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Over the past few months, we’ve seen a surge of skepticism around the phenomenon currently referred to as the “AI boom.” The shift began when OpenAI released GPT-5 this summer to mixed reviews, mostly from casual us...

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A great way to start taking stock of your culture is to review your written artifacts, including your mission, values, and purpose statements. You’ll also want to gain a clear understanding of the roots and history behind these statements. How did you get to where you are now? Do you feel like your mission statement and written values align to how your people show up...

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The answer to nature’s greatest riddles are written upon the Universe itself.

Gaia’s all-sky view of our Milky Way Galaxy and neighboring galaxies. The maps show the total brightness and color of stars (top), the total density of stars (middle), and the interstellar d...

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It’s no secret that there is a seemingly endless string of problems to address in the world. You don’t have to look hard to find people suffering from all sorts of maladies: from illness to injustice, from war to famine, from poverty to pollution. There are some major problems facing humanity in the 21st century, and they’re all going to require an enormo...

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When I was growing up, mental health was rarely talked about. Most people knew someone who had gone to therapy and generally accepted it as a necessary step in getting the help they needed. But what happened on the chaise lounge stayed on the chaise lounge. People didn’t discuss their diagnoses, and if therapy came up, it was usually in reference to the latest episode of ...

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