Cowritten by Sukhman Rekhi and Tchiki Davis. Remember when we were younger, when people asked us what we wanted to be when we grew up? It may seem silly to ask an eight-year-old what they hope to do ...

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Life has a way of presenting us with unexpected challenges and setbacks that can leave us feeling lost and broken. Whether it’s the loss of a loved one, a failed relationship, a career setback, or any ...

After completing IRC’s financial coaching program, M—a passionate, tenacious young entrepreneur in her early twenties living in Los Angeles—reflected on just how far she had come. She had recently ...

Wendy Leshgold is the cofounder of the Fast Forward Group, a training and executive coaching company. Previously, she spent more than a decade in advertising, leading teams at Ogilvy & Mather, BBDO, ...

The Race to Create Life” is the title of the lead article in the October, 1962, issue of Harper’s Magazine. “The synthesis of an organism has long been our goal,” state the authors of a recent article ...

What is life? Like most great questions, this one is easy to ask but difficult to answer. Scientists have been trying for centuries, and philosophers have done so for millennia. Today our knowledge is ...

As we stand on the precipice of a scientific revolution, researchers are pushing the boundaries of biology by developing synthetic cells from non-living components. This groundbreaking work could ...