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Social Sciences May 16, 2019

These four values lessen the power of transformational leadership

Transformational leadership is considered one of the most effective ways to motivate and inspire employees. However, new research finds cultural values significantly limit its effectiveness.

Social Sciences May 9, 2019

Women entrepreneurs thrive managing talented teams and balancing many investors

Only a handful of the top companies in the U.S. are led by a woman.

Political science Apr 19, 2019

War games shed light on real-world strategies

Want to try your hand at negotiating during a crisis? Think you have a plan that could get the U.S. out of Afghanistan? Confident you could keep a nation secure when multi-party international diplomacy is more important than ...

Earth Sciences Apr 12, 2019

Economic butterfly wings can create a climate action tornado

The answer to the climate crisis could be seizing social and political tipping points where a modest intervention can lead to massive change, suggest leading University of Oxford economists.

Social Sciences Apr 9, 2019

Michael Tomasello: What makes humans human?

In his new book, Becoming Human, (Harvard University Press, 2019) Michael Tomasello brings together more than two decades of his research on what makes humans unique. The book builds on Tomasello's work studying young children's ...

Social Sciences Mar 28, 2019

How social media dethroned Hollywood

Hollywood's power as a global entertainment machine is far from dead and buried but it has been knocked for a six by the extraordinary rise of social media entertainment over the past 10 years.

Earth Sciences Mar 27, 2019

Massive earthquakes provide new insight into deep Earth

In the waning months of 2018, two of the mightiest deep earthquakes ever recorded in human history rattled the Tonga-Fiji region of the South Pacific.

Environment Mar 19, 2019

The electric car, technological disruption, and climate change

The key ingredients for decarbonization of the American economy are renewable energy and the electric car. Most of America's use of fossil fuels is in transportation.

Earth Sciences Mar 1, 2019

Scientist investigates the mystery of secondary ice production

Christine Chiu of Colorado State University investigates clouds. She calls them "complicated 3-D objects that evolve fast."

Other Feb 18, 2019

For scientists, the ripple effects of the government shutdown are still spreading

Matt Helgeson knew it was time to pull the plug. For weeks, the University of California, Santa Barbara professor of chemical engineering had held out hope that politicians in Washington would find a way to end the government ...

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