Jeremy Rifkin

'Empathic Civilization': When Both Faith And Reason Fail

Lest we think this is an impossible task, consider again the global empathic outpouring for the victims of the Haitian earthquake.

Global warming enabled Russia's Arctic land grab, and now it could get worse.

The coming year marks a great milestone in the human saga, a development similar in magnitude to the agricultural era and the Industrial Revolution.

Gene splicing has been made obsolete by a cutting-edge technology that greatly accelerates classical plant breeding

Panic has set in. With the price of oil hovering at more than $60 a barrel on world markets and forecasters predicting that we will soon see oil selling for $100 a barrel or more as worldwide oil reserves dwindle, politicians and business leaders are running scared

We Americans need to get out of our SUVs and learn the harsh lesson of Katrina and Rita: We are all to blame.

First the deafening roar of Katrina bearing down at 145 miles per hour on the gulf coast of the United States. Now the eerie silence, as victims wash ashore and out to sea.

Beware of first impressions, especially when it comes to European political debate.

The American Dream unites Americans across ethnic and class divides and gives shared purpose and direction to the American way of life.

Teknoloji, artan bir hızla istihdam olanaklarını hızla ortadan kaldırıyor. Bugün bu kategoride olan insanların sayısı bir milyarın üstünde. Piyasa ekonomisinin özünde yatan çelişki, dayanılmaz bir hal alıyor.

As Technology Devours Jobs at an Increasing Rate, the Conflict at the Heart of the Market Economy is Becoming Irreconcilable

While much of the talk in big science this past year has centred on new breakthroughs in biotechnology, nanotechnology, computers and more esoteric questions such as the age of our universe, a quieter story has been unfolding behind the scenes in laboratories around the world

Last week's massive power blackout in the north-east and midwest regions of the US is a reminder that the electrical grid is the central nervous system that coordinates a densely populated urban existence.

Does the Bush administration have a hidden agenda?

The rise of hydrogen power makes energy regime change inevitable

Saudi Arabia may join other Arab states in using oil as a weapon in the Middle East conflict