People of Chinese origin have become the second largest group of billionaires behind the United States, Forbes China said recently [...]
Monthly Archives: April 2011
Chen Xuyuan, president of Shanghai International Port (Group) Co, said Shanghai would hold on to its record as the world’s biggest port this year after it handled 7.4 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in the first quarter of 2011 [...]
By leading the Americans in his audience at TEDxPSU step by step through the thought process, sociologist Sam Richards sets an extraordinary challenge: can they understand — not approve of, but understand — the motivations of an Iraqi insurgent? And by extension, can anyone truly understand and empathize with another?
According to Gallup’s 2010 global wellbeing survey, only 12 percent of people on China’s mainland judged themselves to be thriving, the same level as countries such as Afghanistan and Yemen [...]
Most of us will do anything to avoid being wrong. But what if we’re wrong about that? “Wrongologist” Kathryn Schulz makes a compelling case for not just admitting but embracing our fallibility [...]
Can romance be taught? Is falling in love so important that it has to be included in courses in universities?
Back in 2009, China became the world’s largest automobile producer with the world’s largest automobile market, selling over 8 million units [...]
As a grad student, Cynthia Breazeal wondered why we were using robots on Mars, but not in our living rooms. The key, she realized: training robots to interact with people. Now she dreams up and builds robots that teach, learn — and play. Watch for amazing demo footage of a new interactive game for kids [...]
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