Being creative gives you a natural predisposition to schizophrenia, according to a massive new study by the British Journal of Psychiatry.
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It’s made up of scores of telescopes at many different sites across the world. But it acts like one giant telescope. Here’s how. If you want to observe the Universe more […]
Elite organizations tend to get conspiracy theorists going.
Stephen Fry announces that he’s had surgery for prostate cancer nine the most Stephen-Fry way possible.
What is it that separates an average-performing employee from a truly exceptional employee? While there are many things that can set one employee apart from the rest in terms of […]
The 2020 presidential candidate said companies like Amazon should “pay their fair share” as automation begins to displace human workers.
Cultural diversity is not only an enormous issue for organizations of all sizes—it’s an inevitable fact of life in our increasingly globalized economy. Companies can benefit greatly from the variety […]
Democracies can fail. They usually do. Van Jones on how America might become functional again.
The Thucydides Trap leads us to believe a U.S.-China war is inevitable. But is a 2,400-year-old school of thought really what the U.S. should base its foreign policy on?
This detailed infographic shows the path of Mark Zuckerberg’s life.
Jewish people living in nearly all European countries report that anti-Semitism has grown in recent years.
The best books, calendar, accessories and more are all just one click away. Every year, there are no shortage of wonderful, exciting, informative gifts you could get for those who matter […]
Now’s your chance to become part of an exciting new venture. Or to think about it. Maybe just think about it for now.
People prefer to live in states that invest in life-easing amenities.
Spontaneous talk on surprise topics. Humanities scholar Stephen Greenblatt on one particular story that just won’t let us go.
A new survey of 1,021 Americans finds that we still have lots of questions and concerns about GMOs and that we don’t even really know when we’re consuming them.
It was Stephen Hawking’s obsession for the last 30 years of his life. Here’s why it matters. When it comes to the sciences, sometimes making two observations or measurements that appear […]
It marks a first for the U.S., where some 49,000 people died from opioids in 2018.
Think you make moral judgments objectively? Think again.
For thousands of years, all over the world, we’ve told tales of monsters and the undead. Why? Aaron Mahnke, creator of the ‘Lore’ podcast, on the hunger for mystery.
Regenerative capitalism challenges the belief that business success and environmental concerns are inherently at odds.
The ever-elusive “soft” skills tied to a high emotional intelligence (EQ) remain a key differentiator between wildly successful employees and ones who may struggle to effectively collaborate with their peers. […]
A fully programmable quantum computer that can outperform any classical computer is right at the edge of today’s technology. Earlier this month, a new story leaked out: Google, one of […]
A new study reveals that babies as young as one year old can think logically.
On Tuesday, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew by the space rock, located some 4 billion miles away from Earth.
Spontaneous talk on surprise topics. Writer Kurt Andersen on passionate kookiness as the American Way.
Now might just be the best time in history to be a geek or a nerd. How have the definitions and connotations changed over time?
Our Universe may not be all there is, was, or ever will be, after all. There’s been a lot of speculative ideas put forth about the Multiverse, and I dare say […]
Be glad your name isn’t attached to any of these bad ideas.