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Once at the pinnacle of Amsterdam’s art scene, Rembrandt van Rijn eventually found himself outcompeted by his own students.
Since the 1980s, engineered monoclonal antibodies have been knocking out invading germs. Sperm may be next.
Only nine weeks later, the Wright Brothers achieved manned flight. The pathologically cynical always will find a reason to complain.
From fearless quitting to redefined values, "Virtual Natives" are reinventing work culture.
Even if a leading theory of consciousness is wrong, it can still be useful to science.
It temporarily puts the immune system on high alert to prevent MRSA, pneumonia, and other infections in the hospital.
You can’t farm spiders — but putting spider genes into silkworms works even better.
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Burnout doesn’t happen because of too much work. Liz Wiseman, an executive advisor, suggests it’s something else entirely.
AI-powered voice technology is poised to revolutionize the ways we do business.
How Stacy Madison — founder of Stacy’s Pita Chips and BeBOLD Foods — discovered that reinvention is not a one-off deal but an ongoing process.
Undeterred by years of failure, Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman proved that mRNA is the future of vaccines.
Rooted in Vedic philosophy, "anupalabdhi" — or "non-apprehension" — can help you exploit gaps in the market.
New tech is a double-edged sword. Integration can be expensive and perilous: Mess up the adoption and jobs are on the line.
Our greatest tool for exploring the world inside atoms and molecules, and specifically electron transitions, just won 2023's Nobel Prize.
Defamiliarization is a common tool in the arts. Here we learn how seeing things from a different angle can lead to billion-dollar success.
We used to think, "That email isn’t going to write itself." But now it can, thanks to AI. And there's so much more, from coding to marketing.
Your organization won’t become a “data democracy” organically — shared knowledge is key.
When leaders connect enterprise ambition with the driving spirit of activism, everyone wins.
A "stakehodler" has both a voice and a vote, an economic interest in how each network stewards important global resources.
Huge shifts in the workforce demand real-world changes in management practices; “command-and-control” no longer cuts it.
Generative AI — driven by large language models — has the potential to destroy or supercharge most businesses. Now is the time to pivot.
Technology goes in directions we can never predict — so we must be prepared to limit the spread of unintended consequences.
It is easy to mock Nobel Laureates who go astray, but eccentricity often accompanies brilliance. We should have some sympathy.
It’s early days, but if the efforts can be efficiently scaled-up, such biological recycling could put a dent in the plastic waste problem.
Frustrating failures sometimes lead to great breakthroughs.
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A physicist discusses the boundaries of reality and experimentation.
Experiments on suborbital rockets are revealing how to make a better iron furnace.
Subtle clues emerge ahead of the attack via changes in scent.
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“You’re not punished for failing, you’re punished for not trying.” Former Uber exec Emil Michael on how to truly achieve success.
Can quantum computers do things that standard, classical computers can't? No. But if they can calculate faster, that's quantum supremacy.