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…