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Some of the world's biggest employers have already begun replacing tens of thousands of their workers with robots.

A third of the world’s population - 2.5 billion people - suffers from uncorrected poor vision, which costs the global economy $300 billion each year.

A new book by New York Times reporter and bestselling author Charles Duhigg mines recent scientific findings for the answers.

Goldman Sachs' economic research team circulated a note over the weekend predicting the results of the UEFA European Championship

The Washington Center for Equitable Growth examines the causes and consequences of long working hours, a key part of the overtime debate.

Women entering the tech industry are paid far less than their male counterparts, a new survey shows.

Though the world is becoming more interconnected, there's a sense that we understand foreigners less, writes Harold James.

As the June 23 referendum approaches, the polling industry still has big questions to resolve.

We may be living in an age of revolutionary technological breakthroughs, but innovation alone isn't enough to benefit economies, argues Dani Rodrik.

Top stories from the last seven days, including executive bonuses, the next Silicon Valley and why organized crime likes Instagram.

The sharing of research results, the free circulation of knowledge, and transparency in methodology are key tenets to the scientific method.

Latin America is packed with great literary talent – here's a round-up of Nobel Prize-winning authors from the region.

Ben Zipperer evaluates the impact that minimum wage jobs can have at a larger economic scale.

How less economically developed countries can access renewable energy and keep down costs.

A new study argues that human impacts on landscapes happened many thousands of years earlier than previously thought.