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Children as young as 3 are less likely to help a person after they have seen them harm someone else. This consciousness of other’s intentions is earlier than previously believed.rn
Talk of bribing lawyers, proximity to the mafia and sex scandals with teenagers have yet to dislodge Silvio Berlusconi. So how can Italy get rid of him, asks Tobias Jones.
If we want evolution to be accepted by everyone, we may need an approach with a bit of everything. Quinn O’Neill on persuasion via aesthetics, not just evidence and appeals to reason.
The man who coined the term ‘net neutrality’ (Columbia law professor Tim Wu) now says that Apple is the company that most endangers the freedom of the Internet.
The effects of fishing are certainly not as extreme as the celestial impact that ended the age of the dinosaurs, but in some parts of the tropics we are getting close.
In the past year, I’ve written roughly 5,000 pages of scholarly literature, most on very tight deadlines. But you won’t find my name on a single paper.
How do you get better quality for less? Building stronger relationships. The same principle applies when you want to get the best from employees.
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The idea of a store built around organization in an increasingly disorganized world was a winner from the outset.
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When slow business followed a national tragedy, it became necessary for Koh and his wife to pay employees out of their own pockets. This led to greater loyalty and a […]
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Becoming involved in your vendor’s business and retooling your payroll to give employees greater share can build a better business.
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Americans use language to cover the sleeper, not to wake him, Baldwin said, which was why the writer as artist is so important. Only the artist could reveal society.
The mystery of why some people stay effortlessly thin while others struggle to keep weight off has come closer to being solved with a study isolating a gene that affects appetite.
Does a dirty scoundrel need a bath or a moral lesson? Our brains easily confuse metaphor for reality, often with dangerous consequences, says Stanford biology professor Robert Sapolsky.
“‘Quantitative easing’ is a pompous, uninformative term for a central bank’s buying debt in order to stimulate economic activity.” Judge Richard Posner criticizes new monetary policy.
Male Homo sapiens were historically much faster and stronger than today’s modern man. The Australian palaeoanthropologist Peter McAllister explains why in a new book.
What I do know is that playing football has taught me many things. Perhaps the most important: knowing how to react when chaos is going on around me.
Inside the mind of Albert Gonzalez, America’s most notorious computer hacker. “Whatever morality I should have been feeling was trumped by the thrill.”
Tim K. killed 15 people before turning his gun on himself. His father, the owner of the weapon, is now in the dock. How culpable can parents be if their child kills?
Four movements that gained huge followings and have stood the test of time: est, primal therapy, Transcendental Meditation and lucid dreaming. Where are they now?
Recent studies suggest that we derive more satisfaction from things we create ourselves. Known as the Ikea Effect, it could also explain American obesity, says Jonah Lehrer.
Religious families tend to have more children than atheist ones. From an evolutionary standpoint, this suggests belief in God is better suited to survival, says Phillip Longman.
Much of the privacy that so many of us cherish has been an economic fluke. Tracking technology has spun far out of control but the privacy problem is really one of our own making.
It’s that other material — the truly vile and illegal stuff, hidden from public view — that represents the true threat to the fabric of decent society.
Conceptions of even such fundamental domains as time can differ dramatically across cultures. In a remote Australian Aboriginal community, time is arranged in terms of east to west.
When creativity and entrepreneurship are unleashed, and when new innovations are introduced to an open marketplace, there are no limits to human achievement.
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Reports of the American demise have been greatly exaggerated; buoyant turnarounds are happening in health care, energy and the public sector. Unfortunately, though, housing will remain in a slump for […]
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A business career is a wonderful gateway to a better life. But business also has an immense social impact.
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Technology is a complementary resource for great educational institutions. It’s something we need to absorb, embrace and experiment with—while not assuming that it’s a panacea.
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“The Abu Dhabi art fair offers a glimpse of the emirate’s impressive cultural ambitions.” The city will soon host branches of the Louvre and Guggenheim museums.