“This is happening right now and I need you to understand it.” This is how Matt Shumer, HyperWrite CEO and serial investor, frames the moment of current AI development in a recent essay that’s gone ...

Recent findings published in the journal Emotion suggest that the discomfort associated with making eye contact is not ...

At some point over the past 15 years, kids stopped reading. Or at least their teachers stopped asking them to read the way they once did. We live in the age of the reel, the story, the sample, the ...

Families across the U.S. are questioning whether a four-year degree is worth it. Student debt has soared. Recent graduates are struggling in a rapidly changing job market. Colleges can also be too ...

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Research shows that delaying important tasks is often driven by how the brain processes stress and threat—not by poor time management or lack of discipline. Behaviors like procrastination and ...

Canada is adjusting to the largest shift in North American trade policy since NAFTA. The economy has been more resilient than initially feared, supported by USMCA exemptions, resilient consumption, ...

Dr. Shech is a professor of philosophy who specializes in the philosophy of science. As popular mistrust of expert opinion grows, we increasingly encounter the following skeptical argument about ...

MIT Sloan Management Review provides a primer on agentic AI, clarifying how autonomous AI agents differ from traditional tools and where early ROI is emerging. The piece emphasizes that agents can act ...

2025 was a year of uncertainty—be it about AI, tariffs, the economy, and so much more. In many ways, the most popular articles on HBR.org reflect this sentiment, with pieces about the challenges of ...

A landmark real-world experiment gave the strongest evidence yet that the shingles vaccine could lower the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, finally giving concrete data to ...

The House on Thursday voted to table a resolution to impeach President Trump after Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) forced a vote on the matter, scuttling the snap impeachment push with the help of Democratic ...