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leadership training topics
This list of leadership training topics is designed to help businesses navigate the times and prepare for the future. 
"Once quantum mechanics is applied to the entire cosmos, it uncovers a three-thousand-year-old idea."
distant quasar
The information we have in the Universe is finite and limited, but our curiosity and wonder is forever insatiable. And always will be.
Why can’t more rainwater be collected for the long, dry spring and summer when it’s needed?
The central equation of quantum mechanics, the Schrödinger equation, is different from the equations found in classical physics.
Researchers are looking at neurons required for touch-mediated pain relief.
Pathogenic, self-propagating proteins called prions found in the brains of people with Alzheimer's are also found in Down syndrome patients.
6mins
How do we deal with information overload and unlock creativity? Build a second brain.
quantum sensors
It isn't just identical particles that can be entangled, but even those with fundamentally different properties interfere with each other.
Don’t worry that your dog’s world is visually drab.
Carnivores, herbivores, omnivores — and now virivores.
There are four money personality types. Which are you?
Million Stories
liberal arts
Computerized, job-focused learning undercuts the true value of higher education. Liberal arts should be our model for the future.
From COVID and cancer vaccines to a steady drop in the number of people living in extreme poverty, there are reasons for optimism in 2023.
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Financial experts explain 4 types of money behavior.
Million Stories
In the early 20th century, a young biochemist named Alexander Oparin set out to connect “the world of the living” to “the world of the dead.”
Laser-guided lightning systems could someday offer much greater protection than lightning rods.
Meet your new flying nightmare: Thapunngaka shawi.