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Rest assured: Kooky ideas like the Earth being flat or vaccines causing autism are nothing new. Humanity has had worse ideas before.
Since the 1940s, NASA has been testing experimental aircraft (aka X-planes) at California's Armstrong Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base. In the past two decades, however, the agency […]
The under-recognized condition affects workers in offices across the globe.
While the blockbuster franchise might have given us a distorted view of science's capabilities to address species extinction, new research might come close to "resurrecting" lost species' DNA.
Move over deepfakes. Multi-agent artificial intelligence is poised to manipulate your mind.
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The processes behind our ability to make decisions are complex, but they're not miracles.
There's concrete tradeoff logic lurking beneath the numbers and market abstractions.
But the U.S. remains an "innovation powerhouse," according to the annual report from the World Economic Forum.
Cognitive psychologist Steven Pinker reminds us that innuendo and euphemism yield better quid pro quo results than an "or else" ultimatum.
Why should customers buy from you instead of your competitors? That’s the question at the heart of making a sale in a competitive market, says Matt Dixon, Global Head of […]
Even though it was the crowning achievement of Einstein’s career, he was only a small part of the full story. If you were a physicist in the early 20th century, there […]
The Red Planet, the God of War, and important life lessons for us all.
A new paper suggests a primordial black hole may be making things weird at the edge of our solar system.
Increasingly sophisticated automation technology can save big money for banks by paring down the workforce.
Antibiotic resistance poses one of the biggest threats to global public health.
"We made America great," one Russian operative joked as Trump's victory became clear.
Is capitalism naturally unempathetic?
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How do you develop the next big idea? You pull together people who are both curious and passionate.
Technology holds the promise of a better future, but our footprint on the planet threatens to undo all our dreams and progress. It’s pretty easy to look at the world […]