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The New York Post reports that CEO turnover is the highest it has been in eight years. However, according to the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL), executive churn is a […]
Some stress out. Some read. Some drink.
No particle we know of can explain what’s going on.
Louie Psihoyos — the director of the Academy Award-winning documentary The Cove — is scouting out locations for his latest project, a real-life dolphin sanctuary.
Couples who had fish more than 8 times a menstrual cycle had a 47% shorter time getting pregnant than those who didn’t, and had 22% more sex than those that didn’t.
Chris Hughes earned nearly half a billion dollars after co-founding Facebook. Now he’s arguing for fairer wages in the form of a $500 monthly ‘social dividend’ for low- and middle-class Americans.
Despite what Hawking told you, it really isn’t about particle-antiparticle pairs at all. Nothing in the Universe lives forever. All the stars that will ever form will someday burn out; distant […]
In the Communication Styles Matrix, there are four basic styles of communicators: the Director, Expresser, Thinker, and Harmonizer. Typically, people are a combination of at least two communication styles—one “primary” […]
A new study finds that even minutes of meditation or mindfulness increases your cognitive capabilities.
There are many areas of society and business that need creative solutions — where we need new ideas or new ways of doing old things. Coming up with innovative ideas […]
The road from dropout to billionaire is more of a detour than a highway.
Some games are just for fun, others are for thought provoking statements on life, the universe, and everything.
Sports teams have yet to pour a celebratory cooler of chocolate milk over their coach after winning the big game.
By putting its relationships in military hands, the US is losing its power abroad.
Blame our ancestors for why it’s easier to be a couch potato.
Employees leaving is the reality for many businesses. According to the Harvard Business Review (HBR), many organizations do not hold exit interviews — or, if they do, they don’t analyze […]
Research shows that the way math is taught in schools and how its conceptualized as a subject is severely impairing American student’s ability to learn and understand the material.
Practicing mindfulness in the workplace is taking businesses and organizations around the world by storm. While some practice mindfulness techniques, others are more involved in the discipline of mindfulness meditation.
Explore McLuhan’s theory on print culture and its influential hold over civilization.
On the first episode of The Portal, Eric Weinstein and Peter Thiel discuss the future of education.
Respected Oxford mathematician Roger Penrose sees swirls of radioactivity in a sky map as evidence that the Big Bang isn’t true. These “Hawking rings” suggest to him that the universe expands and collapses over and over.
In Life After Google, George Gilder writes that we’re paying a heavy cost for “free.”
Diversity in the workplace is a critical attribute to any business, and it comes in different forms. At its core, diversity is about embracing people of different ages, races, genders, […]
… and also the return of the (mini) Mac.
It’s no small secret that we are addicted to our phones. This so-called ‘dumb watch’ can help you check it less… and looks great, too.
Early reports show that it works, as odd as the approach may seem to some fontologists.
Carl Sagan liked to smoke weed. His essay on why is fascinating.
It’s one of the biggest assumptions we’ve ever made about the Universe. Here’s why it’s wrong. Almost everyone has heard the story of the Big Bang. But if you ask anyone, […]
Explore a legendary philosopher’s take on how society fails to prepare us for education and progress.