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Carving the Eternal: The Journey of Valerio Galati
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Carving the Eternal: The Journey of Valerio Galati

Trani, Puglia, where stone is more than material—it is memory. Walls and courtyards, carved centuries ago, stand as silent witnesses to lives once lived. For artist Valerio Galati, these same stones have become both his canvas and his calling, a medium through which he translates a life shaped first by the sea, and now by...

Mindfulness Won’t Burn Calories, but It Might Help You Stick with Your Health Goals
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Mindfulness Won’t Burn Calories, but It Might Help You Stick with Your Health Goals

Most people know roughly what kind of lifestyle they should be living to stay healthy. Think regular exercise, a balanced diet and sufficient sleep. Yet, despite all the hacks, trackers and motivational quotes, many of us still struggle to stick with our health goals. Meanwhile, people worldwide are experiencing more lifestyle-associated chronic disease than ever...

Inside the Labs Where Artists Rewrite Tech’s Future
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Inside the Labs Where Artists Rewrite Tech’s Future

Forget the studio: today’s artists are working with algorithms, particle colliders, and glass furnaces It was during their art-and-tech residency at CERN, Switzerland, in 2022, that the artist duo Dorota Gawęda and Eglė Kulbokaitė first noticed how closely their approach to making art mirrored scientific practice. ‘In our work, there’s always a need to question...

Censorship Campaigns Can Have a Way of Backfiring – Look No Further Than the Fate of America’s Most Prolific Censor
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Censorship Campaigns Can Have a Way of Backfiring – Look No Further Than the Fate of America’s Most Prolific Censor

In the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term in office, his administration has made many attempts to suppress speech it disfavors – at universities, on the airwaves, in public school classrooms, in museums, at protests and even in lawyer’s offices. If past is prologue, these efforts may backfire. In 2018, I published my...

Jane Goodall, the Gentle Disrupter Whose Research on Chimpanzees Redefined What It Meant to Be Human
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Jane Goodall, the Gentle Disrupter Whose Research on Chimpanzees Redefined What It Meant to Be Human

Anyone proposing to offer a master class on changing the world for the better, without becoming negative, cynical, angry or narrow-minded in the process, could model their advice on the life and work of pioneering animal behavior scholar Jane Goodall. Goodall’s life journey stretches from marveling at the somewhat unremarkable creatures – though she would...

Why You Seriously Need to Stop Trying to Be Funny at Work
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Why You Seriously Need to Stop Trying to Be Funny at Work

How can you get ahead in your career and still enjoy the ride? One solution offered in business books, LinkedIn posts and team-building manuals is to use humor. Sharing jokes, sarcastic quips, ironic memes and witty anecdotes, the advice goes, will make you more likable, ease stress, strengthen teams, spark creativity and even signal leadership...

More Americans Meet Criteria for High Blood Pressure Under New Guidelines
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More Americans Meet Criteria for High Blood Pressure Under New Guidelines

Nearly half of all Americans have high blood pressure – a condition called hypertension. Hypertension is the No. 1 risk factor for heart disease and stroke. In addition, hypertension increases risk of dementia and cognitive decline. Heart disease, stroke and dementia are the first-, fourth- and sixth-leading causes of death in the U.S. Unfortunately, only...