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Indigo Johnson founded Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week Careers In Transition to help organizations get the most out of their workers. As applications for the 2012 Inc

Picture the scene: It's 2004, and Brian Chesky , the future cofounder and CEO of Airbnb , runs up on stage in full cap and gown to the pulsating bass line of Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean." Chesky's set to give the student commencement address at Rhode Island School of Design--but before reaching the mic, Chesky rips off his black robes, revealing a white tuxedo underneath, and starts dancing to the beat: moonwalking, crotch-grabbing, robotting.... Fast-forward a mere eight years, and rhythmically dubious Chesky's the chief executive of a company now valued at $1.3 billion . (His comical graduation speech is pretty much the opposite of Steve Jobs's Stanford address .) On second thought, don't imagine that dance number from yesteryear

I am very happy to introduce the newest addition to the Scientific American blog network Unofficial Prognosis , written by Ilana Yurkiewicz ( Twitter ). Ilana is a first-year student at Harvard Medical School who created Unofficial Prognosis to capture her reflections through her medical training. She graduated summa cum laude with a B.S

Tech companies can't find enough engineers. So why not train them yourself

Americans still fall short of the recommended daily portions of fruits and vegetables. And kids are notoriously averse to veggies at the school cafeteria.

Researchers from Yale School of Public Health collected ticks for three years to determine high-risk areas in order to bolster prevention

I remember the first time I heard the term "meritocracy." I was playing baseball on a junior-league team, and our coach (the father of one of my teammates) told us that the team would function as a "meritocracy." We were told that this meant that the players that were the most deserving would get the coveted infield positions and the best batting lineup slots.

The CEO of Stage 2 Networks, an Inc. 5000 company, recaps his $100 million education. In 1999, Joe Gillette was managing his telecommunications firm, Gillette Global Network, out of New York City, generating revenues of $10 million

Meet Michael Moore-Jones, ambitious entrepreneur, nostalgic ex-boyfriend, teenager. Michael Moore-Jones is a 17-year-old entrepreneur from New Zealand, and already the founder of two websites, They Don’t Teach You This In School and Duo

Mood disorders such as depression are known to increase drug abuse risk. Yet mounting evidence suggests that substance abuse also makes people more vulnerable to depression and the negative effects of stress, according to Eric J. Nestler, chair of neuroscience at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine

When fear gets in your way, do you choose to take the risk, or do you choose certain failure? Me: So, what stops you from launching your blog? You have an amazing story to tell

Aneesh Chopra, the first-ever CTO for the United States, is stepping down. Here are a few good people who could replace him

Marketing today is all about geography, as companies try to appeal to local tastes on a global scale, writes John A. Quelch. The book: All Business Is Local: Why Place Matters More Than Ever in a Global, Virtual World, by John A.

Apple has demonstrated again and again its ability to create and reinvent content marketplaces by designing irresistible devices and platforms--will educational content be its next conquest? When I was in college 10 years ago, my biology textbook was a $300, four-pound monstrosity with a shiny CD-ROM shrink-wrapped to the front.

12 teenagers at LeRoy Junior-Senior High School in upstate N.Y. experience Tourette's like symptoms around the same time