In an increasingly cashless Sweden, an Ikea cash-free store has created a positive response from management and many customers but not from everyone.
To become more accessible and accurate, a new kilogram has been developed that that is based on ideas rather than an object.
When Seattle tried using Democracy Vouchers to support campaign finance, the results were not entirely what they had expected.
Just combine Google Street View big data on 22 million cars with researchers at Stanford University and you learn lots about all of us.
An economist can explain why we are willing to share homes (Airbnb), carpools (BlaBlaCar), and clothing (Rent the Runway) with strangers.
The new World Bank Human Capital Index was created to encourage the leaders of 157 countries to improve their healthcare and education.
Looking at William Nordhaus's study of lighting history, we can see how increasingly cheaper illumination boosted our living standards.
Whether about cows or chicken nuggets, sometimes seemingly insignificant new food technology can have an unexpectedly massive impact.












