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David Novak — the cofounder, and former CEO and chairman, of Yum! Brands — celebrates the benefits of active, lifelong learning.

We know more about the universe than what is beneath our feet. But Earth’s mantle holds subtle clues about our planet’s past.

Ancient helium-3 from the dawn of time leaks from the Earth, offering clues to our planet’s formation. A key question is where it leaks from.

A few key moments are linked to significant shifts in thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.

Whenever something goes wrong — in business as in life — we tend to get cause and effect totally muddled up.

Not all stress is created equal.

Creative people are better able to engage brain systems that don’t typically work together.

Colors can influence your emotions and behaviors, but “color psychology” yields no real insight into your personality.

2022 was another busy year in the realm of science, with groundbreaking stories spanning space, materials, medicine, and technology.

30 years ago Jim VandeHei — co-founder and CEO of Axios — got leadership feedback all wrong. Now, he has the ideal blueprint so you can get it right.

Psychopathic tendencies may be present to some extent in all of us. New research is reframing this often sensationalized and maligned set of traits and finding some positive twists.

The cycles of life all rely on the dynamism of the Earth’s crust.

Why the best entrepreneurs should be more Obi-Wan Kenobi than Luke Skywalker.

Science cannot help us understand or describe first-person experience. Zen koans are a powerful form for helping us reach that description.

The most common element in the Universe, vital for forming new stars, is hydrogen. But there’s a finite amount of it; what if we run out?

He couldn’t identify the numbers 2 through 9. But strangely, he could still see ones and zeros.

The simulation hypothesis is fun to talk about, but believing it requires an act of faith.

Our Universe requires dark matter in order to make sense of things, astrophysically. Could massive photons do the trick?

This isn’t America’s first rodeo with monkeypox. In 2003, the virus swept across America thanks to a shipment of exotic animals.

Scalars, vectors, and tensors come up all the time in physics. They’re more than mathematical structures. They help describe the Universe.

By developing skills like divergent thinking and collaboration in the workforce, creativity training has the potential to unlock revolutionary ideas.

Religion is a product of, and not a source of, our evolutionary moral dispositions.

Former sports agent Molly Fletcher translates the discipline of great athletes into a framework for achievement in any field.

Unplugging only ignores the hard work of overcoming your distractions.

You would think that with all our technology, like the James Webb Space Telescope, we would know how big the Universe is. But we don’t.

These 10 best practices can help organizations develop high-quality and engaging training videos for employees. 

Our minds seem both physical and intangible. That paradox has gripped this neuroscientist since childhood.

If you think you know what sex, gender, and “the right thing to do” for trans youth and adults are, be sure it agrees with actual science.

If you think everyone around you is terrible, the joke may be on you.