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UnDisciplined: Why we ‘reward’ motivated employees with more work
In workplaces everywhere, the most engaged employees often become the go-to for extra work. It feels logical, but management scholar Sangah Bae believes that instinct might be backfiring — a lot. Her…
UnDisciplined: The Joy of Polymathy
A geologist, a planetary scientist, a NASA mission leader, and an expert on team-building walk into a bar. The bartender says, “hey, Lindy, are you drinking alone today?” In this episode, we talk…
UnDisciplined: The Future of Meat Is Clean, Climate-friendly, and Moral
For decades, the case against industrial animal farming has been framed as a moral one—and it hasn’t slowed consumption. As countries grow wealthier, meat consumption rises right along with them. But…
UnDisciplined: Return to the Moon
Jani Radebaugh, a planetary scientist at Brigham Young University, has spent her career studying the landscapes of other worlds — and for decades, that work has depended on images and data sent back…
UnDisciplined: The Climatologist and the Dendrochronologist
This winter’s snow drought may leave a mark that lasts for centuries. Justin DeRose, a dendrochronologist and assistant professor of silviculture and applied forest ecology at Utah State University,…
UnDisciplined: What does climate migration really look like?
For years, many people have assumed that climate change will send massive waves of “climate refugees” across borders around the world. But Jan Freihardt, a political scientist at ETH Zurich, says the…
UnDisciplined: Building a future with climate-conscious architecture
In 2011, an EF-5 tornado ripped through Joplin, Missouri, claiming 161 lives. Almost immediately researchers like Marc Levitan, from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, began working…
UnDisciplined: Is climate change funny?
Is the greatest existential threat our species has ever faced really something to joke about? Aaron Sachs thinks so. And, in fact, he thinks that, in many cases, we’re not joking about it enough.
UnDisciplined: Social inequality on a rapidly heating planet
We’ve long found different ways to explain that the world is made up of haves and have-nots. We live in the developed world or the developing world. There are those who are advantaged and those who…
UnDisciplined: Why do we drink?
For a very long time it was thought that some alcohol, in moderation, could be healthy for us. The latest research suggests that’s simply not true. This certainly doesn’t mean people shouldn’t be…
UnDisciplined: What do we learn from aging?
Ten years after publishing This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism, activist and writer Ashton Applewhite reflects on what a decade of living inside her own argument has taught her about aging,…
UnDisciplined: Why Do Scientists Attack Other Scientists?
We know that, throughout history, society hasn’t always appreciated revolutionary scientific findings — and sometimes scientists find themselves under attack. But it turns out that, for hundreds of…
UnDisciplined: The new Disney reality — everyone (rich) is a VIP
Historically, an “everyone is a VIP” philosophy made good business sense for Disney amusement parks. But now Disney is embracing tiered services. Daniel Currell explains why and what’s to come.
UnDisciplined: The Patterns of Life, Part 2
Again and again, similar patterns show up in nature in different creatures at different times in their evolutionary histories—even when those life forms have evolved on much different paths for…
UnDisciplined: The Patterns of Life, Part 1
Again and again, similar patterns show up in nature in different creatures at different times in their evolutionary histories. And when they show up, we often perceive them as beautiful. Why?
UnDisciplined: Under the sea
Deep in the ocean, jellyfish, shrimp, fireworms and other creatures use multi–colored lights for defense, luring food, attracting mates, and communication. In their new book, Steven Haddock and Sönke…
UnDisciplined: What do budget cuts mean for NASA's future?
The Trump administration is seeking an across-the-board 20% cut to NASA's total funding, and nearly all of that reduction is concentrated in science mission directorate.
UnDisciplined: The art and science of political speech
Emerging research suggests that human attention spans are getting shorter. That’s a problem for people who want to make change in a world in which the issues we’re facing are growing ever more…
UnDisciplined: How a tragedy at a fundamentalist commune affected one Biblical scholar
Dan McClellan loves the Bible. He doesn’t always love what it says. But he works hard not to try to mold it into something that he wants it to be — to meet it, he says, on its own terms.
UnDisciplined: Does the Bible really say it is the Word of God?
Just about 60% of Americans say they identify as Christian. And just about 20% of Americans say they have read the entire Bible.
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