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Peter Guber describes how Michael Jackson taught him a lesson on storytelling using a mouse and his Boa Constrictor “Muscles.”
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The legendary producer describes watching Nelson Mandela open the hearts of a group of wealthy and hardened business people.
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Whether asking for a raise or pitching an idea, “emotionalizing” your case helps people metabolize the information of your argument.
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Within 10 years, everyone will have a digital copy of their genome for just $1000, and by comparing millions of these codes, we may find the cure for aging and […]
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Attempting to explain quantum theory, physicist Erwin Schrodinger proposed an experiment almost 80 years ago that would send PETA into a frenzy.
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The post-Napoleonic 1814 meeting of Europe’s heads of state provides a case study of exploiting divisions among your opponents during any sort of negotiation.
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In 1803 the U.S. negotiated probably the best real estate deal in history, taking advantage of Napoleon’s need for cash to fund his European expansion.
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This Big Think special series looks at what taste actually is—from both a scientific and sociological perspective—and why it is that we find some tastes so appealing and others disgusting.
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Most leaders fail by not knowing what their employees’ real raw talents are; they should invest most time to finding out and developing a person’s god-given gifts.
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Lionel Jensen, Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures, addresses the claim that Chinese currency manipulation is at the heart of America’s fiscal woes.
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Scott Appleby, Professor of History at Notre Dame, identifies the causes of anti-Muslim sentiment in the US as follows: misinformation, the economy, and crises.
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Michael Desch, Professor of Political Science at Notre Dame, speaks to the importance of the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process to America’s national security interests.
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The conventional wisdom that all growth is good is not based on real science, empirical data, or business reality.
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In the current weakened economy, financing isn’t plentiful and fall-back jobs are scarce. But there is still plenty of opportunity out there for entrepreneurs.
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The physicist and comic book enthusiast outlines technologies that were once imagined by science fiction writers that have now found social utility.
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Medical science has developed a greater awareness of the link between hormonal changes and cancer. Could this information explain not just why we get the disease, but when?
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Medical science is no longer in the dark about how certain cancers are able to stage a comeback. But shedding light on the cancer stem cell theory has forced us […]
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The previous director of the National Cancer Institute wanted to banish suffering and death from cancer by 2015. Current director Harold Varmus says this claim was not based on reality, […]
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Seemingly every year there are new reports that something we consume or use on a daily basis is carcinogenic. But what exactly does that mean on a biological level?