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Officials cautiously say the peak of the E. coli crisis may have passed but as scientists scramble to identify its source, many Germans have been put off their salad.
Why the psychopath raised in an abusive home becomes a serial killer and the one raised in a loving family becomes a CEO. An interview with the author of The Psychopath Test.
Cultivate your passions, they can be a huge engine of joy in your life. Do you have so many passions that you could drop one without losing an important source of happiness?
"I don’t know enough about the inner workings of (The New York Times) to offer definitive judgments, but from the outside it looks like Keller did a pretty good job."
Fellow billionaires Sir Richard Branson and Ted Turner on philanthropy and their global health initiatives. Branson’s advice: First achieve success then make a difference.
When CEOs forgo a fat salary in exchange for equity, they align their wealth with the company's success. But a new study suggests it's often just a PR ploy.
Female underrepresentation at executive level in government and business is a fact. Should women take responsiblity for it? A reflection on Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg's views.
Innovation, along with increasing existing business, now outranks all other means of potential expansion, including new markets, mergers and acquisitions, and joint ventures.
Adding to the current debate on downside of search filters and algorithms, Daniel Terdiman interviews author Eli Pariser on why a hyper-personalized Web is bad for you.
The Pentagon has concluded that computer sabotage from another country can constitute an act of war, opening the door for the U.S. to respond using traditional military force.
Technology and constant connectivity offer us the promise of never being bored again. But at what price? Cognitive overload, lost concentration...
Could games' fundamental principles—such as rewarding success, removing the sting from failure—be applied elsewhere, such as in education policy?
Should companies be forced to adopt document management systems to help ease the legal discovery process? Some litigants face a nightmare amid shambolic info management.
How do thoughts arise in your brain? Rather than selecting them consciously, the brain's default-mode network analyzes a situation and determines what your priorities should be.
After a day of strict task 'batching', Cal Newport concludes that the resulting inconvenience in workflow was worth it for the reduced distraction and increased quality of his work.
Seth Godin on why to abandon the excuse-driven life."If you relentlessly work to avoid opportunities to use your ability to blame, you may never actually need to blame anyone."
Before you give a speech, practice it out loud, on your feet, as though you were in front of a live audience. Michael Hyatt says it may not sound revolutionary but it really matters.
John Maeda, President of the Rhode Island School of Design, shares leadership lessons and ways to motivate people. Offering students free pizza, for instance, works wonders.
Glen T. Senk, CEO of Philadelphia-based retailer Urban Outfitters, says among the secrets to success are to lead an authentic life and to hire the right people—then listen to them.
A new 'micro snake' robot camera has found hidden hieroglyphs in the Great Pyramid of Giza that may help unlock the secrets of the pyramids and their complex chambers.