It’s an unexpected side effect of globalization: problems that once would have stayed local—say, a bank lending out too much…
Lorrie Faith Cranor studied thousands of real passwords to figure out the surprising, very common mistakes that users — and…
One could argue that slang words like ‘hangry,’ ‘defriend’ and ‘adorkable’ fill crucial meaning gaps in the English language, even…
Jamila Lyiscott is a “tri-tongued orator;” in her powerful spoken-word essay “Broken English” she celebrates — and challenges — the…
Civilians don’t miss war. But soldiers often do. Journalist Sebastian Junger shares his experience embedded with American soldiers at Restrepo,…
Ecologist Deborah Gordon studies ants wherever she can find them — in the desert, in the tropics, in her kitchen…
More than 8 million people are crowded together to live in New York City. What makes it possible? In part,…
While working with kids who have trouble speaking, Ajit Narayanan sketched out a way to think about language in pictures,…
Are the simplest phones the smartest? While the rest of the world is updating statuses and playing games on smartphones,…
What does the future of business look like? In an informative talk, Philip Evans gives a quick primer on two…