Mad in America

JANUARY 20, 2024

T he decades-long attempt to locate the gene or genes for schizophrenia has failed, according to a new article in Psychiatric Research by prominent schizophrenia researcher E. Fuller Torrey. In the article, Torrey reviews the history of the Human Genome Project, their hopes for identifying the genetic basis for schizophrenia, and how those hopes have been dashed by the complete failure to find anything of the sort.

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Work Life

JANUARY 20, 2024

Widespread layoffs in 2023 took a toll on morale that continues to reverberate in 2024. In the absence of positive emotions and a positive workplace culture, employee engagement and innovation both suffer. This leads us—a senior scientist and an organizational researcher—to conclude that today’s leaders must take action to energize employees and boost morale so that creativity and innovation can thrive despite the difficulties companies have faced and will no doubt cont

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Workplace Insight

JANUARY 20, 2024

Dubai has long been the destination of choice to showcase the most iconic of British Designs, and now it is the home to The Senator Group’s newest showroom. The 3700 square foot space is nestled in Dubai’s Marina Plaza, a 28-story tower with panoramic views of the marina, city, and desert. Visitors to the showroom will fully experience, ‘The Social Office’, which blends the Senator and Allermuir brands to create a fluid and flexible contemporary working space.

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Work Life

JANUARY 20, 2024

The working world is changing at a rapid pace, thanks to artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies, changing business needs, a shift in consumer behavior, and a volatile economic landscape. All of this is putting pressure on workers to adapt and keep up. However, there is no need to panic. Professionals have always had to train and learn new skills in order to remain employable in a competitive job market.

Problem-Solving 105

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Work Life

JANUARY 20, 2024

Last week, Brittany Pietsch had a bad feeling she was about to get laid off. So the Cloudflare employee composed herself and secretly pressed record. Her subsequent conversation with two members of Cloudflare’s human resources team went viral, with a number of viewers commending Pietsch for sticking up for herself after the HR employees told her she was getting laid off for poor performance.

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Learning 110

Work Life

JANUARY 20, 2024

Taylor Swift is a political asset working for the Pentagon The FBI instigated the January 6 capitol riots Nikki Haley is not a natural American citizen and is therefore ineligible to serve as president Claudine Gay’s ouster as president of Harvard was motivated by racism Videos of the October 7 massacres allegedly taken by Hamas are actually deepfakes These are a few of the headlines that have graced stories in recent weeks.

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