Building Empathy in a Fractured World
Hybrid work. Talent shortages. Polarizing politics. Building a culture is tougher than ever. Recent research…
The X Ban
Waqas Ahmed at The Express Tribune: Former (Pakistani) senator Farhatullah Babar (chief of PPP’s human…
The Unique Life Philosophy of Abdi, Born in Somalia, Living in the Netherlands
at Aeon: When viewers are introduced to Abdiwahab Ali, the main character in the short…
Between Machine and Eye
Morgan Meis at The Easel: This photograph is the kind of photograph you’d throw away….
These ‘Movies’ of Proteins in Action are Revealing the Hidden Biology of Cells
Ewen Callaway in Nature: Since the 1950s, scientists have had a pretty good idea of how…
How Capitalism Became a Threat to Democracy
Mordecai Kurz at Project Syndicate: Does free-market capitalism buttress democracy, or does it unleash anti-democratic…
Dunes Aren’t Just For Sand Worms. Here’s Why They Matter on Earth.
Allyson Chiu in The Washington Post: The famed coastal dunes that inspired the shifting sand landscape of…
How I Lost and Found My Scientific Creativity
In my new job, I tried to heed this epiphany. I made a point to…
Frans de Waal (R.I.P.) and the Origins of War
John Horgan at his own website: I interviewed de Waal in 2007 while researching my…
Poem: Portrait of a Romantic
He is in love with the land that is always overThe next hill and the…
The Surprising Science of Alpha Males
Primatologist Frans de Waal (Author of ‘Chimpanzee Politics’) draws surprising parallels between how humans and…
Why We Need Friends
Few quotes and and an inspirational video on ‘friends’: “A friend is one soul abiding…