The last few weeks have revealed some important truths about Europe. Prior to the crisis in Ukraine, most Americans and Western Europeans had become used to a Franco-German Europe. In this version of Europe, which was designed after World War II to dampen one of the greatest state rivalries in history, France and Germany made […]

One night after receiving Berklee College of Music’s honorary doctor of music degree, songwriter and activist Harry Belafonte received the Museum of African American History’s Living Legend Award at the Four Season’s Hotel Friday night. The gala honors contemporary leaders who have followed in the footsteps of renowned civil rights pioneers like Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison, who’s great […]

Alumni were full of praise for their programme. Jorge Picon, a senior manager based in Canada, says: “Despite some prejudices about online programmes, it proved to be a great experience with a lot of interaction between colleagues and teachers, building strong relationships that are still active. The programme was also extremely demanding.” However, career service […]

The last few weeks have revealed some important truths about Europe. Prior to the crisis in Ukraine, most Americans and Western Europeans had become used to a Franco-German Europe. In this version of Europe, which was designed after World War II to dampen one of the greatest state rivalries in history, France and Germany made […]

Blindness costs Canadians almost $16-billion a year, with two of its leading causes, diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma, often detected too late to prevent vision loss. Two University of Toronto medical students may have a found a solution, however — in India. Jeff Martin and Mohan Pandit say a device known as 3nethra, which comes from […]

Speech scientist Rupal Patel customizes synthetic voices for people who can’t speak. She tells Guy Raz of TED Radio Hour about helping people communicate in a voice that fits their personality. {Audio}

Some people are told that they can read their facial expressions like an open book. They’re not conceal how they have it. Others are told that they have a poker face, so you can not see on their face what they feel. However, our facial expressions may not matter, because according to new research that interprets […]

Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad Co., which lost its bid to continue running the state’s commuter rail network, plans to file a request Thursday asking a judge to stop the winning bidder, Keolis Commuter Services, from taking over, arguing that the award process was skewed by favoritism. The conflict threatens to disrupt the scheduled July 1 […]

The monthly jobs report is big news on the first Friday of every month, swaying the financial markets and prompting immediate analysis. But should these numbers matter so much? A new book, “The Leading Indicators,” argues we overvalue data like the GDP and inflation. Economics correspondent Paul Solman talks to author and analyst Zachary Karabell. […]

Our current understanding of facial expressions could be specific to Western cultures. From a very young age, infants have a way of making their feelings known – contorted faces and howls indicate their displeasure with a meal or a damp diaper, a gummy smile their contentment, and a furrowed brow their puzzlement over a new […]

A revolution is at hand, and the consequences could fundamentally change the identity of the Internet — or, more precisely, your identity within it. Websites and social networks are increasingly changing the structure of their comments sections in an attempt to breathe civility back into what many see as the Wild West of the Web. […]

The College Board unveiled a sweeping redesign of the SAT test on Wednesday that scraps the essay requirement and ushers in other changes aimed at making the test more relevant to what students study in college and less susceptible to gaming through expensive test-prep courses that favor the wealthy. Starting in the spring of 2016, […]