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It turns out we’re not the only species that assembles ourselves into networks, says sociologist Nicholas Christakis. Consider the slime mold.
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Children exposed to two languages before their first birthday enjoy myriad cognitive benefits.
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Psychologist and Author Dan Ariely says Zappos' policy of offering potential customer service employees $3000 not to take the job is money well spent.
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"There’s a reason why we are attracted to certain people," says Michio Kaku. Evolution has slowed down, but it hasn't stopped.
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Ray Kurzweil has developed six epochs for stages in the evolution of information.
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The artist's business plan is simple, says singer/novelist Josh Ritter - you just commit to putting your work in front of as many people as possible.
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Penn Jillette answers Big Thinker Adam Lee's question about how he reconciles two world views: his atheism with his libertarianism.
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Shawn O'Connor takes on the collective myth you have just a certain ability to get a certain number on this test and that that cannot be changed.
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In his Floating University lecture, Saul Levmore uses the housing bubble to describe TKTK
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In this selection from his Floating University lecture, Saul Levmore describes why economics is relevant. Sure, economics is about making money. But it's really about human behavior in general, he […]
The world's most expensive and complex ground-based telescope Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) offers unique views of deep space, including images of two galaxies colliding.
Steve Jobs, former chief executive officer and co-founder of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, told Stanford University graduates to pursue their life dreams as well as setbacks.
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According to John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods Market, just as a dollop of yogurt introduced into a jug of milk will transform the whole jug, a star employee or […]
