Zahi Fayad is leading a Digital Twins study investigating how our health data can be put to better use to help us live ...

One recent rainy afternoon, I found myself in an unexpected role—philosophy teacher to a machine. I was explaining the story of the Bhagavad Gita to a leading large language model, curious to see if ...

Science fiction allows artists to speculate about the future through imaginative and technical concepts. But so often the prevailing vision of that future in popular culture tends toward the dystopian ...

When you think about your favorite teacher, you probably don’t remember what grades they gave you—you remember how they made you feel. Maybe they got you excited about a book or a science experiment, ...

Can a skeleton be a storyteller? When it comes to dinosaur bones, the answer is yes — if you know how to listen! Prehistoric fossils are a wealth of critical scientific information. Everything from ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. The burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is staggering: over 35 million people in the U.S.

F or the past few years, I’ve taught an environmental-humanities course called “Witnessing Climate Change.” I’m a literary scholar and writer, so it’s mostly a writing course, but it also introduces ...

This article was first published in the Mindset Works newsletter. We can deepen our own and our students' understanding of mistakes, which are not all created equal, and are not always desirable.

Empathy is more than a buzzword—it’s a foundational skill. The ability to recognize and understand others’ emotions—and to respond in ways that are constructive and caring—can help adolescents build ...