Institute For The Future

The scent of . . . an illness

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Does Depression Serve a Purpose?

Depression, the mental health variety, doesn't seem to make a whole lot of sense, at least from an evolutionary perspective. Lots of people are...

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Last week, my colleague Jake Dunagan discussed value-based movements against plastic manufacturing and noted that "seemingly EVERYTHING in a child's...

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The Boston Globe ran a fascinating article earlier in the week pulling together some of the newest research into a very old question: Can money buy...

A growing movement against plastic will define a large segment of values-based consumers. Visceral reactions to images of the “great garbage patch”...

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A couple months ago, a broad consortium of bloggers, patients and companies endorsed a declaration of health data privacy aimed at ensuring individual...

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If you get your flu shot from while sitting in your car at some point in the future, don't be surprised. A group of emergency room workers from...

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Starbucks has taken some flack for their recent launch of several unbranded cafes designed to have a more local, community...

A preliminary study from RTI has found that Virtual World users with thin, active avatars are significantly more likely to be active and healthy in...

There are, of course, all sorts of complex, macro causes as to why we're facing progressively depleted fisheries. A fascinating article in the...

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http://allafrica.com/stories/200907211006.html

As part of our year-long journey into the future of Health and Health Care, IFTF will be hosting a series of regional open-space meetings to develop...

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