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S26From playground to boardrooms: How childhood and adolescence shape future leaders  The postal code where you were born and raised does more than facilitate mail delivery; it can also tells us about your odds of becoming a leader. Understanding this can help us understand the early roots of leadership and reshape how we approach talent acquisition, leadership development and corporate social responsibility.To explain, consider two individuals: Jane and Mike. Jane had a more privileged upbringing, attending an elite private school, socializing at an upscale tennis club and going on luxury family vacations.
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S6Mexico City is running out of water--are these cities next?  If heavy rains don’t arrive soon, in late June the city’s Cutzamala water system could reach “Day Zero,” a doomsday estimation that marks the moment the reservoirs will stop pumping. That means that in as much as a quarter of the city—even zones that have typically escaped water shortages—the taps would go bone dry. The aquifers where about 70 percent of the city’s water comes from will keep flowing, but they too are in danger.Rolling water cuts have roiled the Colombian capital of Bogotá since April, after the Chingaza reservoir system that provides more than two-thirds of the city’s drinking water dropped to a staggering 17 percent capacity. Running water in neighborhoods across the city of eight million is shut off three times a month and households are subject to hundreds of dollars in fines if they go over monthly allotments.
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S7 S8Inside Anthony Fauci's 'On Call': 9 health and science takeaways from the memoir of America's most famous doctor  To read the forthcoming memoir by the country’s former top infectious disease expert, “On Call: A Doctor’s Journey in Public Service,” a copy of which was obtained by STAT, is to get a sense of his finesse while advising seven presidents. He strove, he writes, to speak with complete candor and stay out of politics, while remaining strategic in pushing for policies he considered vital to public health.He maneuvered for more HIV funding in the Reagan administration; pushed George H.W. Bush to expand access to experimental AIDS medicines; worked with Bill Clinton to set up the National Institutes of Health’s Vaccine Research Center; and teamed up with George W. Bush, on whom he lavishes particularly effusive praise, to set up the global HIV medicine initiative PEPFAR and several biodefense efforts.
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S9 S10Face Your Fear of Becoming Obsolete  Professionals across the career spectrum have moments where they fear they’re already obsolete, or becoming so. Different than the occasional bout of self-doubt, fearing obsolescence means we fundamentally question our professional significance. When we over-indulge the fear, it creates cognitive distortions of ourselves, others, and our environment that can bring us to the worst versions of ourselves. Whether you’re early in your career and facing a lifetime of technological and economic disruption, or later in your career and questioning your future relevance to the world, feelings of obsolescence don’t have to mire you in fear or futility. The question isn’t how to avoid these feelings, but rather how to spot evidence you’re having them and address them in healthy, honest ways.
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S11 S12 Six Signs of a Parent-Child Dynamic at the Office  To prepare for an upcoming program with a global chemicals company, I conducted a series of interviews with the top managers and the people who reported to them. I heard a familiar refrain: The people at the top felt like the people in the layers below just didn’t take the needed initiative. As a result, the managers felt an obligation and responsibility to tell the direct reports what to do and how to do it. As one manager put it, “They are just not ready to take on this level of responsibility, and they don’t have the overall oversight and understanding that we do.”When I spoke to the direct reports, they complained that the top managers didn’t trust them enough and acted paternalistic. As a result, the direct reports feared that if they took the initiative and something didn’t work as planned, they’d be punished. One country-level director said, “When something doesn’t work, we’ve learned to push it under the rug. Otherwise, it gets too complicated and messy.”Unsurprisingly, these behaviors and mindsets also showed up in the company’s results: Although its cash cow had continued to produce profits, there had been no innovations in some time. And the company was struggling to pivot in the direction of a new strategy.
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S13Nintendo Switch Just Quietly Released the Best Pok  For most of its two decades of existence, the Monster Hunter series offered a simple if alluring premise: fight the monsters, defeat the monsters, and turn the monsters into powerful potion. It’s a gameplay cycle that’s served the franchise well, but in 2016, Capcom decided to try something new with the Monster Hunter games. And that new thing was Pokémon.Originally released for Nintendo 3DS, Monster Hunter Stories was a major change for the franchise (albeit one that didn’t necessarily stick in the long run). Inspired by Pokémon, the game strived for a more symbiotic relationship between humans and monsters in which the protagonist with the job title of “Rider” is tasked with collecting monster egg fragments, hatching new besties, an then battling them against wild monsters or online opponents.
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S14 S15You Don't Need To Hug A Tree To Benefit From Nature -- Looking at One Is Enough  It is becoming increasingly clear that spending time in nature can benefit our mental health and wellbeing.It is becoming increasingly clear that spending time in nature can benefit our mental health and wellbeing. However, a new study by my colleagues and me shows that you don’t have to actually be in nature to reap the rewards. Simply directing your gaze toward natural elements, even in the middle of a city, can enhance well-being.
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S16The Secret Cognitive-Enhancing Powers of Menthol  Scientists have discovered that when mice with Alzheimer’s inhaled menthol, their cognitive abilities improved.Imagine a future where the smell of menthol could alleviate some of the worst symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease. This might sound like science fiction, but innovative new research is making it a potential reality.
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S17 S18Without a Doubt, the 65 Weirdest & Most Genius Things Under $30 on Amazon  Ready for a journey into the quirky and genius side of Amazon? This retail giant has just about everything available to purchase, and some of that stuff is pretty weird. But weird stuff can be pretty awesome too — like all the items on this list, for example. From multipurpose gadgets to pet care hacks, read on for a wild ride through affordable finds that'll have you saying, "Wait, that exists?" Improve safety and style in your home with these rug corner grippers that help prevent slipping and curling without leaving any residue on your floor. The easy-lift design also allows you to pick up rugs and clean underneath without a hassle. Plus, the grippers’ stickiness can be refreshed by wiping them with rubbing alcohol.
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S19Why Was [SPOILERS] Killed? The Cast Explains 'House of the Dragon's Shocking Death  Warning! Spoilers ahead for House of the Dragon Season 2, Episode 1, “A Son for a Son.”From the moment HBO released its final trailer for House of the Dragon Season 2, fan speculation was already swirling that fans would see the infamous “Blood and Cheese” scene in the series. But what wasn’t predicted was just how quickly it would be shown. By the end of Episode 1, Daemon recruits a ratcatcher and an assassin, named Blood and Cheese, respectively, to kill Aemond Targaryen as revenge for the death of Rhaenyra’s son Lucerys Velaryon. But the assassins can’t track Aemond down, so they resort to a Plan B — killing Jaeharys, Aegon’s son, instead.
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S20The Holy Grail Of Neanderthal Language Is Turning Out To Be An 800-Pound Gorilla  The Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) fascinate researchers and the general public alike. They remain central to debates about the nature of the genus Homo (the broad biological classification that humans and their relatives fall into). Neanderthals are also vital for understanding the uniqueness or otherwise of our species, Homo sapiens.We shared an ancestor with the Neanderthals around 600,000 years ago. They evolved in Europe while we did so in Africa before dispersing multiple times into Eurasia. The Neanderthals became extinct around 40,000 years ago. We have populated the world and continue to flourish. Whether that different outcome is a consequence of differences in language and thought has been long debated.
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S21'House of the Dragon's Darkest Scene Is Way Worse in the Book  House of the Dragon’s Season 2 premiere is largely a meditative, table-setting episode. It follows characters like Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D'Arcy) and Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke) as they feel the gravity of Lucerys Velaryon's (Elliot Grihault) death at the end of House of the Dragon Season 1, and emotionally prepare themselves for the horrors to come. But the terrible grief that hovers over most of the episode, fittingly titled "A Son for a Son," then spills over into House of the Dragon's darkest sequence to date.The premiere's final minutes follow Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith) as he sneaks into King's Landing and hires Blood (Sam C. Wilson), a still-loyal member of the City Watch he formed, and Cheese (Mark Stobbart), one of the Red Keep's ratcatchers, to exact vengeance for Lucerys' death. While Daemon's intended target for the hit is Aemond Targaryen (Ewan Mitchell) himself, he tells Blood and Cheese that, if they can't find the Targaryen prince, to make sure they kill "a son for a son."
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S2230 Years Ago, Jack Nicholson's Bizarre Werewolf Movie Killed the Strangest Hollywood Trend  Jack Nicholson played a werewolf in a movie directed by Mike Nichols. The result is fascinating.Spare a thought for the poor werewolf. It’s never had the pop culture footprint of its paranormal contemporaries and hasn’t inspired the devotion of the likes of vampires, witches, and zombies. Our ravenous lupine brethren just never took off in Hollywood. There are exceptions, of course, but cinema’s favorite fanged ones tend to be undead for a reason. But 30 years ago, Mike Nichols and Jack Nicholson collaborated for an unexpectedly strange addition to the werewolf canon that brought the monsters thoroughly into the ‘90s.
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S23Xbox Game Pass Just Quietly Released the Most Underrated Sci-Fi Horror Game of the Decade  The problem with making a masterpiece is it makes you “the one.” As in, “You’re the one who made [insert masterpiece here].” Glen Schofield has heard that a lot. Credited as the creator of 2008’s sci-fi horror survival classic Dead Space, Schofield and the team at Visceral Games were responsible for introducing a huge audience to a new subgenre of gaming. Sci-fi survival horror is no longer a novel concept, but that didn’t stop Schofield from creating the spiritual successor to his most famous title.The Callisto Protocol launched in December 2022 to... average reviews. Hovering around 7/10 on Metacritic, critics and fans alike were entertained if not impressed. It's obvious the deck was stacked against it given the pedigree of the team involved, and anything that wasn’t as good or better than Dead Space was going to have trouble. The Callisto Protocol may not be as great as one of the best games ever made, but it's still tons of fun for anyone who loves the genre or simply appreciates a good jump scare and gory, dismemberment-driven combat.
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S24Why 'intelligence' exists only in the eye of the beholder | Aeon Essays  is a lecturer in human evolutionary biology at Harvard University. She holds a PhD in Palaeolithic archaeology from the University of Oxford, and her research focuses on the intersection of technology, biology and cognition, particularly in the human lineage.is an archaeologist who studies the evolution of tool use in human and nonhuman animals. He works at the World Heritage Neolithic site of Skara Brae in Orkney, Scotland. He writes about animal tool use at the blog Twig Technology.
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S25What Michelangelo's late-in-life works reveal about his genius - and his humanness | Aeon Videos  Michelangelo’s two most famous works, David (1501-1504) and the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel (1508-1512), were completed when the exalted Italian Renaissance master was in his 20s and 30s. However, as this video from the British Museum explores, he lived to the ripe old age of 88, and continued to create until his very last days. Made to accompany the British Museum exhibition ‘Michelangelo: The Last Decades’, which covers works from 1534-1564, this short video explores three of his drawings across his final 30 years. Bringing the context of Michelangelo’s life and times to the works, the exhibition curator Sarah Vowles details how he was ceaselessly inspired by a desire to please friends and himself, and to make sense of his world through creativity. In doing so, Vowles helps to humanise this near-mythical figure, and perhaps even provide viewers some inspiration for navigating the challenges of old age.
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S27 S28 S29Marine CO? removal technologies could depend on the appetite of the ocean's tiniest animals  As the world struggles to decarbonise, it’s becoming increasingly clear we’ll need to both rapidly reduce emissions and actively remove carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the atmosphere. The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report considered 230 pathways to keep global warming below 1.5°C. All required CO₂ removal. Ocean-based approaches are gaining popularity because they could potentially store carbon for a tenth of the cost of “direct air capture”, where CO₂ is sucked from the air with energy-intensive machinery.
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S30Dutton snatches preferred PM lead in Resolve poll as draft redistributions finished  Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne A national Resolve poll for Nine newspapers, conducted June 11–15 from a sample of 1,607, gave the Coalition 36% of the primary vote (steady since the May post-budget Resolve poll), Labor 28% (down one), the Greens 14% (up two), One Nation 6% (down one), the UAP 1% (down one), independents 11% (down one) and others 4% (up two).
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S31Why do I poo in the morning? A gut expert explains  But why mornings? What if you tend to poo later in the day? And is it worth training yourself to be a morning pooper?To understand what makes us poo when we do, we need to consider a range of factors including our body clock, gut muscles and what we have for breakfast.
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S32AI is not a magic wand - it has built-in problems that are difficult to fix and can be dangerous  By now, all of us have heard and read a lot about artificial intelligence (AI). You’ve likely used some of the countless AI tools that are becoming available. For some, AI feels like a magic wand that predicts the future. But AI is not perfect. A supermarket meal planner in Aotearoa New Zealand gave customers poisonous recipes, a New York City chatbot advised people to break the law, and Google’s AI Overview is telling people to eat rocks.
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S33 S34'Some of us really wanted to smash imperialism': Cher Tan honed her defiant creativity in Singapore's DIY punk scene  In her debut essay collection, Peripathetic: Notes on (un)belonging, Cher Tan turns her maverick attention to the possibility and power of resistance. Tan’s essays rise out of a defiant, DIY sensibility and sustain a dissident energy. They examine how meaning, purpose and change can be wrought within – and in opposition to – our digitally networked, late-capitalist world. The nine essays interlink around identity, technology and counterculture. They investigate topics such as internet culture (“Speed Tests”), precarious work (“Shit Jobs”), weirdness (“Who’s Your Normie?”), punk and DIY cultures (“The Lifestyle Church”) and the work of writing (“This Unskilled Life”).
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S35Alphonse Mucha and Art Nouveau: 100 years after its creation, his work is still a balm for a world in upheaval  He is most often identified with late 19th-century Paris, but was in fact Moravian (Czech). His vision for the purpose of art was for the betterment of humanity and creation of utopia, but his most famous artworks are advertisements. His style typifies Art Nouveau, a movement at its peak between the 1890s and 1910s, but his career spanned several decades from the late 1800s until his death in 1939. Born in 1860 in what is now the Czech Republic, Mucha trained in Paris. He worked as an illustrator in Paris and Prague, and exhibited work in the Paris Salon before rising to fame with his poster works and branching out into other media. After several visits to the United States, he returned to his homeland in 1910 and remained there until his death in 1939.
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S36Business basics: how do companies pay tax?  This article is part of The Conversation’s “Business Basics” series where we ask leading experts to discuss key concepts in business, economics and finance.A company is a business that is established as a separate legal entity to its founders – like a person, it can be sued and incur debt. Importantly, not all businesses are companies – they can also be sole traders, partnerships or trusts.
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S37BBC Question Time: analysis of guests over nine years suggests an overuse of rightwing voices  Matt Walsh is a trustee of The ConversationUK and a non-executive director of the Broadcast Journalism Training Council.On the air since 1979, the BBC’s venerable Question Time is an important part of Britain’s political life, including during election campaigns. Millions are likely to tune in to the leaders’ special on June 20. The leaders of the country’s four largest political parties by number of MPs (Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats and the SNP) will be quizzed by a studio audience.
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S38 S39 S40Modern-day outlaws, 'sovereign citizens' threaten the rule of law  In May 2024, an Oklahoma man was arrested and charged with kidnapping and murdering two women, becoming the fifth member of an anti-government group called “God’s Misfits” to face such charges. With the investigation still underway, details about God’s Misfits remain scarce. The group’s members may be part of the so-called “sovereign citizen” movement – people who believe they owe no allegiance to any government and are not required to obey laws.
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S41 S42 S43Abortion bans are changing what it means to be young in America  Adolescence and young adulthood is a time of identity formation, when young people figure out who they are and who they want to be. One of the ways they do this is by considering the world around them, paying attention to social issues and starting to understand their society and their place in it. Laws and policies signal to young people what society thinks of their value, their role in society and their opportunities for the future. But the experience of growing up in the post-Roe v. Wade era looks very different from that before the 50-year precedent was overturned in 2022.
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S44 S45Modern surgery began with saws and iron hands - how amputation transformed the body in the Renaissance  The human body today has many replaceable parts, ranging from artificial hearts to myoelectric feet. What makes this possible is not just complicated technology and delicate surgical procedures. It’s also an idea — that humans can and should alter patients’ bodies in supremely difficult and invasive ways.Scholars often depict the American Civil War as an early watershed for amputation techniques and artificial limb design. Amputations were the most common operation of the war, and an entire prosthetics industry developed in response. Anyone who has seen a Civil War film or TV show has likely watched at least one scene of a surgeon grimly approaching a wounded soldier with saw in hand. Surgeons performed 60,000 amputations during the war, spending as little as three minutes per limb.
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S46 S47 S48Space arms race may be underway - it comes with enormous risks  Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Political Science, University of Pretoria As conflict rages on Earth, an arms race may be underway in outer space. On May 30, a US diplomat warned that Russia had launched a “weapon into orbit”, something Russia’s deputy foreign minister, Sergey Ryabkov, branded as “fake news”. It follows on from accusations in recent months by US and Russian officials that both countries are attempting to place nuclear weapons in space.
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S49Ambitious Tory hopefuls could learn from Lady Macbeth's fate ahead of leadership battle  Grant Shapps is running. The Tory MP has held what seems like every ministerial post possible and is famous in Westminster for his command of spreadsheets and data – in other words, for tracking the views and intentions of his fellow Tory MPs. He is ready for the battle ahead.Priti Patel is running. The former home secretary is on good terms with Nigel Farage, leader of the Reform party. “She could plausibly present herself as the candidate who could best unify a divided right,” according to Paul Goodman, a former Conservative MP.
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S50Bridgerton: the real 18th-century women penning satirical periodicals to bite back at society  In the world of Bridgerton everyone reads the scandalous gossip columns of Lady Whistledown. That Lady Whistedown’s acid pen belongs to none other than the ever-polite Penelope Featherington proved a shocking twist, but not one without historical precedent. The history of 18th-century print is littered with striking instances in which women, like Featherington, used cheap print – such as magazines and periodicals – to deliver stunning satirical blows to the male-dominated status quo. They also used them to signal solidarity to the women living quietly and politely within society.
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