The transformation of a lowly caterpillar into a graceful butterfly is the kind of shocking fact of nature that's used to get children excited about science, so visible is the transformation, so tangible are the lessons.But what's actually going on i...

The next big thing is funding urban infrastructure is now coming online in Chicago, and Tim Logan has done a deep dive on what that means at Next American City. The core idea is simple:Governments across Europe, Canada and Australia have long turned ...

You're going to get wet when biking in the rain. Fact. But there's nothing worse than getting caught in a surprise downpour, dismounting at your destination, and finding a gross stripe of street grit and dirty water running straight up from your rear...

If you're looking to lose or maintain weight, you might think of shopping when your belly's full. That's the upshot of a new paper looking at how people shop when they haven't eaten. Simply put: if you skip a meal, you're more likely to buy high calo...

Editor's NoteThis post is part of Co.Exist's Futurist Forum, a series of articles by some of the world's leading futurists about what the world will look like in the near and distant future, and how you can improve how you navigate future scenarios t...

Climate change will make for increasingly toasty (and deadly) summers in New York City (especially since carbon dioxide is entering the atmosphere faster than ever.) But there's good news for half of the population who may have once felt concered abo...

In this amazing video, a gay French couple who have been together for 40 years, decide to take a stand against prejudice in their country: they get married on Google Hangout. Same sex marriage only became legal in France a few days ago (though the is...

Author and cognitive scientist Douglas Hofstadter famously talked about the idea of "number numbness"--the inability to get our heads around gigantic figures and to be able to estimate quantities within an order of magnitude or two.Dictionary of Numb...

EDM trio Swedish House Mafia disbanded earlier this year, and they're bidding a final farewell in this music video for Volvo. The video features their song Leave the World Behind You, featuring French singer Lune, and follows the three band members, ...

On May 24, President Obama addressed the U.S. military's use of drone strikes to target suspected terrorists in Pakistan, Somalaia, and Yemen--and pledged to continue to wind down those operations.Fittingly, Bloomberg Businessweek created this map to...