacks' and breaches of data privacy at the world's major companies.

At least the internet cafes will have me.

You can’t walk down a street in Prague without spotting a metaphor that illuminates how dramatically life has changed.

Necessity is the mother of all invention, so the saying goes. In a rural village in Malawi, William Kamkwamba needed electricity. So, he figured out how to build a windmill to generate power. It's a small idea, but the results were huge. Ed Hancox reviews William's story, as told in The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind.

It is amazing what can be accomplished by fear. That is precisely what many people across the planet are experiencing when it comes to the looming pandemic that is h1n1. I think parents have been hardest hit.