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Meet the California Science Center’s new gateway to STEM careers
A film about the space shuttle ends with a majestic launch and rocket exhaust filling the screen. Suddenly, real-life fog envelops the theater, before the walls part and the haze dissipates to reveal a gasp-inducing 200-foot Space Shuttle Endeavour, nose up, facing skyward. This Hollywood…
These Soviet anti-drinking PSAs show a different side of Russian propaganda
In the final years of Soviet Union, the government tried curbing drinking with public service announcements that visualized alcohol as death. A new exhibition called Just Say Nyet collects the best of them from the late 1980s that looks a little different than what you might first think of when it…
How Zohran Mamdani is convincing New York’s capitalists to give a little socialism a chance
Zohran Mamdani has not, it turns out, attempted to seize the means of production. At least not yet. During his mayoral campaign, you couldn’t throw a stone without hitting a CEO worried about the effect he’d have on the city’s economy. After his first year in office, business is proceeding as…
This new software maps out a better bike network for your city
In most cities, bike networks are rolled out in disconnected pieces. A bike lane on one street might not reach the next part of a route, so you can’t necessarily ride safely across town. A new set of software tools helps planners, bike advocates, and citizens design more complete networks…
How the New Urbanism took on sprawl and won
It’s 1996. You just moved to a suburb of Atlanta, to a roomy house on a quiet street. Every morning at dawn, you kiss your family goodbye, and then hop in your car to drive 35 miles to your office in the city. It takes more than an hour to get there. You have plenty of company on the road at that…
The memo was never the point. The point was to clarify your thinking
In 2004, Jeff Bezos banned PowerPoint from Amazon’s senior leadership meetings in favor of narrative memos, read in silence at the start of each meeting. The idea was that a well-structured and tightly argued memo communicated its ideas in a way that a deck built around bullet points could not. As…
5 signs you are not going to be made obsolete by AI
It is difficult to open any newspaper (I know, who still does that anyway?) or consume any news, let alone join any business discussions, without having to talk about AI . The topic does not go away, though within this broad topic there are so many layers and subthemes and messages that it rarely…
3 calendar and text scams circulating right now, and how to avoid them
We’ve all gotten the text message claiming a package couldn’t be delivered because of an incomplete address. But scammers are getting a lot more creative, and they’re weaponizing the built-in notification systems on your phone to get your attention. Instead of just sending emails that end up in…
Enterprise AI is waiting for its Transformer moment
As a professor of innovation, there’s a slide in my deck I use every time I start a session on artificial intelligence : a fragment of the first page from the “ Attention Is All You Need ” paper, from 2017. I use just a fragment because I don’t want the students to read it… I usually refrain from…
5 books to calm AI-induced existential dread
Artificial intelligence is transforming how we work, connect, and live. But with its extraordinary potential come some big questions about trust, human relationships, and the future of society. These five books explore the promises and perils of AI , offering fresh perspectives on a technology…
This election demonstrated something important about decision-making
Six months ago, the outcome of the November 3 midterm elections would have seemed impossible. Most states and regions were highly polarized politically. So-called purple states were generally a reflection of a balance of voters from different areas of the state that offset each other rather than a…
Minimum wage, the gender wage gap, and more: How Democrats could pressure Trump on workplace issues
While Democrats’ legislative agenda for the incoming Congress is still taking shape, early indications suggest workplace and labor issues will have a prominent role. And while the Senate filibuster and President Donald Trump’s veto power make it unlikely that new worker protections will become law…
The GOP went all in on Trump. It’s a cautionary tale about leadership
Republicans hitched their wagon to a single leader. And they lost in the midterms. Bigly. In what turned out to be a historic and unprecedented midterm election , Democrats came out with some major victories. States turned blue that have been led by Republicans for decades, like Kansas, South…
7 Mac and iPhone apps worth downloading right now
This article is republished with permission from Wonder Tools , a newsletter that helps you discover the most useful sites and apps. I find, try, and build apps nearly every day for my Hulry newsletter. Here are seven iOS and macOS apps I recommend, including one I made for my own weekly planning…
The ‘charismatic’ leader trap: Why organizations shouldn’t depend on one individual, no matter how appealing
When we think of a leader, charisma—an individual’s ability to motivate people to follow them, share their vision, and ultimately do what they say—is often at the center of our image. Charismatic, transformational leaders are respected, admired, and even loved. A successful business, however, is…
Hershey is making the 2026 holiday season sweeter with a fresh lineup of new and returning treats
If you already miss Halloween candy, never fear. The end-of-year holiday season is sure to be sweeter than ever, thanks to Hershey. Fast Company was privileged to be part of a recent sneak preview of Hershey’s new and returning products for 2026, hosted by the confectionery giant’s “manager of…
This simple, ingenious design keeps drones from breaking when they crash
At first glance, FlexiQuad looks like a small drone. Just one more buzzing thingy doing its flying thing. Then you see it crashing against a tree. A regular drone would crash and fall to the ground, but this one bounces back from the tree trunk and happily keeps flying along. The key to this trick…
Avoid these 5 common open enrollment pitfalls
Whether you’re among the 53.5% of Americans who get their health insurance through work, the 20.1% enrolled in Medicare, or the 10.5% purchasing ACA coverage, mid-October or early November typically marks the start of the open enrollment period for next year’s insurance coverage. Life would be…
5 tips for getting the most out of AI
Why do some people seem to be getting a lot out of AI , while others—maybe you—still feel like they’re spinning their wheels trying to squeeze anything remotely useful out of these platforms? The answer is multifaceted, of course. Some workflows are better suited to the strengths of large language…
Beware this CAPTCHA scam designed to steal your data
CAPTCHAs are one of the great annoyances of the modern internet, yet they play an important role in keeping the web secure. These tests, which usually involve solving simple puzzles or deciphering distorted text, help websites determine whether a visitor is human, thus helping prevent malicious bot…
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