Stress. It makes your heart pound, your breathing quicken and your forehead sweat. But while stress has been made into a public health enemy, new research suggests that stress may only be bad for you if you believe that to … Continue reading
Using examples from vacations to colonoscopies, Nobel laureate and founder of behavioral economics Daniel Kahneman reveals how our “experiencing selves” and our “remembering selves” perceive happiness differently. This new insight has profound implications for economics, public policy — and our … Continue reading
Gayla Benefield was just doing her job — until she uncovered an awful secret about her hometown that meant its mortality rate was 80 times higher than anywhere else in the U.S. But when she tried to tell people about … Continue reading
Tracy Benson and Jim Waters of the Waters Foundation along with teachers Kim Gimblett and Samantha Sims describe academic and lifetime benefits of using systems thinking habits and tools. Watch a video overview (4 mins): http://watersfoundation.org/systems-thinking/why-use-systems-thinking/
Over 85 percent of all pancreatic cancers are diagnosed late, when someone has less than two percent chance of survival. How could this be? Jack Andraka talks about how he developed a promising early detection test for pancreatic cancer that’s … Continue reading