A notebook from the last expedition of legendary British explorer Robert F. Scott was found encased in ice in an Antarctic hut, according to the Antarctic Heritage Trust. The notebook belonged to […]
Notebook From Antarctic Explorer’s Last Expedition Found Encased In Ice
American Schools Are Training Kids for a World That Doesn’t Exist
Are Americans getting dumber? Our math skills are falling. Our reading skills are weakening. Our children have become less literate than children in many developed countries. But the crisis in American education […]
It’s Time to Disrupt Europe: Digital First
This article was published as part of the series “Digital Minds for a New Europe” on the ‘Digital Agenda for Europe’ page of Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission. Below, the […]
Oldest DNA Ever Found Sheds Light On Humans’ Global Trek
Scientists said this week they had unravelled the oldest DNA ever retrieved from a Homo sapiens bone, a feat that sheds light on modern humans’ colonisation of the planet. A femur found […]
Respect And Reciprocity: The Keys To The Future Of The EU
What have the following in common? + The Scottish 45% YES to break up the UK…. + The Growth of National Front in France…. + English anti EU sentiment and support for […]
39,000 Year Old Cave Paintings from Sulawesi, Indonesia, Earliest Cave Art Discovered So Far
Cave Paintings in Indonesia Redraw Picture of Earliest Art The dating discovery recasts ancient cave art as a continent-spanning human practice. A hand painted in an Indonesian cave dates to at least 39,900 […]
The Future of HR: Looking At The Next 10 Years
HR has been evolving a lot as a function in the last couple of years. The war for talent has been increasing, and as a consequence organizations are looking at HR more […]
New Therapy Leads to Lasting Remission in Leukemia Patients
Six years and one day ago, a 5-year-old girl named Tori Lee was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia, a cancer of the blood and bone marrow. “There’s nothing worse to hear as […]
I Am Malala: Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced Friday in Oslo, Norway. The committee honored them “for their struggle against the suppression of […]
FLI Research Project: Urban Leadership: The Science Behind Vertical Gardens
Researcher: Teun Depreeuw About Teun Depreeuw: Teun Depreeuw is a green innovator living and working in Belgium. His company EcoVerbo was one of the first Antwerp building and construction companies focusing solely on eco […]
How the Blue LED Changed the World, and Won a Nobel Prize
Their inventions have found their way into bedside lamps, television screens, and smartphones, and have the potential to give light to the 1.5 billion people who don’t have access to electricity grids, […]
Nobel Prize Awarded For Discovery of Brain’s ‘Inner GPS’
The Nobel Assembly kicked off a week of Nobel Prize announcements on Monday, with three new laureates receiving awards for their work on the brain’s mapping methods. This year’s Nobel Prize in […]
Networking Table: “The Future of Hong Kong, Implications for the West”
Networking Table “The Future of Hong Kong, Implications for the West” Venue: Brussels School of Economics (BSOE) Date: 5 October 2014 Organizing Committee: The Future Leadership Institute (www.fli.institute) Student Report: Francine De […]
America’s Top Schools 2014
Newsweek’s 2014 Rankings highlights schools that do the absolute best job of preparing students for college. This year, our methodology is more stringent than ever with new measures of quality and a […]
