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To become a talent-driven industry leader, companies need a new power player in their C-Suite: the CHRO (Chief Human Resources Officer).
It's been there the whole time, but researchers couldn't see it because they'd always cut through it.
In his latest book, Will Storr traces the lineage from self-esteem to selfie.
Former Cambridge Analytica employee Christopher Wylie made a series of surprising assertions about the data mining company to British lawmakers on March 27.
A new report charges that there hasn’t yet been enough concerted research on what makes a person become a mass shooter.
What is the American Dream? The ever-changing definition of it might surprise you nearly as much as what it used to mean.
Researchers study whether bearded men have advantages in fighting.
Spoiler: it isn’t the end of the Universe, and it’s not likely to lead to new evidence for the Multiverse, either. On March 14, 2018, the most famous and celebrated […]
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Martin Amis explains why the biggest challenge of free speech is learning to use it responsibly.
Cutting through liberalism and conservatism, important thinkers are trying to navigate a polarized world. This often leads to uncomfortable confrontations.
What’s the Boring Company going to do with all the rock it excavates while digging tunnels? Elon Musk wants to sell it to you in “LEGO-like” kits.
The idea of self-actualization can seem like new-age woo. Where's the science behind it?
“We are in the process of finding out what filling the sky with hundreds of thousands of satellites does to all life on Earth.” ― Steven Magee
In an increasingly global professional and social environment, organizations are becoming increasingly agile and adaptive to these changes. Regardless of industry, leaders share common concerns over changes in technology, an […]
In 2016, the number of opioid-related deaths hit 42,000, an all-time record. But gun deaths were nearly that same number, and have been consistently that high. If you want to know […]
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This incredible woman helped a community of women turn their lives around in the course of just a couple of weekends.
Smithsonian researchers identify an ocean zone with unique species living at the very edge of light.
Changing an unhealthy habit depends a lot on your belief that you can do it, something psychologists call self-efficacy. Take smoking, for example. Your belief that you are capable of […]
Mike Hughes finally launched his homemade rocket 1,875 feet into the sky. Now, the 61-year-old has plans to build another rocket to go even higher...