Futurology is not so much a social science as a social movement that sprang up in Europe and North America in the late 1950s and has since spread throughout the world. Its pretensions are scientific: to predict future developments in society by an...

Futuring Futuring is the field of using a systematic process for thinking about, picturing possible outcomes, and planning for the future. Futurists are people who actively view the present world as a window on possible future outcomes. They watch...

The Energy Department on Wednesday canceled a futuristic, virtually emissions-free coal plant scheduled to be built in Illinois, saying it preferred to spend the money on a handful of projects around the country that would demonstrate the capture and burial of carbon dioxide from commercial...

On a pleasant summer evening, I’m walking the dog in the park when I see the two guys: One has a skateboard, the other a video camera.The guy with the skateboard is poised above four concrete steps leading into the park. The other is going...