Three brain development genes are found only in humans and may have helped drive the rapid expansion of the brain starting roughly three million years ago. A newly discovered set of genes […]
Meet Three New Genes That May Have Influenced Human Brain Size
June 03, 2018: The Future Leadership Institute Lunch Combined With ‘Into the Woodlands’ Exhibition At The Museum Of Natural History
Topic: In 1217, some 800 years ago, the Charter of the Forest or Carta Foresta was sealed. The Charter gave rights to the free men of Britain to access the Royal Forests. […]
June 06, 2018: The Future Leadership Institute Lunch Combined With ESMT Berlin Annual Forum
Two day program in Berlin, Germany. Program June 6, 2018: Private program for members of The Future Leadership Institute, Berlin Program June 7, 2018: ESMT Annual Forum ‘Technology Managing The Future’, Berlin […]
NASA Awards $43.5 Million to US Small Businesses for Technology Research, Development
NASA has selected 304 proposals from U.S. small businesses to advance research and technology in Phase I of its 2018 SmallBusinessInnovationResearch (SBIR) program and 44 proposals for the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program, totaling $43.5 […]
Study by Columbia Business School Finds Search Tools Like Broad Match Can Hurt Advertisers More Than It Helps
Researcher Kinshuk Jerath argues search engines are the only real winners NEW YORK – Advertisers spend a lot of money on paid search. By 2019, paid search ad spending will reach nearly $40 billion […]
Why Chinese Start-ups Should Focus First On China
LBS alumnus Dickie Liang-Hong Ke explores the challenges that Chinese tech players face. Chinese tech firms with an “ingrained home-country mindset” should focus on their domestic market before entering global territories, according […]
Princeton Researchers Crowdsource Brain Mapping With Gamers, Discover Six New Neuron Types
With the help of a quarter-million video game players, Princeton researchers have created and shared detailed maps of more than 1,000 neurons — and they’re just getting started. “Working with Eyewirers around […]
How Companies Can Use the Data They Collect to Further the Public Good
By the end of 2017, Yelp had amassed more than 140 million reviews of local businesses. While the company’s mission focuses on helping people find local businesses more easily, this wealth of […]
Mental Health Awareness Week: Which Generation Is Most Stressed?
Millennials and Generation X are both feeling burnt out, suggest findings. As part of Mental Health Awareness Week, the MHF surveyed more than 4,500 people on stress in the UK. Those aged […]
How The US Withdrawal From The Iran Nuclear Deal Will Affect Iran’s Economy
Donald Trump’s decision to unilaterally pull the US out of the Iran nuclear deal doesn’t just have important political and security implications. Because sanctions are at the heart of the deal, it will also […]
Study: Conspiracy theorists are not necessarily paranoid
A new study from psychologists Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz helps to untangle the relationship between belief in conspiracy theories and paranoia. The researchers found that conspiracy theorists are not necessarily paranoid. […]
The U.S. Debt is an Unsolvable Crisis
Trending stories recently have included foreign policy, airplane safety and Michael Pompeo’s likelihood of becoming secretary of state. Less has been reported about the just released Congressional Budget Office report that forecasts […]
Six Ways Open Banking Will Transform Financial Services
You take out your smartphone and log onto Amazon to make a credit card payment, transfer some money into your ISA savings account and, as a small business owner, check your current […]
Why People And Robots Can Co-Exist In The Workplace
Machines are getting smarter, but many tasks and roles still need a human touch. Knowledge workers and robots that gather and mine data can co-exist in a world powered by artificial intelligence […]
