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Itching to spray a wall with graffiti but not down with the whole civil disobedience thing? All together now: There's an app for that

Itching to spray a wall with graffiti but not down with the whole civil disobedience thing? All together now: There's an app for that. Wallit is a new location-aware app which advertises itself with the tagline "walls for places." Essentially it lets its users place a digital Post-it note, or an invisible piece of graffiti if you like, on a virtual "wall" connected to a real place on Earth

What makes us who we are? Where is our personal history recorded, or our hopes

What makes us who we are?

Sometime between three million and two million years ago, perhaps on a primeval sa

Sometime between three million and two million years ago, perhaps on a primeval sa

In late November 2011 I went to Johannesburg, South Africa, to meet the newest member of the human family, a nearly two million–year-old creature dubbed Australopithecus sediba. First announced in 2010, its fossilized bones have caused quite a commotion in paleoanthropological circles--and with good reason

In late November 2011 I went to Johannesburg, South Africa, to meet the newest member of the human family, a nearly two million–year-old creature dubbed Australopithecus sediba. First announced in 2010, its fossilized bones have caused quite a commotion in paleoanthropological circles--and with good reason. They are some of the most complete early hominins (the group that includes modern humans and their extinct relatives) ever found, and they exhibit a combination of apelike and humanlike traits that no one would have predicted.

Humans have a seemingly primal need to understand how we came to be the way we are today. Pieces of our ancient forebears generally are hard to come by, however.

Does innovation ever trump growth?

Does innovation ever trump growth?

Between Greg Smith's grandiose call out of Goldman Sach's unsavory corporate ideology to Facebook's lauded hackathons, company culture is having a moment. Here's what the experts say about creating, sustaining, and changing the spirit that can make a business go from good to great

Between Greg Smith's grandiose call out of Goldman Sach's unsavory corporate ideology to Facebook's lauded hackathons, company culture is having a moment. Here's what the experts say about creating, sustaining, and changing the spirit that can make a business go from good to great. Company culture is having a moment

Between Greg Smith's grandiose call out of Goldman Sach's unsavory corporate ideology to Facebook's lauded hackathons, company culture is having a moment.

Between Greg Smith's grandiose call out of Goldman Sach's unsavory corporate ideology to Facebook's lauded hackathons, company culture is having a moment. Here's what the experts say about creating, sustaining, and changing the spirit that can make a business go from good to great.