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I’m a new principal investigator (PI) with my own laboratory at a prestigious university. The PhD students who make it into our programme have already achieved a lot academically. But, sometimes, that ...

Some readers may solve the problem procedurally: line up the two numbers, add the ones column, carry the one, and add the tens to get 43. Others might instead notice a creative shortcut: 29 + 14 is ...

Slime mold is one of the strangest organisms on Earth. It has no brain, no nervous system, and yet it can solve complex problems that seem to require intelligence. Millions of Aussies to get an extra ...

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In a dark room, in the middle of the night, a woman lies dreaming. Suddenly, her eyes beneath their lids dart crisply left-right, left-right. The eye signal means she knows she’s dreaming. Lucid ...

Critical thinking is a vital soft skill that uses one’s experiences and analytical skills to deduce information and make educated decisions. It’s an essential skill to have in the workplace, as the ...

The worlds of professional sports and entrepreneurship are colliding this summer in Park City, Utah, where elite NFL athletes will meet with proven operators and vetted founders for three days of deal ...

Personality tests describe your past patterns, not your potential. Learn how to use your results as a starting point for ...

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A new paper in Science by Scott Jasechko of the University of California, Santa Barbara, examines documented cases of ...