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Whole Foods CEO John Mackey thinks companies that pay competitive wages and focus on "higher purpose" in customer interactions will ultimately create the most value for their shareholders.
Are women and African-Americans at a higher risk for Alzheimer’s disease—as some data suggests—or are there other factors in play?
We tend to prefer a world in which wealth is more evenly distributed, even if it means we have to get by with less. Jonah Lehrer says inequality is our original sin.
One hundred and fifty years after his birth, Anton Chekhov's plays have become almost as much a part of modern theater's repertoire as Shakespeare.
Germany geologist Andreas Dahmke defends the process of storing carbon dioxide underground to prevent global warming. Nuclear power is far more dangerous, he says.
Scientists at Europe's best particle-physics laboratory have been able to trap a very small amount of antihydrogen—the simplest type of anti-atom—for the first time.
The 20th century's most revered man of letters was a staunch defender of tradition while being fiercely critical of capitalism, which drives the need for "the dull wage".
Google has combined the powers of fashion nerds and computer nerds to create an algorithmic personal shopper that isn't lying when it says something looks great on you.
Had all the corporate life you can stand? Freelancing is a very real option. If striking out on your own sounds scary, Forbes offers some advice for becoming self-employed.
A famously global company, Walmat is going local by selling produce grown at regional farms. The sustainable business strategy is aimed at the company's bottom line.
With a Rhodes scholarship and Ph.D. in political science from Oxford, Rachel Maddow may be the brainiest TV news host yet to defend opinion-based journalism.
Are the modern media damaging domestic life? Current studies demonstrate a more complicated picture of a modern family that changes modern media itself.
Google's next Android-powered phone will contain a chip enabling people to make payments via their handsets. The technology is safer than conventional credit cards.
Religious Americans give a higher percentage of their income to charities and are about 25 percent more likely than secularists to give in the first place. But why?
Why can't you tell when an hour has passed without looking at a watch? Neuroscientists explain why our biological clocks are subjective and susceptible to influence.
A Scottish man in his 60s has become the world's first person to receive injections of foetal stem cells into the brain in order to repair damaged nerve tissue caused by stroke.
State-of-the-art neuro-imaging and cognitive neuropsychology both uphold the idea that we create our "selves" through narrative. In other words, we are our narratives.
Today's top chefs are dedicating their culinary brain power to cashing in on the burger craze. The secret to good taste is high fat content, says The Wall Street Journal.
Exceptions to the trend of scientific progress include research on infectious diseases, space colonization, supersonic transit and commercial fusion power.
As networks of people grow larger, they will usually tend to converge on an accurate understanding of information distributed among them, says a new M.I.T. study.