PhysicsPhysicist says that Digital Information should Consider a New Form of Matter All matter in our environment exists as a solid, liquid, gas, or plasma. However, as our lives become more digitized, more physical matter, such as…
Organizational BehaviorWorkplace is Potentially Burdened with Peril because Creativity itself is Deeply Personal During office brainstorming sessions, managers are increasingly telling employees to “be creative.” Should employees, however, comply with that managerial directive? According to a new paper…
PhilosophyResearchers find Creativity may help Surmount Barriers to Distal Imagination Humans use their imaginations a lot, whether it’s thinking about what to make for dinner later tonight or imagining what someone on the other side…
OtherAstronaut Sally Ride and Maya Angelou to be First Women Honored on US Quarters The U.S. Mint has announced that astronaut Sally Ride and poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelo will be remembered as the first two women…
Environmental ScienceCanada Lists Plastic as Toxic in Step Towards Ban on Single-Use Plastic Canada now lists plastics as a toxic substance under their main environmental laws. In addition to sending a clear message about plastic pollution, it is…
Organizational BehaviorCompetitive “winner-takes-all” Pay Structures is Most Effective Way to Encourage Innovation Economists and business leaders agree that innovation is a major driver of economic growth, but they disagree on the best way to encourage workers to…
TechnologyTechnology has Shifted the Way that Teachers Teach Students in Higher Education The way professors teach students in higher education has changed as a result of technological advancements. Students, for example, can refer to a digital copy…
HealthHuman Brain needs to Suppress Obvious Ideas to Reach the most Creative According to scientists, the human brain needs to suppress obvious ideas in order to reach the most creative ones. These obvious associations can be found…
TechnologyUK Launch of Google Career Certificates Opens Industry to People without College Degrees In 2020, Google announced that it would replace the requirement of college degrees with a certification system, which would increase access to careers among tech…
BiologyTikTokker not Allowed to Drive His Car after Protected Dove Makes Nest on the Windshield After a bird of a protected species of pigeon landed on the windshield, a man was unable to move his car and decided that it…