The dominant theory in neuroscience has been that the sensory processing circuits in our brain are finalized in early childhood and fixed afterward. A recently published study, however, overturned ...

Why do people often make decisions in the same pattern and choose the tried and tested, even when there are apparently better alternatives? A research team led by Stefan Kiebel, Professor of Cognitive ...

Learn how agency theory influences corporate governance and addresses moral hazard through incentives between shareholders ...

In 2026, brand is no longer a cosmetic decision. It’s a growth system decision. Brokers don’t struggle because they lack design. They struggle because growth has become expensive, markets are ...

The financial services industry has a new favourite phrase: perpetual KYC. The idea is straightforward and long overdue. Instead of verifying a customer's identity once at onboarding and then ...

Current global climate models (GCMs) support with high confidence the view that rising greenhouse gases and other anthropogenic forcings account for nearly all observed global surface warming—slightly ...

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From ecosystems to wildlife, conservation success depends on human behaviours. But shifting people’s choices to behave in a way that protects nature remains one of the sector’s biggest challenges. A ...

Behavior is at the heart of nearly every challenge in the workplace, from leadership and fair decisions to high performance and AI adoption. But how should organizations go about influencing behavior?

Amazon is now requiring that its employees detail their biggest accomplishments in a move aimed at calculating future pay. Workers will have to list three to five examples of how they’ve contributed ...

Editor’s note: This work is part of AI Watchdog, The Atlantic’s ongoing investigation into the generative-AI industry. On Tuesday, researchers at Stanford and Yale revealed something that AI companies ...

Ford Motor Company recently informed 25,000 U.S. salaried employees that a significant change was coming to their work routines. '60 Minutes' story held for lacking interview with Trump official airs ...