A squirrel uses his intelligence to outwit a nut thief by pretending he's burying a nut. Animatronic spy creatures go undercover to explore the world of animal intelligence and reveal their use of tools, self-medication, culture and subterfuge.

The Creators Project travels to Kabul to meet young feminist graffiti artist Shamsia Hassani, whose work challenges preconceptions about the role of women in Afghan society, and expresses a unique perspective on life in a country recovering from decades of war. We chat with her about identifying a...

This edition of the World AIDS Museum series: Tapestry: The Faces of AIDS," profiles Dr. Rosalind Osgood. Dr Osgood is the President and CEO of the Mount Olive Development Corporation and a Member of the Board of Education of Broward County, Florida representing the 5th District. Dr Osgood also ser...

Lee Daniels, director of 2009's Precious, sat down with Larry King to discuss, among other things, his new movie The Butler and how his perspective as a gay, black man influenced the film's focus on the civil rights movement. Later, Daniels shared his own story of growing up gay and the continued st...

nations from around the world have different customs of what color underwear you should wear on New Year’s Eve to ensure a fortuitous year ahead. Argentinians believe pink skivvies will bring you love, while in China, red underwear (preferably with golden embroidery) wards off bad luck for the comin

sOoccket was developed by four girls from Harvard who created a soccer ball that captures energy from kicking, dribbling and throwing. Kids can play a game, then bring the ball home and charge a LED lamp, cell phone or battery. These young girls used their education to create a valuable product tha...

The IllumiBowl is discrete in design and delivers on the basic promise of being a night light for your toilet. It’s a battery-powered, motion-activated light that fits easily around the rim of pretty much any toilet and automatically turns on whenever anyone enters the bathroom. There are eight diff

Disney just unveiled a 3D model of what their new park, Star Wars Land, will look like. The park is designed to be a remote trading post on a "never-before-seen planet" and is expected to open in 2019.

The world is advancing at unprecedented rates and by 2050, we can expect to see life on earth change drastically. If this is true, then what can we expect from the future? Lets time travel into world in 2050. Areas involve in this futuristic evaluation include: Nanotechnology; Transportation; Space...

Penn was built on the concept of innovation. “If it’s new, novel and holds promise to change the world,” says President Amy Gutmann, “you’ll find it at Penn.”