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From a hot, dense, uniform state in its earliest moments, our entire known Universe arose. These unavoidable steps made it all possible.

Leadership training can have huge dividends, when it’s done right. Here are seven best practices for building a leadership development program that works.

The road to happiness is indirect and full of frustration.

One man studied apes for 50 years. He says nature isn’t as cruel as you think.

The world needs a moral defense of progress based in humanism and agency.

A company in England has made a test that picks out the compounds from breath that reveal if people have liver disease.

Too many people still view stay-at-home dads as feckless deadbeats, but their acceptance is an important step toward gender equality.

Executive presence training can help leaders learn how to better support their people, become more self aware, communicate effectively, and more.

If we manage to avoid a large catastrophe, we are living at the early beginnings of human history.

Make Sunsets is bringing solar geoengineering from sci-fi to reality.

In history, every major technological advance has been used, for good and bad.

Atomic nuclei form in minutes. Atoms form in hundreds of thousands of years. But the “dark ages” rule thereafter, until stars finally form.

The mindless implementation of AI tools can come at a cost for our teams. Here are some red flags and solutions.

Holograms preserve all of an object’s 3D information, but on a 2D surface. Could the holographic Universe idea lead us to higher dimensions?

One of the fundamental questions for those studying and advocating progress is around understanding what variables can move the needle for the type of progress that you might want to see in the world. It’s a key focus of the “progress studies” discipline and a question that has received increased attention from academics and public intellectuals in recent years.

Considering the perspectives of others has important benefits for individuals and for society. There is one easy way to do it.

We have long thought that Pluto was completely frozen solid, but the discovery of cryovolcanoes challenges that assumption.

The English writer left behind a mind-expanding collection of books.

Meg LeFauve and Dave Holstein drew inspiration from psychologists as well as their own children, becoming more understanding parents in the process.

If you think of the Big Bang as an explosion, we can trace it back to a single point-of-origin. But what if it happened everywhere at once?

In 1924, Edwin Hubble found proof that the Milky Way isn’t the only galaxy in the Universe.

The successful tactics of big-name leaders — including Bob Iger, Mary Barra, and Satya Nadella — reveal key approaches to innovation.

The answer to the age-old philosophical question of whether there is meaning in the Universe may ultimately rest upon the power of information.

Cryptocurrency “news” is dominated by enthusiasts and haters. Surely, an intellectual discussion can be had.

Sludge may be inevitable, but there are better ways to manage such frictions in our daily lives.

Astro Mechanica’s “turboelectric” jet engines offer a way to transform both commercial flights and space launches.

There is no one prehistoric meal plan.

Sophia, the humanoid robot, is not just mirroring emotions; she’s leading a revolution in emotional intelligence.

Finding a tiny planet around bright stars dozens or hundreds of light-years from Earth is extremely difficult.

Learning and development leaders can play a key role in fostering inclusion in the workplace, improving creativity and innovation in the process.