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Far from practicing witchcraft, the experimentation of medieval alchemists helped bring about the Scientific Revolution.
"A cheap loan is beyond all new destiny." Does that mean anything to you?
Joseph Campbell argued that nearly every myth can be boiled down to a hero’s journey. Was he right?
This collection of learning and development quotes serves as a reminder of the meaning and purpose behind this important work.
We rightly celebrate Winston Churchill as one of the world's greatest leaders — but for all the wrong reasons.
Solving the supply chain crisis before the global economy tanks is going to require many creative approaches. Flexport’s Ryan Petersen has one that just might work.
Your life is far more arbitrary than you might think.
Every observation out into deep space is also a look back in time. Whenever you observe an object, you aren’t viewing it in its present state. When one of Jupiter’s moons […]
The Source Family, a radical 1970s utopian commune, still impacts what we eat today.
A new Harvard study finds that the language you use affects patient outcome.
The Buddha wasn't concerned with transcendence, but rather fully embodying the moment.
The accounts spread hashtags like #DemDebateSoWhite and #KamalaHarrisDestroyed.
We like to think of creativity as an inherently good thing. History and science say otherwise.
The Canadian professor takes issue with blocking free speech, but is he part of the problem?
Mistakes are part of learning, not a failure of character.
Despite being free to users, Facebook seems to have a monopoly on our speech, our data, and our lives.
Find out the multiple ways we classify and ascertain what constitutes intelligence.
Being an American president is a powerful but dangerous job, a fact shown by many assassination attempts.
Technology holds the promise of a better future, but our footprint on the planet threatens to undo all our dreams and progress. It’s pretty easy to look at the world […]
Why do great minds argue for positions we find repulsive? Today, we find out why Robert Nozick was a libertarian.
We need a public mature enough to recognize that policy decisions and actions are more relevant to leadership than professed beliefs.
Trying to figure out the meaning of life? Here are a few thoughts on the subject from some very famous American philosophers.
"The starting point for understanding inequality in the context of human progress is to recognize that income inequality is not a fundamental component of well-being."
These findings will revolutionize power production, lighting, semiconductors, and informational displays.
In honor of St. Patrick's day and Women's History Month, we present 10 Irish American women who changed the world in their own way.
From the birth and deaths of stars to the largest structures in the Universe, Hubble shows us what we’d never see otherwise. When it comes to the Universe itself, perhaps […]
A story can literally transport you into a character’s body. But how long does it last?
A new study finds LSD — a Schedule I drug with "no medical value" — to be therapeutically beneficial.
Every year, companies try to do things better, to find the most effective way to complete some task or to improve overall productivity. Employee learning programs play a massive part […]