Accountability

Accountability

Mauna Kea with Gemini North
A history of injustice and the greatest natural location for ground-based telescopes have long been at odds. Here's how the healing begins.
Personal finance advice is often over-simplified and fails to consider economic research or people’s unique circumstances.
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These 5 research-backed tips can turn bad habits into financial gain.
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The new documentary “Make People Better” leans toward a different narrative about gene-editing than we've heard before.
great books
These five great books should prompt us to work on what needs fixing the most in the world: ourselves.
"Lethal autonomous weapon" sounds friendlier than "killer robot."
transfer of learning
Without a solid understanding of the factors that affect the transfer of learning, the gulf between training and job performance is difficult to bridge.
People naturally judge fact from fiction in offline social settings, so why is it so hard online?
A whimsical vintage illustration depicts people in Victorian-era attire flying in futuristic airships and vehicles above a cityscape.
7mins
We don’t need one Elon Musk. We need 8 billion empathic futurists.
Is science for everyone, or just the morally upright?
3mins
Short-term thinkers take shortcuts. Take the long path instead, explains futurist Ari Wallach.
healthcare spending
If everyone just showed up to their appointments, $150 billion of waste could be averted.
covid origin
Three years after the pandemic began, we still don't know the origin of COVID. A strange lack of curiosity has stifled the debate.
elearning roi
If measuring eLearning ROI is so important, why aren’t more organizations doing it?
3mins
Economist Tyler Cowen says there are good reasons to be crypto-skeptical.
Bialiatski
This year’s Nobel Peace Prize ceremony sends yet another strong message to Russian president Vladimir Putin.
We could even benefit from more whataboutisms — if they're used properly.
synthetic biology
Synthetic biology has the power to cure and kill. Have we learned from our past mistakes?
porn
Instead of liberation, the sexual revolution has led some people, particularly men, to be addicted to porn.
coronation
Televising the coronation was thought to be an affront to the dignity of the event.
summit public schools
Summit Public Schools take a radically different approach to education. And it's working.
Stand Together
chess cheating
Elon Musk suggested remote-controlled, vibrating anal beads. Thankfully, there are more mundane explanations.
Elon Musk, Jack Dorsey, Steve Jobs, Elizabeth Holmes – are these celebrity CEOs good for their business?
The brain is highly plastic — the more we do a particular action, the more we change its makeup. Money is a great motivator for habit-forming actions.
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