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Illustration of two hands shaking, with basketballs and a digital pattern overlaying the hands on a green and beige background.
Practical guidance for navigating AI’s role in modern learning organizations.
A deep space image showing a field of distant galaxies with several regions zoomed in to highlight faint, small JWST objects.
Just like animals, galaxies often have bizarre, unusual, or even unique properties. But finding many, all at once, really does raise alarms.
A spinosaurus skeleton with tall back spines is shown in profile; its head is crossed out with a red scribble.
Ernst Stromer discovered Spinosaurus in Egypt. His fossils were destroyed in WWII, yet still shape how we imagine this mysterious dinosaur today.
Book cover of "The Way of Excellence" by Brad Stulberg, featuring a winding path through green hills and a testimonial quote by Steve Kerr on how to find success.
Too many rich and prominent people turn out to be egotistical jerks: Brad Stulberg argues for a more grounded path towards excellence.
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"In the process of mapping the heavens, it doesn't take long to realize the data problem they generated."
moon landing Apollo 11
Our view of the world, the Universe, and ourselves can change with just one glimpse of what's out there. It's happened many times before.
Seven women in vintage swimsuits and swim caps, reminiscent of an Aaron Hurst photograph, stand in a line on the beach, kicking up one leg in unison with the sea in the background.
Disconnection is not a personal failure, but a systems challenge — and an opportunity for employers to strengthen our social fabric.