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The discovery of the first-ever asteroid to arrive from interstellar space is full of lessons for us all. On October 19th, astronomers discovered an objectunlike any other we’d seen before: a […]
Jellyfish have their tentacles all tangled up in our lives in ways we’re only dimly aware of. 
Virtually every organization engages in some form of employee development and training. There are so many obvious benefits to training, such as ensuring that employees have specific skills or understand […]
There are plenty of questions we don’t know the answer to. With quantum gravity, they might be solved! This article is written by Sabine Hossenfelder. Sabine is a theoretical physicist specialized […]
Researchers tracked academic achievement, social cognition, executive function, and creativity in a longitudinal study of kids across the socioeconomic spectrum. 
Here’s the number one factor for whether an organization is a success or a failure.
In The Hacking of the American Mind, Robert Lustig holds up a much needed mirror to our consumption habits. 
The U.S. has been steadily losing its religion for decades — but that trend might ramp up significantly in the years to come.
Men are barbarians, while women are civilizing. Or at least, that's how the stereotype goes.    
The results of two human clinical trials involving elderly patients suffering from frailty showed no adverse side effects and “remarkable” physical improvement. 
Tesla Motors released updated plans for when its cars will be fully self-driving.  
Ramen isn't going to be the next superfood, but it's a little better than before.
For the first time, I genuinely enjoyed the new series. There’s been one question that’s bothered me in every episode since Star Trek: Discovery began: why would anyone want to be […]
A supervised learning algorithm can predict clinical depression much earlier and more accurately than trained health professionals.
A noted Silicon Valley engineer and robotics researcher creates a church worshipping Artificial Intelligence.
The question isn't "are you happy"... but rather "what kind of happy are you"? 
This week's Comment of the Week is about an interesting divide between political reality and our technology. See what else we liked! Did you make the cut?