Do We Know What Our Children Want?

"There's always room for a story that can transport people to another place."

J.K. Rowling

Over the last one century or so, ordin...

Jean Shafiroff Speaks At NAPW Power Networking Event With Star Jones

The National Association of Professional Women (NAPW), led by lawyer and journalist Star Jones, hosted an exclusive NAPW Power Networking Event at Midtown Loft and Terrace ...

Scientists Are Using the Enzyme That Makes Fireflies Glow to Track Brain Cells

Fireflies and other bioluminescence-producing species (e.g. bacteria, jellyfish, worms, sharks) create light through a chemical reaction in their body catalyzed by an enzym...

Facebook Should Protect Human Rights 73 Civil Groups Say

Facebook needs to be more forthcoming about the kinds of content it takes down. That's according to 73 organizations, including the American Civil Liberties Union, Black Li...

The City That Was Saved By The Internet

The “Chattanooga Choo Choo” sign over the old terminal station is purely decorative, a throwback. Since the Southern Railroad left town in the early 1970s, the ...

Julia Roberts Wants People To Donate To LGBT Community On Her 49th Birthday

Julia Roberts recently revealed that a 49 dollar donation to the 'Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network' or GLSEN'...

What Went Wrong With Google Fiber?

Google Fiber, we hardly knew ya’.Google parent Alphabet’s decision to put the brakes on its superfast fiber-based internet service represents a disappointing setback fo...

We Can Save Elephants. But Can We Save Wild Elephants?

I have just returned from Kenya’s North Eastern Province where one night, camped out in a dry riverbed with just a mosquito net for cover, a herd of elephants emerged...

Hundreds Of Snow Leopards Being Killed Every Year, Report Warns

Hundreds of snow leopards are being killed every year across the mountains of central Asia, threatening the already endangered big cat, according to a new report.There are ...