We've all heard the best approach to solve a problem is to "sleep on it." It turns out there may be more truth to this adage ...

I’m the operations manager of a multinational. After working for five years, I am no longer as motivated as I was. At times I’d like to quit and do something else, including starting a business or ...

H ave you ever met a Zionist Foucauldian? Some 30 years ago, I half-jokingly asked my fellow graduate students in a social-theory course if they had ever encountered such a creature. No one had. The ...

Whether you're tackling business challenges, personal decisions, or technical puzzles, real-world data gives you an edge. You learn to break problems down, challenge assumptions, and find solutions ...

We've wondered for centuries whether knowledge is latent and innate or learned and grasped through experience, and a new research project is asking the same question about AI. When you purchase ...

CAMBRIDGE, U.K. – A small Microsoft Research team had lofty goals when it set out four years ago to create an analog optical computer that would use light as a medium for solving complex problems.

When someone we care about is struggling, many of us jump into problem-solving mode. We offer advice, suggest strategies, or try to cheer them up. Our intentions are good—we want to help. But in doing ...

Consider someone who’s perfectly content with their office chair. It’s not ergonomic, it doesn’t have lumbar support, but it works. Then, during a meeting or a visit to a friend’s office, they sit in ...

Need to solve a problem? You might want to sleep on it—for about 20 minutes. New research suggests that taking a quick, deep nap may help lead to a “eureka” moment, as scientists reported last week in ...