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A man and woman stand by a wooden fence. The man leans on the fence, smiling, while the woman, focused on better productivity, holds a sickle and looks at him, wearing a headdress and shawl.

Business

Grasp “essentially contested concepts” for smoother productivity

Do you always act professionally in the workplace? Depends what you mean by "professional."

Jonny Thomson

Microscopic view of a translucent, spiral-shaped Trichinella spiralis larva within a blue-stained muscle tissue.

4mins

Devil’s Advocate

What are the consequences of living as a human in an “always on” digital world?

“Part of what's happening now in the world is tension between organic animals and an inorganic digital system which is increasingly controlling and shaping the entire world.”

Yuval Noah Harari

A group of five people stands in front of a brown van, channeling their inner Richard Feynman. The background features a wall adorned with lush plants, setting the perfect scene for these everyday heroes.

Starts With A Bang

Ask Ethan: Why isn’t Richard Feynman your personal hero?

One of the 20th century's most famous, influential, and successful physicists is lauded the world over. But Feynman is no hero to me.

Ethan Siegel

Spacecraft with solar panels orbits Europa, Jupiter's icy moon, with Jupiter visible in the background.

Hard Science

How the Europa Clipper will set cameras on a distant icy moon

MIT Scientist Jason Soderblom describes how the NASA mission will study the geology and composition of the surface of Jupiter’s water-rich moon and assess its astrobiological potential.

Paige Colley | MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS)