Happy the Elephant recognized herself in a mirror. She spent her last 20 years alone
She passed a self-awareness test that almost no animal can. Then courts decided that wasn't enough to make her a person. She died at 55.
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A moonshot to avoid a $39 trillion national debt crisis will rely on AI productivity going even better than bulls are hoping for, says JPMorgan
Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.
America’s uninsured rate held at 8% in 2025. That’s about to change
CDC data shows coverage held steady through Trump's first year back — but Medicaid cuts and ACA expirations could add 10 million over the next decade.
Ex-Facebook exec Sheryl Sandberg says the 10-year career plan is dead thanks to AI: ‘Don’t script your career when the future is uncertain,’ she warns Gen Z
The former Meta says rigid career plans will backfire: "If I had one, I would have missed the internet," Sheryl Sandberg warned Gen Z.
‘No one was coming to save me’: How Reese Witherspoon built a $900 million company from a problem Hollywood wouldn’t fix
The actress built Hello Sunshine after Hollywood told her there were no female-led movies to make. Six years later, she sold it for $900 million.
How a book convinced Arundhati Bhattacharya, one of India’s most powerful bankers, to try working for a U.S. tech company
Under Arundhati Bhattacharya, Salesforce’s South Asia headcount grew from 2,500 to over 18,000; India is now one of Salesforce’s fastest growing markets.
As the U.S. and Europe pull back from global climate aid, can Asian funders fill the gap?
Globally, less than 2% of philanthropic giving goes to mitigating climate change. Of that small amount, an even smaller sliver—just 12%—goes to Asia.
Rosewood Hotel Group institutes a global 16-week paid parental leave policy as Asia grapples with falling birth rates
The Hong Kong-based hotel chain hopes to shift attitudes towards caregiving, and "drive business resilience in the long-term."
Ex-Google engineer turned $7.2 billion AI CEO gets thousands of job applications a day but still can’t find candidates with a strong work ethic
Millions of Gen Z grads can't find jobs. This AI boss can't find candidates. And the one skill he's looking for has nothing to do with your degree.
