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When you do something with all your heart and mind, you do it with "meraki." When we lack this feeling, it can lead to burnout.
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The key to its success lies not in its understanding of technology, but in its understanding of human nature.
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University College London professor Brian Klaas exposes the ugly truth about world leaders.
JWST deep field vs hubble
The farther away they get, the smaller distant galaxies look. But only up to a point, and beyond that, they appear larger again. Here’s how.
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From a photon's viewpoint, the Universe is timeless and dimensionless.
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The truth is out there, but it's probably not in the latest whistleblower's report.
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The Serenity Prayer is nice — until the missiles come raining down on your city.
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"The only options left were experimental approaches in clinical trials."
training roi
Calculating training ROI is rarely straightforward, but this article offers a few best practices for L&D professionals.
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The multiverse pushes beyond the limits of the scientific method. From our vantage point in the Universe, we cannot know if it's real.
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The familiar terrain of solids, liquids, and gases gives way to the exotic realms of plasmas and degenerate matter.
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Primatologist Frans de Waal inadvertently popularized the term "alpha male." Now, he’s debunking common stereotypes to explain what an "alpha male" really is — empathetic and protective.
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In many ways, we are still novices playing with toy models seeking to understand the stars. 
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Are people are more likely to act less emotionally and more rationally when speaking their second language?
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Despite the enormous mass of the Earth, simply depleting our groundwater is changing our axial tilt. Simple Newtonian physics explains why.
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An insect? A vermin? An unwanted animal? What in the world is Franz Kafka talking about?
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The idea that consciousness emerges naturally alongside intelligence could be an anthropocentric distortion.