Purpose

Credit: RDNE Stock project from Pexels In a recent article published in the Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Anjan Thakor, the John E. Simon Professor of Finance at Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis, explains how having a strong culture and a sense of higher purpose influences banking performance and discusses a framework to diagnose an organization's current culture and identify its preferred…

Year in and year out, most of the blood glucose tech you see at CES are devices that may not come out for years, if ever. That’s why it was refreshing to see Dexcom roll up to CES 2024 to talk about something a bit more tangible: its forthcoming Stelo continuous glucose monitor (CGM), a wearable sensor that provides a real-time look at your blood sugar levels. Unlike most CGMs, the Stelo is specifically designed to be an affordable option for Type 2 diabetics who don’t use insulin. Unlike Type 1 diabetes, where a person…

Kia Kia wants to build EVs that can be easily reconfigured for different uses, ranging from ordinary passenger cars to taxis and delivery vehicles. The automaker previewed this strategy, called the Platform Beyond Vehicle (PBV), at CES 2024, showing the first potential vehicle designs. All PBV derivatives will be based on a modular platform with a fixed cab, but all bodywork aft of the cab will be interchangeable, allowing the same vehicle to serve as a taxi during the day, a delivery van at night, and a personal…

Drone photo of Khaltaryn Balgas (MA21). Credit: Journal of Field Archaeology (2023). DOI: 10.1080/00934690.2023.2295198 A team of archaeologists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel, working with a colleague from the National University of Mongolia, has conducted a study of the 405-km wall system in eastern Mongolia known as the Mongolian Arc in order to learn more about its history and purpose. In their paper…

Why is there something rather than nothing? It’s meant to be the great unanswerable question. It’s certainly a poser. It would have been simpler if there’d been nothing: there wouldn’t be anything to explain.Some people think that if we knew more, we’d see that there couldn’t have been nothing. That wouldn’t surprise me. Others go further: they think we’d see that there couldn’t have been anything other than just what there is: this very universe, containing just the kind of stuff and laws of nature it does contain. That…

“Cheaters never prosper.” While there are unfortunately some people out there who are determined to prove this proverb wrong, it’s still a good message to live by. Because cheaters probably shouldn’t succeed.One man who came up with a genius idea to make sure that his fellow classmates stopped cheating off of him recently shared his story on Reddit, so below, you’ll find all of the details of his petty revenge, as well as some of the replies invested readers have shared. Despite knowing better, many students have no…

Daydreaming is looking less like a vice and more like a virtue the more that neuroscientists and psychologists dig into the phenomenon.Scientists at Harvard University have now found preliminary evidence that when mice 'daydream' or quietly reflect on something they saw earlier that day, their brains are rewired in a useful way for memory and learning.That hypothesis still needs to be tested in further experiments, but it seems that when mice are shown a black-and-white checkered pattern, they can still visualize the…

Explore the mischievous realm of intentional coding bugs, where developers playfully challenge norms and push the boundaries of conventional programming. From manipulating access levels to disguising bugs in larger functions, discover the art of crafting purposeful coding errors. This whimsical journey invites you to consider the unexpected and embrace the creative side of coding, all in good fun and not for workplace application. Read All Explore the mischievous realm of intentional coding bugs, where developers…

In the season two finale of Disney+ and Marvel Studios’ Loki—which circles back to the same title as Loki season one, episode one, “Glorious Purpose”—everything falls into place, creating an ouroboros of its own making that seals Loki’s fate.What Did the Actors Bring to Their Back to the Future: The Musical Performances? Everything has led to this, from Thor to The Avengers to his first death in Avengers: Infinity War and Loki season one. Tom Hiddleston’s beloved villain turned anti-hero turned hero gets his destiny…

via Marvel Studios We’ve spoken about the Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania Curse and the Eternals Curse, but, honestly, the whole of the Multiverse Saga has faced its fair share of bad luck at this point. For instance, as yet another of Marvel Studios’ upcoming productions is forced to hit the pause button, the number of movies that can actually feasibly make it out before Phase Five ends is swiftly dwindling. On the plus side, at least folks are realizing the grand cosmic reason why we had to sit through the…