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Everyone loves a good underdog story, but the lessons we derive from them depend on how they’re told.
Inequality in wealth, gender, and race grew to unprecedented levels across the world, according to OxFam report.
The business case for diversity and inclusion is overwhelming. We know that diverse teams benefit from increased productivity and a wider knowledge base. We know that varied perspectives help us […]
Solar geoengineering ideas could weaken storms in both hemispheres, scientists find.
After 70 years, "The Power of Positive Thinking" remains incredibly popular, even though its critics find the book to be mostly fluff.
Water may be far more abundant on the lunar surface than previously thought.
In "The Immortality Key," Brian Muraresku speculates that the Eucharist could have once been more colorful.
The Industrial Revolution changed music forever, thanks to a combination of technological advances and clever entrepreneurs.
There are reasons you look the way you do.
Scalars, vectors, and tensors come up all the time in science. But what are they? One of the major goals of science is to describe our reality as accurately as possible. […]
Jonathan Berman wants us to have better dialogues.
And after years of mystery, we finally know where they come from. Here on Earth, thunderstorms and accompanying lightning strikes represent tremendous releases of energy. It was way back in 2011 […]
Fintech companies are using elements of video games to make personal finance more fun. But does it work, and what are the risks?
For many, 2020 will not be remembered as a “best of” much. We don’t need to repeat the reasons here; it’s sufficient to point out that a 100-year pandemic was […]
We’ve been taking our eyebrows for granted. They may in fact be the thing that let us become the dominant species on Earth.
A wealthy team doesn't automatically make for a successful team.
It’s fundamentally different from space. Here’s how. Here’s a question that most of us have been asked at some point in our lives, “what’s the shortest distance between two points?” By […]
We put presidents on our money, but isn't there more to life than politics?
If we were in a place like the Coma Cluster instead of the Local Group, we’d already be dead. In a living spiral galaxy, like the Milky Way, the rich gas […]
A historical look into the tipple that toppled the British Empire and kick-started America.
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Some galaxies might not have any dark matter. Here’s why you should care. There are two assumptions that everyone makes about the Universe for extremely good reasons, but they might not […]
She met mere mortals with and without the Vatican's approval.
In 2017, we saw gravitational waves a neutron star merger for the first and only time. And it keeps getting more interesting. On August 17, 2017, a cosmic signal arrived […]
These ten characters have all had a huge influence on psychology. Their stories continue to intrigue those interested in personality and identity, nature and nurture, and the links between mind and body.
Scientists have been probing our solar system for extraterrestrial life.
Here’s the number one factor for whether an organization is a success or a failure.