This week's UK heatwave caused school closures and disrupted learning, but it also reminded me of one of the most important ...

Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker argues against pervasive pessimism, asserting that humanity has made significant progress ...

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Instead of declaring the problem unsolvable, Chuck treated the dead donkey as an asset rather than a liability. It may not have been the most ethical business decision, but that example is instructive ...

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Bumblebees faced with a challenge know how to play ball. Buff-tailed bumblebees can figure out on their own how to use a ball as a ladder to nab sugar from an out-of-reach fake flower, researchers ...

Despite having tiny brains, bumblebees have demonstrated a remarkable ability to socially learn how to use tools, solve simple puzzles, and cooperate to achieve a goal. It seems they can also solve ...

German psychologist Wolfgang Köhler set up a famous experiment more than 100 years ago that changed how scientists understand animal intelligence and the power of insight — or spontaneous ...

I cut my teeth getting grounded in principles of design thinking when I launched a strategic design MBA during my university teaching years. Design thinking is essentially a problem-solving process ...

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