Technology & Innovation — March 27, 2009

Worthy Non-Profits on Twitter

Twitter is a great place to learn about philanthropy from a new angle.

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Twitter may be the only place right now where you can easily follow many of the philanthropic leaders in the world and hear their (bite-sized) thoughts in real time. Go to www.summize.com or search.twitter.com to get started.

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Interior of a particle physics laboratory showing a complex particle accelerator setup with multiple cables, detectors, and machinery designed to study glueball particles.

Starts With A Bang

What do unexpected experimental results actually tell us?

Scientific surprises, driven by experiment, are often how science advances. But more often than not, they’re just bad science.

Starts With A Bang

Official verdict: JWST’s early galaxies didn’t break cosmology

The “little red dots” were touted as being too massive, too early, for cosmology to explain. With new knowledge, everything adds up.

A silhouette of a person using a metal detector merges seamlessly with a large, centered image of JFK's face against a gradient blue background, symbolizing leadership and discovery.

Business

What JFK learned about leadership from a NASA janitor

Most leaders get the psychology of human motivation all wrong — here’s how a presidential encounter with a leaf-sweeper puts it right.

A black and white image of a curled fern leaf is centered on a black background with faint, star-like specks, capturing an ethereal beauty reminiscent of Sara Walker's scientific explorations.

13.8

A bold challenge to the orthodox definition of life

In “Life As No One Knows It,” Sara Imari Walker explains why the key distinction between life and other kinds of “things” is how life uses information.

A person in glasses using a computer is repeated four times on the left, showcasing the intensity of the first pro gamer, while two video game screenshots are featured on the right side of the image. Pink neon lines are superimposed over the scenes.

High Culture

Meet Thresh, the world’s first professional gamer

Dennis “Thresh” Fong talks to us about battling Elon Musk in Quake in the ‘90s, his undefeated record as a pro gamer, and using AI to detoxify gaming.

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Politics & Current Affairs

How can people attack and brutally criticize without contributing any value or ideas of their own?

Political debate jumps the shark.