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We have two descriptions of the Universe that work perfectly well: general relativity and quantum physics. Too bad they don't work together.
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Americans believe they can outthink suffering. Historian Kate Bowler explains how our obsession with self-help, optimization, and positivity became a kind of secular religion.
Looking up at the night sky gives us a glimpse of the Universe beyond our terrestrial concerns. Here's the science of what's out there.
Activist, author, and Girls Who Code founder Reshma Saujani explains why playing it safe is hurting workplaces — and how to change it.
Cities and organizations alike risk becoming highly efficient — but indistinguishable — unless leaders actively preserve space for imagination and deviation.
No matter what physical system we consider, nature always obeys the same fundamental laws. Must it be this way, and if so, why?
Classic literature reveals how resilience can be both a source of strength in troubled times — and a dangerous ideal.
This is how Darktrace successfully trained 75% of their global managers across 20 cohorts in under 2 years.
Nick was always an angry boy, but he was unlucky as well.
Every generation has faced a version of this moment — the question has never been what our tools can do, but what we choose to do with them.
When what we predict and what we measure don't add up, that's a sign there's something new to learn. Could it be a new fundamental force?
Small signals of warmth can dramatically change how people respond to you.
The combination of charge conjugation, parity, and time-reversal symmetry is known as CPT. And it must never be broken. Ever.
In this preview, the Stanford professor muses on how emergence, arriving at complex patterns from simple parts, explains AI, brains, and life itself.
Higher productivity drives increases in wealth, wages, and living standards. AI could be just what we need to solve many of today’s problems — if we manage the gains wisely.
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Jim Al-Khalili explains how the past and future are more fluid than we may think.
In theory, the fabric of space could have been curved in any way imaginable. So why is the Universe flat when we measure it?
Many organizations are missing a key catalyst for excellence — and it’s not a new software program or workplace perk.
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The biggest obstacle to discovering life in space? Not distance. Not capability. It’s ambiguity — and it’s built into science. MIT astrophysicist Sara Seager explains.
Binary black holes eventually inspiral and merge. That's why the OJ 287 system is destined for the most energetic event in history.