- Subscribe:
- RSS
Pure Genius
Inside the creative mind. Meet today's most brilliant thinkers, designers and other thought leaders.
Christina Hernandez Sherwood
Christina Hernandez Sherwood
Contributing Writer
Christina Hernandez Sherwood has written for the Los Angeles Times, Newsday, the Philadelphia Inquirer, Diverse: Issues in Higher Education and Columbia Journalism Review. She holds degrees from the University of Delaware and Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. She is based in New Jersey.
Christina Hernandez Sherwood
In the unlikely event that Christina has a professional or financial relationship with a company she writes about, it will be prominently disclosed.
She writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
Molly Petrilla
Molly Petrilla
Contributing Writer
Molly Petrilla is a freelance writer based in New Jersey. She has written for The Pennsylvania Gazette, Philadelphia magazine, Cleveland Magazine, The History Channel Magazine and The Princeton Packet. She holds a degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
Molly Petrilla
Molly Petrilla does not have financial holdings that would influence how or what she covers.
She writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
Christie Nicholson
Christie Nicholson
Contributing Writer
Christie Nicholson produces and hosts Scientific American's podcasts 60-Second Mind and 60-Second Science and is an on-air contributor for Slate, Babelgum, Scientific American, Discovery Channel and Science Channel. She has spoken at MIT/Stanford VLAB, SXSW Interactive, the National Science Foundation, the National Research Council, the Space Studies Board and Brookhaven National Laboratory. She holds degrees from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and Dalhousie University in Canada. She is based in New York.
Christie Nicholson
Christie Nicholson does not hold any investments in the technology companies she covers.
She writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
Rachel James
Rachel James
Contributing Editor
Rachel James is a radio documentary producer and multimedia journalist based in Brooklyn, New York. She has worked with Radiolab and This American Life, contributed to WNYC's Talk To Me, Down East Magazine, KALW's Crosscurrents and the Third Coast International Audio Festival. She holds a degree from the University of Toronto and is a graduate of the radio program at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies.
Rachel James
Rachel does not have financial holdings that would influence how or what she covers.
She writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
Hot Posts
-
Q&A: The Oatmeal's Matthew Inman talks crowdfunding, creativity
Creator of the popular humor website The Oatmeal, Matthew Inman recently turned his talents toward philanthropic crowdfunding, raising $1.37 million for a new Nikola Tesla Museum.
3 | October 15, 2012 3:31am |
-
Q&A: What Disney can teach us about urban planning
Can the secrets behind Disneyland's facades act as oracle? Where do we draw the line between Disney-fied experience and authentic, noncommercial social interactions?
9 | October 12, 2012 3:30am |
-
Q&A: Hilary Jay, founding director of DesignPhiladelphia
In thinking about powerhouse design cities, Philadelphia might not spring to mind. But the City of Brotherly Love is home to "one of the most important design festivals in the country."
1 | October 8, 2012 3:00am |
-
Q&A: Why you have fewer friends than your friends do on Facebook
In reaching its one billion user mark Facebook may be making the world smaller, but why do you still have fewer friends than your friends do? SmartPlanet speaks with math expert Johan Ugander to...
21 | October 5, 2012 5:15am |
-
Q&A: Timothy Prestero strives to create 'Design That Matters'
Timothy Prestero heads up the social design firm Design That Matters. The recipient of a 2012 National Design Award, he spoke with us about aiding the developing world through design.
14 | October 1, 2012 2:25am |
-
Q&A: Victoria Plaut, social and cultural psychologist at Berkeley Law
In a new tale of two cities, social and cultural researchers examined how our home base can affect the way we think about ourselves and our well-being.
September 24, 2012 3:00am |
-
Q&A: When it's good to be fat
In multiple studies crossing many different diseases, those who are overweight have a significantly higher survival rate than normal-weight people suffering from the same illnesses.
14 | September 21, 2012 4:00am |
-
Q&A: Author Susan Cain on "the power of introverts" in business and beyond
Susan Cain, an expert on introversion, spoke with us about introverts in and outside the workplace and revealed what their intuitive behaviors can teach us all about leadership and innovation.
12 | September 17, 2012 4:03am |
-
Q&A: Shai Reshef, president, University of the People
College tuition is rising faster than most people can keep up, especially those in developing countries. Enter the University of the People, touted as the first tuition-free, online university.
2 | September 10, 2012 3:00am |
-
Q&A: Our future living alongside robots
Social roboticist Heather Knight believes we can neither be too optimistic nor too negative when we think about our future with robots.
4 | September 7, 2012 5:00am |
-
Q&A: Anant Agarwal, edX's president and first professor
Agarwal heads up Harvard and MIT's joint online learning platform, edX. He spoke with us about massive open online courses (MOOCs) in general and edX in particular.
3 | September 3, 2012 2:35am |
-
One step closer to KITT: cars that talk to each other
Vehicle-to-vehicle communication could save money for businesses, help scientists keep tabs on city pollution levels and prevent car-on-car and car-on-pedestrian crashes. So what's in store?
3 | August 28, 2012 5:12am |
-
Q&A: Barbara Block, professor of marine sciences at Stanford University
On a mission to create a 'wired ocean' and an app that monitors the whereabouts of white sharks and other sea predators, California researchers are working to connect humans with ocean...
August 27, 2012 3:00am |
-
Q&A: Matt Mills, Aurasma's global head of innovation
Mills oversees Aurasma's ongoing efforts to augment reality. He spoke with us about the remarkable uses he's seen, his company's achievements in the last year and the future of augmented reality.
2 | August 20, 2012 3:12am |
-
The future of education? Byte-sized, and free
With support from the world's most prestigious universities, free online courses open to the masses are changing the meaning of "higher education."
7 | August 14, 2012 3:00am |
-
Q&A: Julie Corbett, founder and CEO, Ecologic Brands
By marrying two unlikely partners -- a Canadian milk pouch and a fiber iPhone tray -- Ecologic Brands created sustainable packaging that uses 70 percent less plastic than the alternatives.
1 | August 13, 2012 2:42am |
-
Q&A: Dwayne Spradlin on leading "a marketplace of innovation," InnoCentive
InnoCentive's president and CEO spoke with us about the history of open innovation, his company's role as "a marketplace of innovation," and some of the knottier problems that InnoCentive solvers...
August 6, 2012 3:45am |
-
Q&A: Paul Polak, author of Out of Poverty
Multinational companies are -- at their own peril -- ignoring a major market, according to Paul Polak. They're missing out on more than two billion customers who wouldn't just increase their...
2 | July 30, 2012 3:00am |
-
Q&A: What does the Internet smell like?
Journalist Andrew Blum visited the places around the world where you can see, touch and smell cyberspace. He spoke with us about his "journey to the center of the Internet."
4 | July 23, 2012 3:08am |
-
How artificial intelligence will shape our lives
With the technology of the future, it's intelligence -- not isolation -- that should have us all worried.
6 | July 19, 2012 1:00am |