Now that this massive collaborative learning project has succeeded, it would be a shame if we used it to take the humanity out of learning altogether.

CNN: Online courses need human element to educate

It's going to be increasingly important over time for humanity to take a longer-term view of its future.

WSJ: What Makes Jeff Bezos Tick? A $42 Million Clock, for Starters

Under the Bush administration, both the Pentagon and the State Department were intensely wary of signing up to anything that might bind them to take draconian action in the name of humanity.

ECONOMIST: Responsibility to protect

He says he believes that America has lost its humanity, that the nation needs to take a firm political stance, although he's not advocating military intervention.

CNN: Former U.S. soldier aids Syria's wounded

"National reconciliation will take time, but for the sake of our common humanity, and for the sake of this country's future, it is necessary to stop the incitement and to stop violence, " he said.

BBC: US President Obama hails Burma's 'remarkable journey'

Two recent books take very different approaches to the narrative of bacteria and viruses, prions and protists that humanity has known for centuries and the brand new bugs that, by opportunistic accident, hop between species and start a new evolutionary tussle.

ECONOMIST: Where and when will the next pandemic emerge?

We must convey this message of resistance and this lesson in humanity, in all its strength and complexity, against the temptation to forget or to take misleading shortcuts due to the passage of time.

UNESCO: UN International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2013