The Future Leadership Institute was designed as a grassroots movement bringing together students and professionals exploring leadership themes at universities and business schools worldwide. How does it work? There is one central […]
Harvard-led team helps create first molecular map for national neuroscience study
Agroup of scientists, including several at Harvard, have dived deeper into the mammalian brain than ever before by categorizing and mapping at the molecular level all of its thousands of different cell […]
February 12, 2024: Darwin’s Drink: Join the celebration
The Future Leadership Institute celebrates the birthday of evolutionary biologist Charles Darwin: 12 February 1809 – 12 February 2024 Venue: BELGIUM: tbd (either ANTWERP, BRUGGES or LOUVAIN) Introduction: Our daily stress and […]
Cambridge research reveals contents of historic French love letters after 265 years
Over 100 letters sent to French sailors by their fiancées, wives, parents and siblings – but never delivered – have been opened and studied for the first time since they were written […]
$5 trillion in nature-related global economic risks will amplify climate change – Oxford study
Shocks to the global economy related to biodiversity loss and ecosystem damage could cost upwards of $5 trillion, according to reports from Network of Central Banks and Oxford University out today [13 […]
Leiden archaeologist investigates washed up plastics with National Geographic grant
Roberto Arciero is part of RESPIRE project (Research Educational and Storytelling Project in Italian Remote Ecosystem), an international and interdisciplinary research team led by Martina Capriotti (University of Camerino) that received the […]
The biggest science news stories of 2023 as chosen by New Scientist
By Jacob Aron AI chatbots and a weight-loss drug swept the world, temperature records tumbled and India landed on the moon in a year of astonishing science news. Environment The number of […]
Billionaire Politicians: A Global Perspective
Abstract We introduce an original dataset of formal political participation for over 2,000 individuals included in the Forbes Billionaires List. We find that billionaire politicians are a surprisingly common phenomenon: Over 11% […]
Suppressing negative thoughts may be good for mental health after all
The commonly-held belief that attempting to suppress negative thoughts is bad for our mental health could be wrong, a new study from scientists at the University of Cambridge suggests. Researchers at the […]
Wildfires are much worse than a sign of climate change
Expert explains the dual threat posed by a crisis spreading beyond our control Summer headlines have screamed of climate extremes: Record temperatures, an ocean heat wave, and rampant wildfires, including Canadian blazes […]
Small-winged and lighter coloured butterflies likely to be at greatest threat from climate change
The family, wing length and wing colour of tropical butterflies all influence their ability to withstand rising temperatures, say a team led by ecologists at the University of Cambridge. The researchers believe […]
Stanford Medicine researchers take part in HuBMAP, showing what healthy human tissue looks like
Stanford Medicine scientists describe details of the human intestine and placental tissue as part of the National Institute of Health’s Human Biomolecular Atlas Program. More often than not, studies of human biology […]
Online consumers at risk from ‘intelligent’ price manipulation: Oxford and Imperial experts
Sophisticated computer algorithms used to set prices in online marketplaces put consumers at risk of collusion among sellers, according to a study today from computer scientists at the Oxford Internet Institute and Imperial College. Widespread […]
Taking a lesson in evolutionary adaptation from octopus, squid
Two new studies describe path of divergent sensing capabilities, tracking lineage from common ancestral neurons Cephalopods such as octopus and squid evolutionarily diverged from mollusks like slugs and snails. These animals have […]