by Louis McDonald | May 4, 2022
How Ancient Arctic Carbon Threatens Everyone on the Planetby Sue Natali What will happen to the planet if climate change melts what’s left of Arctic permafrost? Shedding light on this overlooked threat, Arctic geologist Sue Natali reveals the true danger of...
by Louis McDonald | Apr 18, 2022
Ukraine’s Fight to Keep Educating Its Childrenby Zoya Lytvyn The Russian invasion of Ukraine has destroyed so much — including hundreds of schools, where the country’s children were forging their futures — but it has not stopped Ukrainians from...
by Louis McDonald | Mar 28, 2022
Why all melodies should be free for musicians to useby Damien Riehl In the litany of copyright infringement lawsuits, technology lawyer and musician Damien Riehl demonstrates that music is merely math, and has a finite number of possible melodies. If you’ve ever...
by Louis McDonald | Mar 17, 2022
Lessons from the longest study on happiness by Robert Waldinger What keeps us happy and healthy as we go through life? If you think it’s fame and money, you’re not alone – but, according to psychiatrist Robert Waldinger, you’re mistaken. As...
by Louis McDonald | Feb 13, 2022
Lessons from the longest study on human development by Helen Pearson For the past 70 years, scientists in Britain have been studying thousands of children through their lives to find out why some end up happy and healthy while others struggle. It’s the...
by Louis McDonald | Feb 3, 2022
My year of saying yes to everything by Shonda Rhimes Shonda Rhimes, the titan behind Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal and How to Get Away With Murder, is responsible for some 70 hours of television per season, and she loves to work. “When I am hard at work,...
by Louis McDonald | Jan 26, 2022
What if women built the world by Emily Pilloton-Lam Only four percent of construction workers are female — that’s totally unacceptable, but it’s also a huge opportunity both for women and for the trades, says youth educator and builder Emily...
by Louis McDonald | Jan 18, 2022
Selecting Ideas for TEDx by TEDxTUM A great idea is the only essential prerequisite for a great talk. The process for selecting ideas for your TEDx conference is a process. A process that may be overwhelming. TEDxTUM recently published an article about their selection...
by Louis McDonald | Jan 17, 2022
Why great leaders take humor seriously by Jennifer Aaker and Naomi Bagdonas There’s a mistaken belief in today’s working world that leaders need to be serious all the time to be taken seriously. The research tells a different story. Based on...
by Louis McDonald | Jan 10, 2022
Every kid needs a championby Rita Pierson Rita Pierson, a teacher for 40 years, once heard a colleague say, “They don’t pay me to like the kids.” Her response: “Kids don’t learn from people they don’t like.'” A rousing call to...
