Lays wow chips Americans love junk food, and we continue to fool ourselves into thinking that there is a magical solution that will allow us to eat as much as we want without gaining any of the weight. Yes, discipline and control are truly hard pills to swallow, so show...

When did spotify get popular As we note in our feature on Spotify and its CEO and cofounder Daniel Ek, the streaming music service’s path to a leading position in the music industry was never certain and remains tenuous. How it got here–to 83 million paid subscribers and 180 million...

Solar farm las vegas Solar power keeps getting cheaper, but there’s a reason why utilities still turn to fossil fuels: it’s expensive to store solar energy for use at night or on a cloudy day, times when solar doesn’t work. But a massive new solar plant, sprawling over 1,670 acres...

The oscars live stream 2018 The 90th annual Academy Awards ceremony takes place tonight, and while we’ve already made our case for why Jordan Peele’s Get Out should take home the top prize, the race for Best Picture is wide open this year. If you don’t have a TV, there are still...

Surpass your limits Sometimes, when it comes to achievement, our biggest enemy is ourselves. “We have an infinite capacity as human beings to tell ourselves stories, and the most important one we tell ourselves is about ourselves,” says performance coach Jennifer Lea, director of client relations at Johnson & Johnson’s Human...

Postal service covert operations program A new report says the U.S. Postal Service has run a secret surveillance program targeting protestors on social media, and its reasons have no apparent connection to delivering the mail. Reporting for Yahoo News, longtime investigative journalist Jana Winter uncovered a document from the U.S....

Joint venture company examples Innovation is a team sport. That is certainly true within companies, but it’s also the case when two organizations partner up to do something novel. For the first time, we decided to recognize the most compelling new joint ventures, taking an expansive view of the concept...

Amazon web services ceo In 2005, a new Amazon recruit named Adam Selipsky joined a small team working on a project that was seemingly far afield from the company’s core business of selling products such as books, laptops, and baby supplies over the internet. Amazon Web Services, as it was...

Source of happiness There are days when the world can feel extremely chaotic and overwhelming in complexity—whether it’s politics, the economy, global issues, or just the stress you face at work or at home. Through it all, happiness is a key priority. People want joy, contentment, and satisfaction in their...

City bans gas stoves The federal government isn’t planning to ban gas stoves, despite one official saying that “anything was on the table” because of the health hazards of burning gas in your kitchen. But dozens of cities—and some states—are already moving away from natural gas in a way that will make it...