Increasingly sophisticated automation technology can save big money for banks by paring down the workforce.
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If there’s no phosphine, there’s no indirect evidence for biological activity there. In one of the biggest surprises in the history of planetary science, a September 2020 study announced the presence […]
What do companies like Hilton, Salesforce, and Wegman’s Food Markets have in common? First, they all have some of the happiest employees in their industries. These three companies made the […]
Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is a well-known model of human development, but Maslow’s friend and colleague Kazimierz Dąbrowski believed humans developed in a different way.
We’ve known this virus was coming. We just didn’t do anything about it.
You might think that we live in a three dimensional Universe based on space alone. But you cannot leave time out of it. If you were asked to describe how you […]
They say that atoms are mostly 99.99999% empty space. But quantum physics says otherwise. If you were to look at what your body is made of, at smaller and more […]
The impact of giving up is exactly the same as the impact of denying climate change.
When thinking about your shortcomings, it pays to be kind.
Zeno’s paradox stumped philosophers, mathematicians, and intellectuals for millennia. It took physics to finally solve it. The fastest human in the world, according to the Ancient Greek legend, was the heroine […]
Have you ever found yourself so engrossed in your work that, hours later, you’ve been shocked to discover you’ve missed your lunch break? Maybe you’ve had a conversation with a […]
How the phenomenon of time dilation became very real to me … at a monastery.
Philosopher Nick Bostrom’s “singleton hypothesis” predicts the future of human societies.
Scholars often debate risking their livelihoods and personal safety in order to conduct research in certain areas.
Hundreds more are documented in Robert Macfarlane’s Landmarks.
People often incorporate lessons from fictional stories into their beliefs, attitudes and value judgments, sometimes without even being aware that they are doing so.
Two of our biggest science-fiction dreams might not remain fiction for much longer. Here’s how 21st-century science could make it real. For as long as human beings have looked up at […]
Demanding appropriate levels of skepticism and scrutiny isn’t cruelty, but rather demonstrates scientific integrity and intellectual honesty. Every few months, a novel headline will fly across the world, claiming to […]
From a personal point of view and from an economic point of view, this is nothing short of potentially disastrous for people’s livelihoods.
Flattening the curve on panic and disinformation.
Americans must choose the middle path, away from the fundamentalist positions on both the right and the left, argues a Washington think tank.
It doesn’t matter what you’re reading, as long as you’re reading.
The under-recognized condition affects workers in offices across the globe.
The protesters on the street aren’t just taking up space, they carry on a well thought out tradition.
Interpreter, Google’s language translating tool, is coming to mobile and it’s poised to change our everyday conversations.
July 4th and New Years Eve are the most dangerous times for a hail of falling bullets from ‘celebratory gunfire.’ “What goes up, must come down,” is an old saying […]
“Self-talk has been the biggest thing in my life,” says former Navy SEAL David Goggins. He knows he’s not alone. He also knows it’s largely, to use his words, “a […]
America is polarized, but not as much as you might think.
It’s not only about what’s happening right now. Things need to change for good. It could be your colleague, your coworker, your staff member, or your student. As the world mourns […]