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First discovered in the mid-1960s, no cosmic signal has taught us more about the Universe, or spurred more controversy, than the CMB.
Jotform CEO Aytekin Tank highlights an AI-powered pathway towards more productive and more creative teams.
“The only requisite for nonfiction is that it’s true,” says Nathan Thrall, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book “A Day in the Life of Abed Salama.”
By designing smart systems, we can help ourselves live up to our best intentions — and perform even better in our workplaces.
From LIGO, there weren’t enough neutron star-neutron star mergers to account for our heavy elements. With a JWST surprise, maybe they can.
4 things you should consider before launching your next global learning program.
“Ultimately, the choice rests with each individual: whether to take the convenient route of allowing AI to handle our critical thinking, or to preserve this essential cognitive process for ourselves.”
An alternative vision of the future of work for senior executives might hold a solution to relentless workplace stress.
It’s the ultimate game of cosmic “cover up,” as the dimming occurs when a circumbinary disk from a nearby star passes in front of T Tauri North.
Life might be more common across the Universe than the “Hard Steps Model” suggests.
An interview with renowned mythologist Martin Shaw about persona, presence, and how to spend life’s finite time.
Matter is made up largely of atoms, where atomic nuclei can contain up to 100 protons or more. But how were the heaviest elements made?
Effective leadership requires long-term strategy — not tactical reactions.
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Cosmic inflation, proposed back in 1980, is a theory that precedes and sets up the hot Big Bang. After thorough testing, is it still valid?
The Roman Empire at one point emitted roughly 3,600 tons of lead dust per year, causing “widespread cognitive decline.”
Scientists just viewed one of the tiniest, most isolated, lowest-mass galaxies ever found with JWST. Despite all odds, it’s still growing.
“The amount of interest is enormous,” says anesthesiologist Boris Heifets. “People are dropping in and coming out of the woodwork, trying to understand how to do this.”
Philosopher and author Christopher DiCarlo outlines the key areas where AI continues to reshape the labor landscape.
Your teams need authentic caregiving, not an insincere plan to merely check all of the well-being boxes.
New telescopes, radio dishes, and gravitational wave detectors are needed for next-generation science. Will the USA lead the way?
An authentic career strategy built around sustainability involves embedding these key principles into all jobs, argues Marilyn Waite.
The Ring Nebula, a bright, circular planetary nebula, is created by a dying Sun-like star. After centuries, we finally know its true shape.
Dubbed “Valeriana” by researchers, the city of 50,000 peaked around 800 AD before being swallowed by the jungle.
Motility was suggested as a promising “biosignature” as early as the 1960s, but the technology was insufficient — until now.
People who’ve never been partnered tend to be less extraverted, less conscientious, and more neurotic.
Since mid-2022, JWST has been showing us how the Universe grows up, from planets to galaxies and more. So, what’s its biggest find of all?
Physicist Don Lincoln explains why mathematics is a powerful tool for scientific modeling, but is not a science itself.
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