Tony Morley is a progress studies writer and communicator, specializing in the historical trends in global living standards and the economic, social, political, scientific, and technological forces that drive human[…]
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James Densley is professor and department chair of criminal justice at Metropolitan State University. He is perhaps best known for co-creating the largest, most comprehensive database of mass shooters in[…]
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Dr. Matt Grawitch is Director of Strategic Research at Saint Louis University School for Professional Studies. He holds a PhD in psychology.
Albert-László Barabási is a network scientist, fascinated with a wide range of topics, from unveiling the structure of the brain and treating diseases using network medicine to the emergence of[…]
Michelle Wilde Anderson writes and teaches in the areas of poverty and inequality, local government law, housing, and environmental justice.
Rupendra Brahambhatt is an experienced writer, researcher, journalist, and filmmaker with a B.Sc (Hons.) in science and PGJMC in mass communications.
Kathryn Judge is the Harvey J. Goldschmid Professor of Law at Columbia Law School. She is an expert in financial markets and financial regulation. She has published articles in top[…]
Sakshi Udavant is a freelance writer with a degree in psychology. She covers mental health, relationships, business, finance, technology, and other topics for a wide range of brands and publications[…]
Michael Slepian is the Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Associate Professor of Leadership and Ethics at Columbia University. A recipient of the Rising Star Award from the Association for Psychological[…]
David Christian is Professor of History and Director of the Big History Institute at Macquarie University in Sydney. By training a historian of Russia and the Soviet Union, he has[…]
Dr. Jenny Morber is a veteran science writer with a PhD in materials science and engineering. Her favorite topics include the strange, the offbeat, and those that challenge us to[…]
Carl Erik Fisher is an addiction physician and bioethicist. He is an assistant professor of clinical psychiatry at Columbia University, where he works in the Division of Law, Ethics, and[…]
Ethan Kross is one of the world’s leading experts on controlling the conscious mind. An award-winning professor and bestselling author in the University of Michigan’s top ranked Psychology Department and[…]
Jacob L. Shapiro is Partner & Director of Geopolitical Analysis at Cognitive Investments (CI). He oversees geopolitical analysis at CI, working with the CI research team to integrate geopolitics into[…]
Wendy Wood is a social psychologist whose research addresses the ways that habits guide behavior - and why they are so difficult to break - as well as evolutionary accounts[…]
Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett is among the top 1% most-cited scientists in the world, having published over 250 peer-reviewed scientific papers. Dr. Barrett is a University Distinguished Professor of psychology at[…]
Sam Gilberg is a writer and filmmaker based in Los Angeles. He is interested in exploring the emotional undercurrents that guide our behavior. You can find more of his writing[…]
Melissa Daimler helps leaders design, operationalize, and scale their culture. She currently serves as the Chief Learning Officer for Udemy.
Philip Ball is a freelance science writer. He worked previously at Nature for over 20 years, first as an editor for physical sciences (for which his brief extended from biochemistry[…]
Dr. Don Lincoln is a Senior Scientist at Fermilab, America’s leading particle physics laboratory, who has coauthored over 1,500 scientific papers. He was a member of the teams that discovered[…]
Cathy O’Neil earned a Ph.D. in math from Harvard and worked as a math professor at Barnard College before switching over to the private sector, working as a quant for[…]
Jim is a multiple award-winning science communicator renowned for his public engagement around the world through writing and broadcasting and a leading academic making fundamental contributions to theoretical physics, particularly[…]
Dr. Francis Su is the Benediktsson-Karwa Professor of Mathematics at Harvey Mudd College and a former president of the Mathematical Association of America. In 2013, he received the Haimo Award,[…]
Stefan has dedicated his career to designing and researching sustainable and resilient built environments that improve the quality of life for everyone. With more than fifteen years of experience on[…]
Nate Anderson is the deputy editor at Condé Nast’s Ars Technica. He is the author of The Internet Police: How Crime Went Online, and the Cops Followed, and lives in[…]
Dr. Gordon Pennycook is an Assistant Professor at University of Regina's Hill/Levene Schools of Business. He obtained his PhD in Cognitive Psychology in 2016 at the University of Waterloo. Prior[…]
Brian Butterworth is Emeritus Professor of Cognitive Neuropsychology at University College London, Adjunct Professor at National Cheng Chi University, Taiwan, Professorial Fellow at Melbourne University, Australia, and Research Consultant at[…]
James Burke is a world-renowned science historian and science communicator, perhaps best known for his TV series Connections. He is also the author of several books. (Photo credit: Andrea Mann[…]