Huge shifts in the workforce demand real-world changes in management practices; “command-and-control” no longer cuts it.
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Fifty years of research on children’s toy preferences shows that kids generally prefer toys oriented toward their own gender.
Day trading has the potential to yield incredible profits, but without a time machine, you’re unlikely to achieve them.
I also can’t conjure sounds, smells, or any other kind of sensory stimulation inside my head. This is called “aphantasia.”
Astrophysicist Michelle Thaller explains how a solar storm could wipe out civilization… and what we can do to prevent catastrophe.
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Mindfulness, detachment, selecting off-time activities with care: Here are evidence-based strategies to achieve healthy work-life balance.
Here’s the case for why science can’t keep ignoring human experience.
Astronomers in 2017 caught an image of a supermassive black hole in a galaxy far, far away. Doing it in our own galaxy is a huge milestone.
The way to understand the earliest moments of creation is to recreate those conditions and study them. Why would we stop now?
Did you know that shifting to a positive perspective on aging can add 7.5 years to your life? Or that there is a provable U-curve of happiness that shows people get happier after age 50?
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Recasting the iconic Carrington Event as just one of many superstorms in Earth’s past, scientists reveal the potential for even more massive eruptions from the sun.
A physicist creates an AI algorithm that predicts natural events and may prove the simulation hypothesis.
Game theory is a unique combination of math and psychology. Its applications turn up everywhere, from nuclear war to Tinder to game shows.
Some of the weirdest characters in Greek mythology were Athenian kings.
“Theory of mind” enables all people to naturally infer other people’s mental states. Psychopaths don’t seem to put much effort into the process.
Many contemporary composers live in the shadow of Bach and Beethoven, even though they’re just as interesting to listen to.
The placebo effect is not the “power of positive thinking.” The fact that it is getting stronger is not a good development.
In all the Universe, only a few particles are eternally stable. The photon, the quantum of light, has an infinite lifetime. Or does it?
With a record-setting $1.9 billion jackpot, you’d think it’s a no-brainer to buy a Powerball ticket. But the math truly shows otherwise.
There are ~400 billion stars in the Milky Way, and ~2 trillion galaxies in the visible Universe. But what if we aren’t typical?
Between the instability of the real estate market and cryptocurrency fluctuations, everyone has been talking about bubbles. But what are they, really?
Harmony and moderation make for a happier life.
Uploading your mind is not a pathway to immortality. Instead, it will create a possibly hostile digital doppelgänger.
For some reason, when we talk about the age of stars, galaxies, and the Universe, we use “years” to measure time. Can we do better?
What happens when simulation theory becomes more than a fascinating thought experiment?
Our huge, expanding Universe may truly be infinite. But if the set of possible quantum outcomes is also infinite, which “infinity” wins?
Give yourself (and others) a break.
Find it easier to sort out your friends’ problems than your own? This paradox is for you.