It is not quite true that behind every great fortune lies a great crime. Musicians and novelists, for example, can become extremely rich by giving other people pleasure. But it does appear to be universally true that in front of every great fortune lies a great crime. Immense wealth translates automatically into immense environmental impacts, regardless of the intentions of those who possess it. The very wealthy, almost as a matter of definition, are committing ecocide.

A recent exchange between Senior D.C. Circuit Judge Raymond Randolph and D.C. District Judge Emmet Sullivan offered a glimpse into the unfiltered perspective of a federal judge, and serves as a stark illustration of the need for scientific literacy in the judicial community. At a time when our legal system is hearing increasingly complex cases involving climate science, we need a judiciary that will rule based on facts and the law, not preconceived notions or partisan skepticism.

China will win the trade war with the U.S., and eventually wean itself off its reliance on American technology, a strategist told CNBC on Monday. “China will never trust the United States again, and it will achieve its technology independence within seven years,” David Roche, Independent Strategy’s president and global strategist, told CNBC’s “Squawk Box.”

We’re in an era of the cult of the entrepreneur. We analyze the Tory Burches and Evan Spiegels of the world looking for a magic formula or set of personality traits that lead to success. Entrepreneurship is on the rise, and more students coming out of business schools are choosing startup life over Wall Street.

Most politicians don’t understand how to confront Amazon’s market power. The most recent example is in France, where last month a decision was made to levy a 3 percent tax on Big Tech firms with global revenues higher than €750 million (~$830 million) and French revenues exceeding €25 million.

We were recently vacationing at a cabin on Lake Vermilion in northern Minnesota. We take this weeklong annual pilgrimage to spend time with each other and soak up the last moments of summer. However, the trip this year was made somewhat daunting, because the only grocery store in town was damaged by a fire and has not reopened.

Smartphone slouch. Desk slump. Text neck. Whatever you call it, the way we hold ourselves when we use devices like phones, computers, and tablets isn't healthy. This poor posture can lead not only to back and neck issues but psychological ones as well, including lower self-esteem and mood, decreased assertiveness and productivity, and an increased tendency to recall negative things, according to a column in The New York Times.

The cult of Trump has embraced values and beliefs that Jefferson, Washington and Lincoln abhorred.

Vice President Mike Pence is a Christian. So were all those immoral people who, for centuries, used their religion to crucify others. No, this is not a castigation of Christianity, or those who honestly attempt to live up to its foundational ideal of loving their neighbor as they love themselves. This is about that virulent strain perverted by people like Pence, who sharpen dogma into a weapon and love only those who look like them and share the same venomous beliefs as they do.

Jeff Bezos doesn't believe humans should abandon Earth in favour of another planet, but rather we could use space as a resource.

NASA has announced it will be allowing tourists to visit the International Space Station, and soon companies will begin offering private space flights, charging millions of dollars for the privilege. But experts who spoke to Digital Trends warn that space tourism could hurt the environment.

We don’t need to win this nationalistic race — especially when we don’t even know what’s at the finish line.

The world’s oldest religions all have troubling histories of bloodshed. Singling out Islam is just Trump’s latest, hateful hypocrisy.

n the UK it is almost obligatory for a culture minister never to have attended an opera. In Latvia, a small country that takes these things very seriously, the newly installed culture minister hasn’t just seen plenty of operas, he’s starred in them.

On 18 July, the House of Commons select committee on science and technology published an assessment of the work of the biometrics commissioner and the forensic science regulator. My guess is that most citizens have never heard of these two public servants, which is a pity because what they do is important for the maintenance of justice and the protection of liberty and human rights.

One day, a few years ago, I was rushing from the pool dripping wet when a man with a Russian accent stopped me and said, “You must come to svim with the team.” I was in my early 50s — too old for swim team, I thought. But the coach — Igor was his name — persisted: “I see you are good svimmer.”

My family is a success story. We’re also evidence of the long odds African Americans face on the path to success.

The United States is the only advanced industrial nation that doesn’t have national laws guaranteeing paid maternity leave. It is also the only advanced economy that doesn’t guarantee workers any vacation, paid or unpaid, and the only highly developed country (other than South Korea) that doesn’t guarantee paid sick days. In contrast, the European Union’s 28 nations guarantee workers at least four weeks’ paid vacation.

When she was asked what her passions were, Karen Hardy struggled to come up with an answer. Is that such a bad thing? 

Since the 1990s, researchers in the social and natural sciences have used computer simulations to try to answer questions about our world: What causes war? Which political systems are the most stable? How will climate change affect global migration? The quality of these simulations is variable, since they are limited by how well modern computers can mimic the vast complexity of our world — which is to say, not very well.