If you said “with the Big Bang,” congratulations: that was our best answer as of ~1979. Here’s what we’ve learned in all the time since.
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When leaders embrace positive personal energy, everyone feels the benefits — in trust, innovation and creativity.
Placebo treatments don’t always need to be given deceptively to have positive effects.
Thanks to protocols established centuries ago in Europe, world leaders no longer need to worry about having their heads bashed with an axe.
The biggest lingering question about GPT-4 isn’t if it’s going to destroy jobs or take over the world. Instead, it is this: Do we trust AI programmers to tell society what is true?
Where do you place precious brain resources?
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The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline relaunched last year with a new number, yet few Americans are aware of the helpline and its purpose.
Researchers are looking at neurons required for touch-mediated pain relief.
Dedicated circuits evaluate uncertainty in the brain, preventing it from using unreliable information to make decisions.
Symmetrical objects are less complex than non-symmetrical ones. Perhaps evolution acts as an algorithm with a bias toward simplicity.
Volcanologists warn that magma-filled vents evolve over time, leading to an underestimation of the number that might erupt — especially those capable of the biggest explosions
There are three kinds of memory that all work together to shape your reality. Neuroscientist André Fenton explains.
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Neuroscientist and author Bobby Azarian explores the idea that the Universe is a self-organizing system that evolves and learns.
The modern attention economy hijacks our ability to focus, but an ancient technique offers a means to get it back.
To be successful, leaders would be wise to remember that AI isn’t a replacement for people; it exists to enhance their capabilities.
Steven Pinker explains how to cultivate greater rationality in today’s complex world.
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Driven by a childhood marked by war and environmental devastation, Dyhia Belhabib developed an innovative technology to combat illegal fishing.
We do not need to pause AI research. But we do need a pause on the public release of these tools until we can determine how to deal with them.
Think of a combination of immersive virtual reality, an online role-playing game, and the internet.
We spend over a third of our lives at work, yet the global workplace is often not a happy place. The solution may lie with our feelings of attachment.
Combining years of neurological research and mindfulness techniques, Dr. Heather Berlin helps us better understand how the body’s most complex organ can easily be misled into negative thinking – and how we can stop that from happening.
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In “The Secret Life of Secrets”, Michael Slepian explores how holding secrets affects our relationships, psychology, and well-being.
People who have a regional accent might prefer robots who speak like them over generic voices.
the human brain remains highly responsive to sound during sleep, but it does not receive feedback from higher order areas — sort of like an orchestra with “the conductor missing.”
Half a century ago, idealistic punks shook a fist at the status quo — and their legacy is a blueprint for modern leadership.
Lonely humans will become infatuated with AI-fabricated personas.
Researchers use fluid dynamics to spot artificial imposter voices.
Are people are more likely to act less emotionally and more rationally when speaking their second language?
Discover the ancient wisdom of not pushing the river.