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Historians Alexandra Churchill and Nicolai Eberholst reexamine the pivotal conflict from a grassroots perspective.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
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“Anxiety is focused on things that are important to you in life. That is the key.”
On the largest scales, galaxies don't simply clump together, but form superclusters. Too bad they don't remain bound together.
One does not simply make a meme go viral.
Our minds crave simple, linear narratives. But society rarely follows a straight line.
Duke sociologist Dr. Christopher Bail on the tech’s potential to foster empathy in an age of division.
John Templeton Foundation
Author and geopolitical strategist Paulo Cardoso do Amaral urges us to ask: Will we shape AI with wisdom, or will AI reshape us with strategy?
The conversation you're having with an LLM about groundbreaking new ideas in theoretical physics is completely meritless. Here's why.
The psychologist, educator, and former NBA player discusses the professional volumes and childhood stories that shaped his life and his approach to it.
You might love your leadership role and inspire fierce loyalty — but what if that comes at the expense of a disastrous balance sheet? Here’s a way forward.
Somewhere, at some point in the history of our Universe, life arose. We're evidence of that here on Earth, but many big puzzles remain.
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Your brain changes when you experience something, and it changes again when you remember it. Two neuroscientists explain what that means for memory, perception, and identity.
Unlikely Collaborators
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Three doctors break down brain function, somatic awareness, and how to recover from bad experiences.
Unlikely Collaborators
A playbook for L&D leaders who want to drive growth, not just deliver training
The host of the Money with Katie Show has some priceless advice for women on how to approach pay-rise negotiations.
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What if emotional regulation isn’t just a trait, but a skill parents and teachers can help develop? Ethan Kross reveals what science says about shaping young minds.
Even just by examining the Moon with the unaided eye, we can learn an incredible amount about the Moon, Earth, and more.
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“We can make ourselves more likely to be happy by building a life that includes the conditions that make for happiness.”
The Big Bang was hot, dense, uniform, and filled with matter and energy. Before that? There was nothing. Here's how that's possible.