Culture

Erdogan to Make Hagia Sophia a Mosque Again, But Will It Help Him?

2020-07-12

Turkeys president seems focused on cementing his legacy and boosting his popularity with voters, but the move is more likely to damage the countrys international brand.

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When More Information Leads to More Uncertainty

2020-07-08

Will colleges and universities restart in-person classes this fall? Will there be a vaccine for the novel coronavirus soon? Will there be second wave of the virus?

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The learning opportunities hiding in our failures

2020-06-20

Failure is often seen as a source of shame. But if we studied and shared our failures, we could learn a lot from them.

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The science of creating a dream team

2020-03-25

Why do teams of talented individuals so often underperform? The emerging science of collective intelligence may have the answers.

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Could we live in a world without rules?

2020-03-07

We might dream of a world where there are no rules, but how practical would it be?

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What you can learn from the most persuasive adverts

2020-03-02

The most effective adverts we encounter on a daily basis share similar traits that most of us pass over without noticing.

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How the world came to run on coffee

2019-10-15

Coffee was once a little-known delicacy used to aid religious rituals.

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Why No One Answers Their Phone Anymore

2018-06-01

Telephone culture is disappearing.

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Why Orwell’s 1984 could be about Now

2018-05-21

Audiences around the world are re-reading George Orwells 1984, which is a handbook for difficult times

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The Exceptionalism of American Higher Education

2018-05-21

American universities and colleges emerged as dominant players in the global ecology of higher education, a dominance that continues to this day

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Imagining the Future Is Just Another Form of Memory

2017-10-17

Humans’ ability to predict the future is all thanks to our ability to remember the past

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South Koreans are losing faith in an elitist education system

2017-07-19

Degrees of disenchantment.. The courts and the president sympathize

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The Wisdom of Nokia's Dumbphone

2017-03-02

The smartphone’s ubiquity has made it boring and oppressive. A new, retro handset opens the door to a different future

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Anton Chekhov on the 8 Qualities of Cultured People

2017-02-01

“In order to feel comfortable among educated people, to be at home and happy with them, one must be cultured to a certain extent.”

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Lifelong learning is becoming an economic imperative

2017-01-18

Technological change demands stronger and more continuous connections between education and employment, says Andrew Palmer. The faint outlines of such a system are now emerging

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Innovation and Its Discontents

2016-07-02

Innovations frequently face high barriers to implementation, with governments sometimes banning new technologies outright

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No bed of roses.. Parks are disappearing throughout the Arab world

2016-06-17

Carelessness is another culprit. Half of the Arab world’s modern cities are, in effect, unplanned

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Innovation Is Not Enough

2016-06-13

Technological diffusion can be constrained on both the demand and supply sides of the economy

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Bringing Arab Education Online

2016-06-07

World’s top universities teach computer science and engineering classes online

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"People of the world, famous and common, pay tribute to Muhammad Ali "The greatest of all time

2016-06-05

Muhammad Ali transcended the boundaries of sport, country and even religion, and might have been the greatest ambassador the United States ever employed. His death left a massive void, one that people famous and common tried to fill with words. In many ca

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The Benefits of Teaching in Two Languages

2016-05-29

Bilingual education facilitates connections beyond the confines of a classroom

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