Mike Cote:  "The education system of the future will undergo a transition from a heavy emphasis on teaching to a heavy emphasis on learning," Frey wrote in "The Future of Education", a paper he presented last week during a talk co-sponsored by the University of Denver’s Daniels College of Business. "Experts will create the courseware […]

For the first time, scientists have measured electrons tunnelling their way out of atoms. Each escape happened amazingly quickly, in less than a billionth of a millionth of a second.

Really hate your downstairs neighbors? This bed will be sure to make your bedroom romps more fun, noisy and obnoxious, ensuring that every time you pass your neighbors in the stairwell it’ll be increasingly awkward.

Egypt’s population has grown by more than 20% in the past decade and has doubled in the last 30 years, the government statistics agency says.

The global migration from landlines to mobile phones isn’t guaranteed to enrich mobile carriers, according to the "Fixed-Mobile Substitution in Western Europe: Causes and Effects" report from Analysys.

India’s Maharashtra state has banned the introduction of sex education in schools after protests from legislators who say it will corrupt young minds.

Children who spend more than 35 hours a week at nursery show higher levels of antisocial behavior than those spending less time in daycare, according to government-funded research.

A new device, the Med-eMonitor, alerts patients when it’s time to take their pills. If they miss doses or take the wrong medication, the device sends a message to a secure Internet site via a standard phone line. Patients will then receive a check-up call from a health official.

"Restrictive DRM is keeping illegal file-sharing alive and well. The iTunes experience has shown the media sector that consumers are more than prepared to pay for online content. It is now time for media companies to show a little more trust in their customers and stop telling them what they cannot do, and begin listening […]

From time to time, we see a technology with a lot of potential and we think about the possibilities and we get scared. If it were to fall into the wrong hands…

The Bibliochaise is an ideal choice for people with lots of books but little storage for them.

Conventional wind turbine technology has been a bit out of reach for most residential consumers living in urban areas—until now.