Sharing knowledge and resources is fundamental to human progress.

What makes humans unique is that we are capable of cumulative cultural knowledge. Many human minds are much smarter than any individual brain.

No single scientist would be able to unravel the mysteries of the world. But by collaborating with peers, scientists can extend the scope of their ...

The natural talents and skills of youngsters are quickly dashed at school, where they are told by parents and teachers that they aren't that smart, based on the prevailing metrics of measurement.

It is a myth that our brains are fixed and we cannot learn about new topics, somethin...

• Stories are more engaging than statistics. A thousand people dead evokes different emotions than the death of that one person whose story we all know.
• The only thing constant is change, and nothing good or bad stays that way, ever. However, one can never find out what or when the c...