With the rise of so-called superbugs, bacteria that are resistant to most antibiotics, humanity is in a race against time to find new ways of killing potentially deadly microorganisms. Some scientists think that looking to our own biomes may be a great place to find new ways of killing off unwelcome bacteria:

Much has been made about the promise of using human stem cells to regenerate damaged organs; but at this point, the research is taking incremental steps forward. Revolutionary leaps aren't here just yet:

Apple Inc. keeps disrupting industry after industry; and it looks as though payments at point of sale are next. Apple is hoping that their repository of consumer credit card information and their fingerprint reading technology will make them a natural leader in this category:

There's no avoiding it: brainstorming is a staple of basically any modern creative effort. It begins meetings, projects, businesses, art, architecture, movies, and so on. But despite our constant practice, we still seem to get a lot of it wrong.

Building an environment based on trust helps to create a focused and effective team. And an insanely focused, dedicated, and productive group of highly talented people will dent the universe time and again.

In a recent IBM Global CEO survey, creativity was flagged as the most important quality needed by a CEO—especially in markets and industries facing increasing complexity.