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Being a good leader requires emotional capital, which is one reason why many bosses are so bad at it.
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A clock, designed and built in Europe, ran hopelessly at the wrong rate when brought to America. The physics of gravity explains why.
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In the 1960s, politicians and bureaucrats were formulating the Central Arizona Project. Citizens fought back.
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Millennials — who were raised to expect unlimited success but found only disappointment — can be drawn to manifestation.
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Positron emission tomography (PET) scans use positrons — the antimatter equivalent of an electron — to locate cancer in the body.
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8mins
“You’re not punished for failing, you’re punished for not trying.” Former Uber exec Emil Michael on how to truly achieve success.
bit vs qubit
Can quantum computers do things that standard, classical computers can't? No. But if they can calculate faster, that's quantum supremacy.
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Sixty years later, will anybody have heard of COVID?
Six authors, six monumental legacies, and a unique thread connecting them: a solitary novel that shines brightly.
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When the average person has a "theory," they're just guessing. But for a scientist, a theory is the pinnacle of what we can achieve.
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Whether you’re a leader looking to ramp up team output or just trying to improve your skill set, hard work alone is not enough.
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Nero’s reputation as one of the most malevolent emperors in Roman history might be partly slander.
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5mins
Gravity defies quantum mechanics. What does that mean for a theory of everything?
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The "Ring Nebula," known for almost 250 years, is so much more than a Ring. With JWST's capabilities, we're seeing more than ever before.
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Life in the supremely vast cosmos is incredibly rare. We need a new vision for our living planet and for ourselves.
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"They decreased their drinking to the point that it was so low we didn’t record a blood-alcohol level."