Resilience

Resilience

A somber painting of a man standing alone in a tranquil field.
Omer Bartov, who spent decades studying the unspeakable horrors of genocide, shares how his studies have impacted his own mental health.
A man in a Chinese costume is holding a candle, exemplifying the essence of Taoism.
While Taoism can be paradoxical and abstract, it also offers daily life lessons.
Santa Claus hanging from a hazardous chimney.
With any occupation comes a risk of health and safety hazards. When it comes to being Santa Claus, the challenges are unique.
A fissure in a road in Iceland
This new geologic activity could be part of a thousand-year cycle, ushering in a new era of volcanism on the island.
A close up image of a cell exhibiting immune resilience.
People with higher immune resilience live longer, resist diseases, and are more likely to survive diseases when they do develop.
The baskets are filled with different kinds of vegetables.
Antioxidant vitamins don’t stress us like plants do—and don’t have their beneficial effect.
A person demonstrating leadership in the 2020s by holding a compass in front of a picture of a compass.
What worked before won’t necessarily work this time — and the best leaders will adapt.
A man radiating emotional energy in his profile.
According to neuropsychologist Julia DiGangi, no one can live a life free of emotional pain. We can only choose how those emotions empower us.
If you find yourself on one of these roads, it might be a while before you see another fellow traveler.
A woman is break the mold posing next to a styrofoam truck.
How Stacy Madison — founder of Stacy’s Pita Chips and BeBOLD Foods — discovered that reinvention is not a one-off deal but an ongoing process.
A woman holding a syringe administers an mRNA vaccine with gloves and a mask on.
Undeterred by years of failure, Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman proved that mRNA is the future of vaccines.
A black and white image of a skull with speech bubbles depicting death.
Generative AI — driven by large language models — has the potential to destroy or supercharge most businesses. Now is the time to pivot.
A portrait of a woman with purple hair and arrows.
Many capabilities contribute to effective change leadership, but four stand out as vitally important at a macro level.
An image of a woman holding a cell phone with potential trigger warnings.
Scientific evidence does not support the use of trigger warnings, which are described as a "disingenuous gesture of trauma awareness."
A monochrome representation of a wave amidst a blue backdrop.
Individuals and organizations can maintain a strong and enduring identity by repeatedly remaking themselves.
A successful man with a beard symbolizing empowerment.
“Choose not to be harmed—and you won’t feel harmed," advised Stoic philosopher-emperor Marcus Aurelius. He had a point.
An orange-robed monk practicing mindfulness on a stone wall.
Is mindfulness really the panacea it's touted to be, or are we glossing over some fundamental flaws?
Bruce Lee executing a pain-free kick in a bedroom.
There’s really only one mistake you can make: continue doing the same thing you already know is hurting you and expect a different result.
A Japanese painting portraying a bushido woman wielding a sword.
According to bushido, your life is of secondary importance to key virtues, like honor, loyalty, and justice.
A picture of a roller coaster with broken metal structures against the backdrop of the sky.
Time to rewrite our understanding of structural engineering.
A silhouette of a woman reading a book, embodying a growth mindset.
Studies on "growth mindset" interventions fail to show significant benefits.
Fervo Energy
Ironically, the company did so using technology perfected by the oil industry.
An old Mongol drawing of a man with a bow and arrow.
Mounted on horses and armed with unique, powerful bows, the archers of Genghis Khan inspired terror wherever they rode.
three scuba divers in the water.
The divers spend their waking hours either under hundreds of feet of water on the ocean floor or squeezed into an area the size of a restaurant booth.
A man in a suit and tie showcasing a hat
Roosevelt had become president but not in the way he wanted. Still, he understood that he had been given the rare opportunity to make history.
a drawing of two ichthyosaurs in the water.
A marine reptile fossil from Svalbard challenges ideas about evolution and Earth’s greatest mass extinction.
a black and white photo of a person behind a fence.
Research suggests that employees with criminal records are far less likely to quit their jobs, perhaps due to a greater sense of loyalty.