Fascinating! Lots of research on how to manage stress which not surprisingly includes exercise but also highlights how certain stress in our lives can impact us forever.

 “Adverse early life experience involving poverty, abuse and neglect affects how genes are expressed, and determines how well brain regions such as the hippocampus, amygdala and prefrontal cortex develop and function during childhood into young adulthood. Indeed, the brain is continually changing with experience, which creates memories and alters brain architecture via mechanisms that are facilitated in part by circulating sex, stress and metabolic hormones and chemicals produced by the immune system.

These insights have led to a new view of epigenetic changes over the life course.”

“Why are traffic lights red, yellow and green?”

When a child asks you a question like this, you have a few options. You can shut her down with a “Just because.” You can explain: “Red is for stop and green is for go.” Or, you can turn the question back to her and help her figure out the answer with plenty of encouragement.

Most parents want their kids to be successful in life—and so we teach them attitudes that we believe will help them achieve their goals. But as I learned while researching my book The Happiness Track, many widely-held theories about what it takes to be successful are proving to be counterproductive. 

What we tell our kids: Focus on the future. Keep your eyes on the prize.

What we should be telling them: Live (or work) in the moment.

What we tell our kids: It’s a dog-eat-dog world—so look out for number one.

What we should be telling them: Show compassion to others.

(and many more!)

Should I use antibacterial soaps? How often should I bathe my child? Those are just some of the questions Jack Gilbert, a microbiome scientist, answers in his new book.

New research suggests a Mediterranean diet could cut the risk for dementia and Alzheimer’s. That adds to previous heart health claims.

It’s easy to think that artificial sweeteners are a health win. But a review of research finds that there’s no evidence they help people lose weight, and they may be associated with other problems.

New research finds that African-Americans who grow up in harsh environments and have many stressful experiences are much more likely to develop Alzheimer’s or some other form of dementia.

Emerging evidence shows that insulin resistance is the most important predictor of cardiovascular and type 2 diabetes.

Derek Parham specializes turning engineers into great communicators. Here’s the framework he used to do it at both Google and on the Hillary Clinton campaign.

Startups are always evolving, but something transforms them between 30-50 employees. Here’s what the Review’s experts have to say about navigating that particular inflection point more smoothly.

I’ve been lucky to have been part of building, advising, or investing in
40+ tech companies in the past 10 years. Some $100M+ wins. Some, complete
losses. Most end up in the middle. 

One of my main observations is that there are certain companies where
growth seems to come easily, like guiding a boulder down hill. These
companies grow despite having organizational chaos, not executing the
“best” growth practices, and missing low hanging fruit. I refer to these
companies as Smooth Sailers - a little effort for lots of speed.

In other companies, growth feels much harder. It feels like pushing a
boulder up hill. Despite executing the best growth practices, picking the
low hanging fruit, and having a great team, they struggle to grow. I refer
to these companies as Tugboats - a lot of effort for little speed.

 The reason why it’s such an interesting and important concept is that getting to Product/Market Fit (PMF) marks a critical juncture in a company’s lifecycle. At least in theory, the life of a company can be divided into a “pre PMF” phase and a “post PMF” phase, with each of the two phases having very different objectives and requiring very different strategies.

Let’s look at what some of the smartest people in the industry have said and written about PMF.

(and part 2 here)

Tech giants including Baidu and Google spent between $20B to $30B on AI in 2016, with 90% of this spent on R&D and deployment, and 10% on AI acquisitions. AI investment has turned into a race for patents and intellectual property (IP) among the world’s leading tech companies.

“For Generation Z, safety means they are looking for stability and that opportunities to advance within a company are based on performance. They want to know what the rules are, and that they are fair. They’re okay with taking risks to stretch and grow. Is it safe to take risks at your company? They need an environment where they can be independent, competitive and even territorial. 35% of Gen Zers would rather share socks than office space. Gen Zers are very entrepreneurial and want to ‘own’ their projects and areas in the organization”

Making career development plans with your team is key to retention of your best people. Learn the secrets to overcome these common manager challenges.

Recently, the World Economic Forum’s Expert Network and Global Future Councils, teamed up with the board of directors of Scientific American, to determine the top 10 breakout technologies for this year. These are either likely to be prevalent within 3-5 years or are set to dramatically “…improve lives, transform industries and safeguard the planet.”

“If you wanted to power the entire United States with solar panels, it would take a fairly small corner of Nevada or Texas or Utah; you only need about 100 miles by 100 miles of solar panels to power the entire United States,” Musk said during his keynote conversation on Saturday at the event in Rhode Island. “The batteries you need to store the energy, so you have 24/7 power, is 1 mile by 1 mile. One square-mile.”

Video: Suspended 565m above China’s remote south-west mountains, the Beipanjiang Bridge took decades to construct and has revolutionised bridge-building around the world.