Today begins one of the most dangerous missions that humanity has ever attempted, the removal of over a thousand nuclear fuel rods from Reactor #4 at the damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi power plant in Japan. The potential release of radiation is
The 1st Compassion and Technology Conference and Contest
On December 6, 2013, Stanford University’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE) is holding the inaugural Compassion and Technology Conference at the Stanford Medical School in Palo Alto, California. Scientists, engineers, social entrepreneurs, and compassionate people will
Bridging the gap between compassion and technology
Krista Tippett is a journalist and host of the National Public Radio program “On Being”, which explores the great questions of human life, such as what does it mean to be human and how do we want to live? Two