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Think of habits as the invisible architecture of everyday life.

In Silicon Valley, people routinely dream of changing the world. Some do so. Many more almost do. Almost. It is such a Silicon Valley word.

We live in a technological universe in which we are always communicating and yet we have sacrificed conversation for mere connection.

Companies don't disrupt. People do.

As a leader, changing your mind has always been perceived as a weakness. Not anymore.

The stunning conclusion to the trilogy that began with the Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke award-winning Ancillary Justice.

In this deeply magical tale of life, love, apocalypse, and time travel, childhood friends Patricia Delfine and Laurence Armstead don't expect to see each other again, after parting ways under

Whether buying a new car, selling baseball tickets, or applying for a mortgage, we all succumb to biases and make decisions that deviate from the standards of rationality assumed by economists.

California's Silicon Valley is purported to be home to the greatest concentration of designers in the world: corporate design offices at flagship technology companies and volunteers at nonprofit

A science fiction icon returns to his best-selling Old Man's War universe with a new book: The End of All Things.

The internet and the mobile phone have disrupted many of our conventional understandings of our selves and our relationships, raising anxieties and hopes about their effects on our lives.

From drones to Mars rovers - an exploration of the most innovative use of robots today and a provocative argument for the crucial role of humans in our increasingly technological future.

Based on the true story of one of the nation's first female deputy sheriffs, this novel provides a fascinating window into early America. Constance Kopp doesn't quite fit the mold.

What does it take to succeed? This question has fueled a long-running debate. Some have argued that humans are fundamentally competitive, and that pursuing self-interest is the best way to get ahead.

The New Yorker receives around 1,000 cartoons each week; it only publishes ~17 of them.

Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights is a spellbinding blend of history and folklore with tremendous philosophical depth.

Nuclear fusion power is considered the ultimate energy source because of its nearly inexhaustible supply of cheap fuels, intrinsic safety, zero emissions and lack of long-lived radioactive waste.

Computers now impact almost every aspect of our lives, from our social interactions to the safety and performance of our cars. How did this happen in such a short time? And this is just the beginning.

Too many people believe that if they keep their heads down and work hard, they'll be recognized as experts on the merits of their work.

It is commonly assumed that if the Sun suddenly turned into a black hole, it would suck Earth and the rest of the planets into oblivion.

Great leaders of innovation don't fit the conventional mold of "good" leadership. They're not visionaries who set direction and inspire others to follow.

Lord Byron�s daughter Ada Lovelace was, according to some, instrumental in creating the blueprint for the first computer in collaboration with Charles Babbage.

In the spirit of Wendy Mogel's The Blessing of a Skinned Knee and Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman's Nurture Shock, New York Times "Your Money" columnist Ron Lieber delivers a taboo-shattering

How might we expect to get to "yes" with others if we haven�t first gotten to "yes" with ourselves?

Why are we captivated by sites like Facebook and Instagram, but couldn't care less about MySpace? Why do some musicians grow as popular as Beyonce, while others never make the charts?

How do some people turn ideas into enterprises or initiatives that endure? Why do some people succeed when so many others fail?

A revelatory synthesis of cultural history and social psychology that shows how one-to-one collaboration drives creative success Weaving the lives of scores of creative duos�from John Lennon and

The popular "barefoot" or minimalist running trend changed the way we think about running, but it has also prompted many questions: Have we been running the wrong way?

What was the chain of unexpected connections that led from the search for clean water to the manufacture of computer chips? And how did the overheating of printing presses in the U.S.

Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension: A Mathematician's Journey Through Narcissistic Numbers, Optimal Dating Algorithms, at Least Two Kinds of Infinity, and More For starters, take out