A great deal of public policy advocacy has been influenced by the notion that the United States is becoming an “increasingly mobile society” – that the population is changing residence at increasing levels. However, a new study provides empirical evidence in favor of an opposite trend.

Ray Kurzweil, famed inventor and computer scientist, is serious about his health because if it fails him he might not live long enough to see humanity achieve immortality, a seismic development he predicts in his new book is no more than 20 years away.

Viagra added $1 billion to the coffers of Pfizer Pharmaceuticals and prompted women to speak up about their own sexual dysfunction. “What about us?” they asked. Finally, they may be closer to getting new answers.

A group of chief technology officers from major software vendors yesterday called on the Bush administration to convene a national commission to address cybercrime and identification theft.