The AI Garden

• December 06, 2014

A new film project - human creativity collides with rigid perfectionism of a...

Writing and the Creative Life: The Magic of Ambient Noise

• June 27, 2014

Finding the right sonic mix can boost your creativity. What's yours?

Fifty Shades of Fan Fiction: Imagination or Appropriation?

• November 30, 2014

"Little is really original anymore. Even if you’re not aware of it, your...

Chick-lit, Science and Feminism?

• November 09, 2014

There is a new breed of chick-lit novels being penned by scholars that has the...

A Scientist’s Defense of Free Will

• January 27, 2015

Why scientists should not jump to the unwarranted conclusion that free will is...

The Neuroscience Lessons of Freestyle Rap

• October 28, 2014

What brain scans of rap artists reveal about creativity—and what they do...

Intelligent Machinery Revisited

• January 21, 2015

How are Turing's machines transforming society? Conversely, what can social...

The Art of Computational Creativity

• November 20, 2014

An edited transcript of a panel discussion on "Computational Creativity and...

What is the Worst Thing You Should (Be Allowed to) Say?

• January 28, 2015

A look at the boundary between what you should not say and what you should not...

Sociotoma: Human Nature’s Blindspot to Human Nature

• January 08, 2015

When fear drives out mutual understanding, humanity takes a step backwards,...

Creativity and Sensory Gating

• January 26, 2015

Creative people’s brains are not good at filtering out sensory...

The Messy Minds of Creative People

• January 22, 2015

Creativity is very messy.

Six Strategies on How to Rise to the Top in Any Field

• January 19, 2015

Advertising legend David Ogilvy on how to rise to the top in any...

Why Every Workplace Needs Introverts

• December 15, 2014

Sometimes, it seems like workplaces are designed for extroverts. But...

Why Games Might Be The Next Big Thing In Education

• January 20, 2015

Games and education - the case for informal learning.

Are Teaching Certification Tests Too Hard?

• December 17, 2014

As the popularity of a teaching profession increases, have the tests for entry...

Inside the Box

• November 24, 2014

People don’t actually like creativity.

BELLA GAIA: Communicating Science Through Art

• April 22, 2014

Art sometimes does what mere data does not. Bella Gaia combines satellite...

Four Fun, Quick Brain Teasers To Test Your Cognitive Skills…And Your Cognitive Biases

• January 23, 2015

If you have a few minutes, you may want to try these brain teasers.

Sometimes Being Wrong Can Be More Valuable Than Being Right

• January 13, 2015

We tend to separate success and failure into two separate categories, but...