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Sam Smith — founder and former CEO of finnCap Group — argues that a culture of empathy will help superscale any business.
For billions of years on Earth, life was limited to simple unicellular, non-differentiated organisms. In a mere flash, that changed forever.
Colorful interstellar gas and dust form towering pillars in a star-forming region of space.
A deep dive into the chaotic journey of star formation.
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Known as the Great Oxygenation Event, Earth froze over as oxygen accumulated in our atmosphere, nearly driving all life extinct.
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Google’s “Genie” could be used to create a wide range of interactive environments for more than just games.
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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder has been a controversial diagnosis since it was first described, back in the 1940s.
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More than 90% of ticks that bit treated volunteers were dead within 24 hours.
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Dennis Klatt developed trailblazing text-to-speech systems before losing his own voice to cancer.
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First derived by Emmy Noether, for every symmetry a theory possesses, there's an associated conserved quantity. Here's the profound link.
Spectators observing a dramatic eruption from active volcanoes at twilight.
Volcanologists warn that magma-filled vents evolve over time, leading to an underestimation of the number that might erupt — especially those capable of the biggest explosions
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During the industrial era the cost of artificial light fell off a cliff — and the road to illumination was paved with ingenuity and slaughter.
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The challenges of setting out in a new direction can be overwhelming — but we can learn to navigate the inflection moments.
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A great many cosmic puzzles still remain unsolved. By embracing a broad and varied approach, particle physics heads toward a bright future.
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An excerpt from “Memory,” a primer on human memory, its workings, feats, and flaws, by two leading psychological researchers.
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Autocrats like Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin fear democracy, yet go to great lengths to present themselves as democratic leaders.
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Marketing expert Jonah Berger explains how simple tweaks to your word use can have a huge impact on team communication.
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Lasers, mirrors, and computational advances can all work together to push ground-based astronomy past the limits of our atmosphere.
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Ethan Mollick, associate professor at the Wharton School, explains why we have to crack the machine-buddy problem.