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In a world without “bullshit jobs,” we would have more hours available to us to learn new skills and to unleash our creative side.
“Choose not to be harmed—and you won’t feel harmed,” advised Stoic philosopher-emperor Marcus Aurelius. He had a point.
If the electromagnetic and weak forces unify to make the electroweak force, maybe, at higher energies, something even grander happens?
∆G = ∆H – T∆S is one of the most abstract formulas in science, but it is also one of the most important. Without it, life cannot exist.
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Even with only 12.5 hours of exposure time, James Webb’s first deep-field image taught us lessons we’ve never realized before.
We think of physical reality as what objectively exists, independent of any observer. But relativity and quantum physics say otherwise.
A strange philosophical thought experiment forces us to ask if the world can be completely described in physical terms.
Maybe eyes really are windows into the soul — or at least into the brain, as a new study finds.
Resilience training can be instrumental in helping employees recover from difficulties and embrace change in the workplace.
Brands like BMW, Walmart, and IBM are seeing big wins from the use of gamification in corporate training. Here’s how.
The very concept of a “problem with no solution” goes against human nature. But we must accept this harsh reality to have peace in our lives.
After mammoth investments and two decades of anti-aging research, what do immortality proponents have to show for it?
The world is changing, and technology is driving that change. Today, that observation is about as compelling as the insight that water runs downhill. It’s just what technology (and water) […]
With the right management training program, organizations can empower leaders with the skills they need to succeed — giving everyone on the team a leg up.
Looking probably isn’t something you need to practice. People believe they can apprehend a painting at a glance. They read coworkers’ messages and assume they understand a situation. Or they […]
Why saying, “I don’t know,” might be the best thing you can do.
The Hubble Space Telescope, 32 years after its launch, broke the all-time record for most distant star. It won’t do better.
We all know that work-life balance can be difficult, but do we make it harder on ourselves by how we choose to conceptualize the idea? More specifically, is the concept […]
Real-time online learning is where our dated education system is heading.
Sometimes the value of soft skills feels almost secretive—like some scrap of knowledge handed down through an ancient society of corporate recruiters. Of course, that’s not the case or that’s […]
The stars stood no chance against the more-massive black holes.
Wind energy is one of the cleanest, greenest sources of power. But could it have the sneaky side-effect of changing the weather?
Earth is not a benign mother. We have begun to witness what happens when it unleashes its fury.
Humans who’ve lived through the same events often remember them differently. Could quantum physics be responsible?
If something is “true,” it needs to be shown to work in the real world.
Trust can be a fragile thing. Like decorative china or a ship in a bottle, it breaks if handled clumsily. But unlike those, you can’t set trust in your curio […]
More than any other nation, Japan tends to feel comfortable with the idea of humanoid robots entering the home.
In recent years, women have made incredible strides in the business world. Forty-one women currently lead Fortune 500 companies. While that remains an unacceptably low percentage (8 percent) overall, it […]