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September 26, 2024

ASSEMBLING TOMORROW: A GUIDE TO DESIGNING A THRIVING FUTURE

We live in an era of runaway design where the possibilities of new technologies—like generative AI and synthetic biology—are near limitless, but so are the perils. […]
September 5, 2024

HOLDING IT TOGETHER: HOW WOMEN BECAME AMERICA’S SOCIAL SAFETY NET

America runs on women—women who are tasked with holding society together at the seams and fixing it when things fall apart. In this tour de force, […]
September 5, 2024

HOPE FOR CYNICS: THE SURPRISING SCIENCE OF HUMAN GOODNESS

In 1972, half of Americans agreed that most people can be trusted; by 2018, only a third did. Different generations, genders, religions, and political parties all […]
September 5, 2024

CLASS DISMISSED: WHEN COLLEGES IGNORE INEQUALITY AND STUDENTS PAY THE PRICE

Elite colleges are boasting unprecedented numbers with respect to diversity, with some schools admitting their first majority-minority classes. But when the twin pandemics of COVID-19 and […]
September 5, 2024

DISMANTLING MASS INCARCERATION: A HANDBOOK FOR CHANGE

In this pathbreaking reader, three of the nation’s leading advocates—Premal Dharia, James Forman Jr., and Maria Hawilo—provide tools to move from despair and critique to hope […]
September 5, 2024

ABOVE THE NOISE: MY STORY OF CHASING CALM

DeMar DeRozan, six-time NBA All-Star, has been called a “basketball savant” (ESPN) and “the best closer in the NBA” (GQ)—but when he went public with his […]
August 29, 2024

10 TO 25: THE SCIENCE OF MOTIVATING YOUNG PEOPLE (EVENT 2 OF 2)

Neuroscientists have discovered that around age ten, puberty spurs the brain to crave socially rewarding experiences, such as pride, admiration, and respect, and to become highly […]
August 29, 2024

10 TO 25: THE SCIENCE OF MOTIVATING YOUNG PEOPLE

Neuroscientists have discovered that around age ten, puberty spurs the brain to crave socially rewarding experiences, such as pride, admiration, and respect, and to become highly […]
May 10, 2024

A Fatal Inheritance: How a Family Misfortune Revealed a Deadly Medical Mystery

In A Fatal Inheritance: How a Family Misfortune Revealed a Deadly Medical Mystery, Lawrence Ingrassia weaves his moving family story with a sweeping history of cancer […]
May 6, 2024

Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory’s Power to Hold on to What Matters

A new understanding of memory is emerging from the latest scientific research. In Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory’s Power to Hold on to What Matters, pioneering […]
April 29, 2024

Slow Burn: The Hidden Costs of a Warming World

It’s hard not to feel anxious about the problem of climate change, especially if we think of it as an impending planetary catastrophe. In Slow Burn: […]
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