It is a testament to the world's catastrophic levels of inertia that when it comes to dealing with climate change, a relatively simple physical phenomenon, "geoengineering solutions" are now being seriously looked at by scientists.

Collective Journalism (CJ) is Current’s citizen journalism program. If you want to get involved with telling the stories about how you and your community are affected by news and issues, this is the place. This page is curated by the staff on the CJ team, and features CJ content aired on the TV network, but this is where you can upload your work, suggest ideas, leave your webcam reactions and link to news stories.

Researchers are finding clues to the basis of brilliance in the brain

Flying saucers and little green men? The idea that extraterrestrials might be visiting earth became popular in the U.S. at least 60 years ago. But over the last several months, a series of U.F.O.-related events, impressive enough to catch even the most hardened skeptic’s attention, have burst onto the scene.

...there may be times where you feel alone and depressed — just about everyone has spells like that, or is strong enough to admit it. It’s not easy to talk about, but loneliness, feeling unwanted, and even self-hate from time to time is extremely common. If your hermiting drags on for weeks, you’ll want the help of healthcare experts, but if it’s not so severe and happens on occasion, here’s some vibrant and practical suggestions for you:

Closer To Truth is the definitive series on Cosmos, Consciousness and God, a global journey in search of the vital ideas of existence. It is the most complete, compelling, and accessible series on Cosmos, Consciousness and God ever produced for television.

My Guide to Recruitment SEO is aimed at the beginner to intermediate SEO consultant or in house marketers tasked with buying a new jobs website from a web design agency. It covers applying SEO technique to a recruitment website and is a high level overview of many of the SEO techniques I have applied to the 40+ jobs sites I’ve worked on in the last few years.

The truth is a contradiction, but there are writers who crucify their own content. There are many reasons why content can create a negative vibe. Some writers - such as Hemingway - can instantly connect with us, whereas others stop us reading beyond the first few lines. In this article, I explore the characteristics of content that sends out an instant negative vibe and offer you helpful hints so that you can avoid this in your own writing.

I’ve been a productivity blogger for more than a year and a half now (related secret: I’m more of a simplicity blogger than productivity blogger, but don’t tell), and I’ve been keeping some secrets inside of me. But about six months ago, I began to realize that these secrets aren’t unique to me. In fact, every blogger I’ve talked to in this field seems to share them.

Back in June, I spoke at Edelmans' New Media Academic Summit where I had the opportunity to meet many professors who are engaged in teaching the next generation of new media experts. (I was there to be on a panel with my friend, Steve Rubel, speaking about the topic New Media 2012 - you can see a synposis and also video of that session.)