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Leadership is accessible to each of us—today. It requires a process of hard work, willingness to ask questions, and openness to learning.
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Leadership is accessible to each of us—today. It requires a process of hard work, willingness to ask questions, and openness to learning.
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Contrary to popular belief, leadership really can be learned.
Is "nudge theory" Big Brother running our lives, or just the medicine we need?
Did you know that in 2014 the top 25 hedge fund managers in the U.S. were paid a collective $11.6 billion?
In August 2012, Curiosity became the heaviest, most advanced rover to ever land on Mars. Here’s what the red planet looks like. “Studying whether there’s life on Mars or studying […]
An incredible art project creates a new, tiny world every day. “I’d rather create a miniature painting than a Taj Mahal of a book.”-Mohsin Hamid As small as it is […]
Department of Corrections is a misnomer. At the present, DOCs across the country shun from the responsibility to make convicts better people.
Nashville-based Ride for Reading began as an elementary school teacher's endeavor to put books in the hands of low-income children.
If dark matter is the most abundant form of mass, and has gravity, where are all the dark matter structures? “All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may […]
Do schools kill creativity? Should white boys ever rap or breakdance? This week on Think Again we're joined by Maria Konnikova, author of The Confidence Game and Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes
In the murky land of Twitter, a war rages online- and offline as comedians attempt to protect their writing from other writers.
Starches may have played a key role in our ancestors' diets, helping humans to develop the big brains we have today.
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Does the typical college student understand the sort of mental health care options available to them? Dr. Judith Brisman of Eating Disorder Resource Center continues our series "Big Thinkers on Mental Health."
Women feel the effects more harshly, whereas it takes a while for men to let those feelings sink in.
A key thought experiment, the "tragedy of the commons," is widely misunderstood, especially among certain kinds of economists. Elinor Ostrom won a Nobel Prize for showing how irrational they can be.
In an unprecedented use of Freedom of Information laws, an anti-GMO group wants to read the emails of forty university professors with professional associations to biotechnology firms.
Recent data suggests there are some health benefits from adding a little spice to your foods.
There are three kinds of BS, explains Stewart, and all three made appearances last night.