Amanda Smith is a freelance journalist and writer. She reports on culture, society, human interest and technology. Her stories hold a mirror to society, reflecting both its malaise and its beauty.

I've been reading Yuval Noah Harari's 21 Lessons for the 21st Century for a few weeks now. He puts forward something that sounds almost sci-fi when you read it: a future where things are created by AI ...

As the US-Israeli war with Iran continues to impact and shape the region, journalists from RFE/RL's Central Newsroom and Iranian service, Radio Farda, deliver ongoing updates and analysis. US Central ...

A better system for understanding the real value of happy customers by Fred Reichheld, Darci Darnell and Maureen Burns From the Magazine (November–December 2021) On a scale from 0 to 10, how likely ...

ACS Bridge is pleased to offer the Career Kick-Starter (CKS) Workshop! This workshop provides graduate students in the chemical sciences with the tools to conduct a successful career search and build ...

Modern businesses run on data. Companies regularly capture, store and analyze large amounts of quantitative and qualitative data on consumer behavior, to which they can apply predictive analytics to ...