How did Black Friday become America's shop-til-you-drop day? It involves a crisis that has nothing to do with not being the first in line.
Economy
China has its eyes on a very big economic prize and it's dangling the proverbial golden carrot of a...
Robot-staffed hotels are popping up in Japan where you're checked in by friendly dinosaurs. The lobby...
Pretend for a moment that you wake up one morning to discover the Internet has disappeared. Would this...
Would we be a happier society if all the money in the world was distributed equally to all 7.7 billion...
What if we're already part of a 3rd industrial revolution?
Bees are vital to our survival and the deadly chain reaction that would take place if they become...
Are you bored silly at work? Be thankful you’re not on the other end of the employment spectrum, where...
What if one day machines decided that humans were just a waste of resources and started a robocalypse?
In a real-world example of the butterfly effect, over two dozen European countries are having to tweak...
A planet where money doesn't exist sounds to some people like paradise waiting to happen. But could we...
Space exploration has never come cheap, but what if NASA got a multi-billion dollar boost in the form...
If you want something bad enough you have to pay for it, at least according to the sellers of these...
Olympic Games are definitely a spectacle, but the cost of hosting an event the entire world will watch...
We all know the phrase, “Go big or stay home.” The engineers behind the world’s largest construction...
The demand for certain truffles has put their price in the 6-digit range. Know any foodies that would...
The Centennial Light Bulb has been shining bright for over 100 years now. How come it seems like bulbs...
Christmas hasn't always been an eggnog-fueled free-for-all in America. There was a time when even...
Think trying to keep your credit score respectable is tough? China is taking that concept to a new...
For some people, a rhino horn is a commodity to collect that has the species on the cusp of extinction...
America loves food. You know what else it loves? Throwing perfectly good, uneaten food in the trash...
In an era when food was a luxury for most Americans, dance marathons could mean the difference between a...
Richard Nixon is known for a long list of dubious achievements. Somewhere in that paperwork is his...
Hong Kong is in the midst of a crisis, and it’s one that often has the terms ‘cubicle’ and ‘coffin’...
When our Bob Thissen visited Gaya Land in Gimhae, South Korea, it was an eerie abandoned amusement park...
Necessity is the mother of invention, a saying the nation of Cuba has embraced and proven time and again.
The Neo-classical style building, designed for the Philadelphia Electric Company, was built between 1919...
Bees are in danger. Large numbers of them are dying, and scientists are still trying to pin down the...
