John Hagel's Edge Perspectives

New Orleans’ ethnic diversity and lack of public welfare programs contributed to a culture of mutual aid organizations—and huge, festive parades

A new cancer vaccine repurposes living tumor cells instead of using inactivated tumor cells. Researchers used gene engineering to release an agent that terminates cancer cells and primes the immune system for a long-term antitumor response to prevent cancer  

ChatGPT has become the fastest growing consumer-facing application in history

How do we build strong, durable structures without continuing to harm the planet? What could reliably and affordably take the place of the concrete that blankets our cities? A startup has been developing one promising solution: carbon-negative concrete

David Whyte on poetry as a channel for contemplative silence

If people are free to innovate and enjoy the benefits of their labor, they will lift themselves and everyone else out of poverty

Advanced robotics are providing tools that have the potential to enable more surgeons to carry out complex operations and do so with a higher rate of success

Researchers' experiments on a worm demonstrated that harnessing light energy to rejuvenate mitochondrial membranes slowed aging

As I watch the sunrise, I am inspired by music

Scientists report they have used patient stem cells and 3D bioprinting to produce eye tissue that will advance understanding of the mechanisms of blinding diseases

New research takes a page from the field of renewable energy and shows that genetically engineered mitochondria can convert light energy into chemical energy that cells can use

We should seek to become human trees — people firmly rooted in a foundation of moral beauty, relentlessly reaching for the light, bent into their particular beloved shape by the demands and traumas of their particular lives

Researchers report  the discovery of a way to use food waste to make cultured meat, which would reduce production costs considerably

Researchers have transformed a pig liver into a human organ that could save hundreds of thousands of lives. The team washes away animal cells in the livers and replaces them with human cells, which they say tricks the body into thinking it is a human liver

A growing number of workers are going freelance, taking higher wages over benefits and job security

RIP Burt Bacharach, talented composer, songwriter, record producer, and pianist who wrote over 70 songs that made it into the top 40 hits in the US. Here is Dionne Warwick singing his “What the World Needs Now”