More accountants are leaving the field than joining. What’s going on? More CPAs are retiring than are joining the field. What’s going on? Forensic accountant Kelly Richmond Pope explains. ▸ 4 min — with Kelly Richmond Pope
13.8 James Webb Space Telescope finds promising life chemistry on a strange world Scientists have detected the somewhat smelly chemical dimethyl sulfide on a planet 120 light-years from Earth.
Hard Science The U.S. may have the largest known lithium deposit in the world McDermitt Caldera, the site of an ancient volcanic eruption, straddles the border of Oregon and Nevada.
Smart Skills We must learn from science that “intelligent failure” is the key to success Frustrating failures sometimes lead to great breakthroughs.
Starts With A Bang Could dark matter be made of gravitons? Dark matter hasn't been directly detected, but some form of invisible matter is clearly gravitating. Could the graviton hold the answer?
Neuropsych How psychedelics may therapeutically alter the link between your two “selves” In a psychedelic state, the relationship between your “narrative” and “minimal” selves seems to transform in unique ways.
Neuropsych Here’s what your music preferences reveal about your personality Musical preferences are correlated with personality traits — and these connections are largely consistent across cultures and continents.
Thinking Saṃvega: The urgent realization that you need a more meaningful life If you feel like you're missing out on something bigger, you might be feeling saṃvega.
How to grow your brain by moving your body Exercise neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki explains how your brain can age gracefully and optimally — and it starts with just a 10-minute walk. ▸ 4 min — with Wendy Suzuki
Starts With A Bang Astronomers spot the first “bounce” in our Universe A spherical structure nearly one billion light-years wide has been spotted in the nearby Universe, dating all the way back to the Big Bang.
Smart Skills In business and life, “allostasis” underpins success and happiness Individuals and organizations can maintain a strong and enduring identity by repeatedly remaking themselves.
Health Study: U.S. dietary recommendations for protein intake are too low This is especially true for three key groups.
Smart Skills Sobremesa: To live a better life, we should eat dinner like the Spanish Quality down time is important for relationships. Here are three practical suggestions to create more of it.
Starts With A Bang The grand paradox at the heart of every black hole The matter that creates black holes won't be what comes out when they evaporate. Will the black hole information paradox ever be solved?
The Present Researchers gave 200 people $10,000 each to study generosity Did they spend the money on themselves or others?
Strange Maps Umami: You never say its name, yet you taste it every day Sweet, bitter, salty, sour. These are the four basic tastes we were taught in grade school. But there is a fifth: umami. And it's everywhere.
Thinking 7 philosophy books that shaped Western thought Dive into seven texts that continue to shape Western philosophy, from ancient Mesopotamia to Greece's brightest minds.
Starts With A Bang Did JWST plus ALMA just reveal how pulsars form? In 1987, the closest supernova directly observed in nearly 400 years occurred. Will a pulsar arise from those ashes? JWST offers clues.
The Future Could we burn iron for energy instead of fossil fuels? Experiments on suborbital rockets are revealing how to make a better iron furnace.
Hard Science The worst prediction in all of science When it comes to predicting the energy of empty space, the two leading theories disagree by a factor of 100 googol quintillion.
Hard Science Algorithm finds a potentially hazardous asteroid missed by NASA The asteroid is expected to come within 140,000 miles of Earth — well inside the moon’s orbit.
Health A majority of dog owners in the U.S. are now “vaccine hesitant” Over a third are worried that vaccines can cause "canine autism."
Smart Skills Unlock success by taking control of “disempowering narratives” “Choose not to be harmed—and you won’t feel harmed," advised Stoic philosopher-emperor Marcus Aurelius. He had a point.
Neuropsych Mini-personalities: Why Carl Jung believed your “complexes” lead their own inner lives Jung thought these autonomous entities live in your unconscious mind — often at a cost.
Health Be skeptical of studies designed to scare you about CTE and sports Football is a risky sport, but bicycling to work is far more dangerous.
The Roman Empire in 40 minutes, with Cambridge scholar Mary Beard Throw away your history books — here’s what life in ancient Rome was really like, according to Cambridge scholar Mary Beard. ▸ 40 min — with Mary Beard
Starts With A Bang Ask Ethan: Could gravity operate in extra dimensions? Three fundamental forces matter inside an atom, but gravity is mind-bogglingly weak on those scales. Could extra dimensions explain why?
Thinking The 3 myths of mindfulness Is mindfulness really the panacea it's touted to be, or are we glossing over some fundamental flaws?
13.8 “QBism”: The most radical interpretation of quantum mechanics ever A relatively new interpretation of quantum mechanics asks us to reimagine the process of science itself.
Smart Skills How “dharma” can beat team burnout and unloop the “arrival fallacy” The anxieties underpinning the Great Resignation were simmering for a long time. Here’s a solution.