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More and more companies are in the grip of a new phenomenon: “metric fixation.” Here’s what’s wrong with it.

There is no doubt that the historical Jesus, the man who was executed by the Roman State in the first century CE, was a brown-skinned, Middle Eastern Jew.

Our brains are famously flexible, or “plastic,” because neurons can do new things by forging new or stronger connections with other neurons. But how, exactly, does it do that?

With the tegu’s successful occupation of Florida’s ecosystems, a new study predicts that this invasive species could potentially spread across the southern U.S. and into Mexico. But these voracious lizards are just another incident in our devastating history of invasive species.

600 calories or less for each Happy Meal? Well, it’s a start.

When Mark Zuckerberg told Congress Facebook would use artificial intelligence to detect fake newsposted on the social media site, he wasn’t particularly specific about what that meant. Given my own […]

Sure, we found the Higgs Boson at the LHC earlier this decade. But what else has, and more importantly, hasn’t turned up? It’s now just over five years since the two […]

They may have arisen less than 200 million years after the Big Bang, but the Universe was a very different place back then. When you look out beyond the Milky Way […]

Imagine the increased productivity, efficiency, and overall success that would result if all of the employees and managers within your organization would make better decisions on a daily basis. This […]

It’s fascinating how an octopus’s skin does this and how these scientists recreated it.

Becoming a millionaire is not out of grasp for the ordinary person. Here are tried and tested methods for wealth creation to get your plan in action.

Wormholes might very well be a key feature to our cosmos.

The agricultural revolution was one of the best things to happen to the human species, right? Wrong.

The NASA probe to Saturn went out in a blaze of glory last week.

What do Finland, bacon, and basketball have in common? They’re all part of our new series, the Random Fact Roundup.

The new approach to opiate addiction and overdose has been in development for 25 years.

Ayn Rand champions self-sufficiency, attacks altruism, demonizes public servants, and vilifies government regulations because they hinder individual freedom.

Two major galaxies in the local group are already in the process of being devoured by us… and each other. The Milky Way is the second-largest galaxy in our local group, […]

Elastic thinking is what endows us with the ability to solve novel problems and to overcome the neural and psychological barriers that can impede us from looking beyond the existing order.

The controversy over whether Jesus had any siblings is reignited after an amazing new discovery of an ancient text.

The first step is recognizing that physical, mental, and emotional health are interconnected.

But could we reverse-engineer this research to program people to give a desired response?

Have you ever been curious about how curiosity works?

Could neuroscience help a Jeffrey Dahmer or a Ted Bundy become… better people?

Utopias are idealised visions of a perfect society. Utopianisms are those ideas put into practice. This is where the trouble begins. 

It all surrounds your outlook on the self-presentation process.

Creativity is of vital importance in the modern world. Does diversity help promote it?

Hertz Foundation Fellow Dr. Christopher Loose sold his first startup for $80 million. His advice is probably the kind you want to hear.

Seven people ate a ketogenic diet for three months straight. Here’s what happened.

It’s time to bust one of the biggest myths about where the night sky’s most spectacular, seasonal shows come from. Meteor showers are one of the night sky’s most spectacular sights […]