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With the right management training program, organizations can empower leaders with the skills they need to succeed — giving everyone on the team a leg up.
Quantum mechanics + consciousness: There is nothing better than mixing two great mysteries to produce an even bigger one.
The internet has made it easier than ever to keep in touch with our exes. For people in relationships, that can cause problems.
The stars, planets, and many moons are extremely round. Why don’t they take other shapes?
The early colonists thought they were being pulled by God into a void left by plague.
This map of Hutterite colonies in North America says something about religion and evolution — and more precisely, speciation.
The modern antiracist movement is harming the very people it claims to help, according to the linguist John McWhorter.
The cause of Alzheimer’s is still not fully understood, but we might be able to vaccinate against it anyway.
Just 13.8 billion years after the hot Big Bang, we can see 46.1 billion light-years away in all directions. Doesn’t that violate…something?
From hellishly hot planets to water worlds, some distant planets are like nothing in our Solar System.
A recent study overviews the thinnest X-ray detector ever created.
Some of the most popular “anti-aging” diets show promise in rodent studies. But are they effective for humans?
Finding out we’re not alone in the Universe would fundamentally change everything. Here’s how we could do it.
“This will be one of the most important datasets since the mapping of the Human Genome.”
The Miller-Urey experiment showed that the building blocks of life could form in the primordial soup. But it overlooked one key variable.
Scientists want to use dream hacking devices to improve your creativity and memory.
Research shows that psilocybin leads people away from materialism and toward transcendentalism. Apparently, mushrooms teach metaphysics.
Scientific pluralism is the notion that some questions must be approached from many angles. How can we integrate these scientific models?
Using DNA from samples of extinct flowers, synthetic biologists managed to approximate long-lost floral scents.
Music therapy might boost memory, but the benefits are small. Just in case, tell your grandparents to listen to their favorite 1960s tunes.
Like it or not, we are the descendants of busybodies.
The majority of the matter in our Universe isn’t made of any of the particles in the Standard Model. Could the axion save the day?
There are a few possible solutions to the problem of interstellar travel, but they largely remain within the realm of science fiction.
Communication with home will be difficult on long-haul space flights. The longer this isolation goes on, the more detached a crew becomes.
The insurmountable contrasts between their visions help explain Russia’s stunted development and hint at its destructive future.
On Nov. 15, 2021, U.S. officials announced that they had detected a dangerous new debris field in orbit near Earth. Later in the day, it was confirmed that Russia had […]
The most unique interloper into our Solar System has a natural explanation that fits perfectly — no aliens required.
In his new book, “The Wires of War: Technology and the Global Struggle for Power,” Jacob Helberg outlines the brewing cyberwar between Western democracies and autocracies like China and Russia.
Resilience training can be instrumental in helping employees recover from difficulties and embrace change in the workplace.