Event Developing Frontline Leaders The L&D team at Chick-fil-A share how they develop their frontline leaders and engage learners at all levels of their organization.
Thinking How “Gibson’s law” makes it hard to trust experts "For every PhD there is an equal and opposite PhD."
Perception Box Are psychedelics really the key to expanding our consciousness? James Fadiman PhD, who has 60 years of experience in the field, believes they are. ▸ 6 min — with James Fadiman
The Future First person with a Neuralink brain implant reveals how he uses it If you guessed “staying up all night to play video games,” you’d be right.
Event Become a Learning-Driven Organization The L&D team at S&P Global discuss how they build a culture of learning at their organization.
Hard Science A new Earth-sized, volcanic planet is a good candidate for harboring life Exoplanet LP 791-18d is likely to have an atmosphere and liquid water.
13.8 The key problem with the “brain in a vat” thought experiment Even with the best technology imaginable, you'd probably never be able to exist as a consciously aware brain in a vat.
The Future 3D-printed “metamaterial” is stronger than anything in nature It’s 50% stronger than comparable materials used in aerospace.
Starts With A Bang Ask Ethan: Is our Universe a hologram? Holograms preserve all of an object's 3D information, but on a 2D surface. Could the holographic Universe idea lead us to higher dimensions?
Starts With A Bang NASA’s deepest 3D fly-through of the Universe From the present day all the way to less than 400 million years after the Big Bang, we're seeing how the Universe grew up like never before.
Measuring impact A quick guide to measuring training ROI Calculating training ROI is rarely straightforward, but this article offers a few best practices for L&D professionals.
Hard Science German scientists 3D print objects with “acoustic holograms” Using shaped ultrasound, researchers can 3D print objects in one shot.
Starts With A Bang Galaxy clusters are graveyards for Milky Way-like galaxies If our Milky Way were located in the Virgo cluster instead of the Local Group, chances are we'd already be a "red and dead" galaxy.
The Present Why the U.S. scored a “D” for human rights in a new report The U.S. ranked 59th worldwide.
Business 6 innovative and effective approaches to upskilling Slack’s recent radical upskilling booster week highlighted the urgent need for new approaches to L&D: here are some of the most groundbreaking.
Health Monkey lives with CRISPR’d pig kidney for over two years The milestone puts us one step closer to ending the organ shortage.
Starts With A Bang Have we overestimated the number of stars in the Universe? With ~400 billion stars in the Milky Way and 6-20 trillion galaxies overall, that makes for a lot of stars. But not as many as you'd think.
L&D strategy On-the-job training: How to build an effective program for the future To gain its full value, L&D leaders must be open to challenging assumptions about how they approach on-the-job training.
The Past This virtual 3D model lets you wander the streets of ancient Rome Archaeologist Bernard Frischer spent decades uploading the ruins of the Eternal City to the cloud. Here’s what it looks like.
The Present Could 3D printing help solve America’s housing crisis? 3D-printing robots are being used to build a 100-home housing development in the US state of Texas.
Starts With A Bang I’m a PhD astrophysicist, and I once saw a UFO It didn't look like anything I'd seen before, but I'd be a great fool to consider "aliens" as a reasonable possibility.
The Future 3D-printed “superalloy” could make power plants more efficient The material is both stronger and lighter than those used to make conventional power plant turbines.
Trends & insights 10 top corporate training videos to inspire L&D teams Whether you're developing or in the market for corporate training videos, these examples from PwC, Chick-fil-A, and others are sure to impress.
Life Your next pair of Tweezers might be inspired by a crow’s beak Inspired by the shape of a New Caledonian crow’s beak, researchers created a new 3D-printed prototype of tweezers.
The Past PhD student solves a mysterious ancient Sanskrit text algorithm after 2,500 years A Cambridge Ph.D. student has solved a grammatical problem that has befuddled Sanskrit scholars since the 5th century BC.
Trends & insights 3 key takeaways from ATD 2023 ATD 2023 encouraged L&D professionals to create a world that works better – whether by rethinking old assumptions, optimizing how we gather, or creating new measures for success.
The Well How to turn information into intelligence Having trouble learning? A PhD engineering professor gives you one key tip. ▸ 8 min — with Barbara Oakley
The Present Virginia launches world’s biggest 3D-printed housing project One home was printed in 28 hours. Now, Alquist 3D is building 200 more.
Starts With A Bang Everything you need to know about the math of Powerball 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.
Health Custom, 3D-printed heart replicas look and pump just like the real thing The soft robotic models are patient-specific and could help clinicians zero in on the best implant for an individual.