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Testing is an attempt to measure intelligence. But is intelligence really what’s getting measured? A neuroscientist weighs in:
Even in the very early Universe, there were heavy, supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies. How did they get so big so fast?
Much like a muscle, providing effective feedback is an asset leaders can develop over time with focus, consistent effort and commitment.
Have you ever noticed how many things you interact with but can’t name? So did we.
The new corporate landscape demands an approach to leadership based on empowering the “inner CEO.”
Often viewed as a purely theoretical, calculational tool only, direct observation of the Lamb Shift proved their very real existence.
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In the series, guests read aloud questions that pop out from a gumball machine [literally!]. The questions, like "who would you be if you stripped away all of your identities?", […]
Unlikely Collaborators
Researchers are working nest by nest to limit the threat while developing better eradication methods.
From surviving on wild plants and game to controlling our world with technology, humanity's journey of progress is a story of expanding human agency.
"Upon emergence, these patients are sincerely unsure what was reality and what was a ‘dream.'"
In July of 2022, the first science images from JWST were unveiled. Two years later, it's changed our view of the Universe.
We must get happiness right — even when the world around us gets it wrong.
A perfect map is as useless as it is impossible to create.
A longstanding mismatch between theory and experiment motivated an exquisite muon measurement. At last, a theoretical solution has arrived.
Propofol, a drug commonly used for general anesthesia, derails the brain’s normal balance between stability and excitability.
An analysis of Indonesian cave paintings is reframing the history of human art, though whether the paintings really were created by human hands remains an open question.
How to make sure our formative tendencies don't derail us from being the great leaders we are trying to become.
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“Not only does Mother Nature not care about your happiness, she knows that we need lots of negative emotions to keep us alive.” Harvard happiness professor on why suffering IS necessary:
The all-time record is Usain Bolt's 9.58 seconds, set in 2009. What is the fastest time, ultimately, for an ideal human body?
Cats twist and snakes slide, exploiting and negotiating physical laws. Scientists are figuring out how.