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  • Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, during a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, March 8, 2023. Powell said Tuesday the central bank is likely to lift borrowing costs higher and potentially faster than previously anticipated. Photographer: Samuel Corum/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    The Fed has to choose between generational inflation or the first banking crisis since 2008, finance professor says

    By Alexander Kurov and The Conversation
  • Senior woman doing yoga inside home

    Biological age is a better health indicator than the number of years you’ve lived—here’s how to measure it

    By Aditi Gurkar and The Conversation
  • Physical movement, good nutrition, healthy sleep, healthy levels of stress and stress management, social connection, finding meaning and purpose and spiritual practices all play important roles in preventing and treating depression.<br /> These are too often wrongly trivialized as less effective than professional treatment.Health

    Depression too often gets deemed ‘hard to treat’ when medication falls short. An overreliance on it can cause harm

    By Elissa H. Patterson, University of Michigan and The Conversation
  • Person using laptopTech

    The ChatGPT choice: Is improving web search worth exposing humans to tech that preys on their compassion?

    By Nir Eisikovits and The Conversation
  • Vinyl collectorSuccess

    I’m a business professor who sold my vinyl collection in the mid-1990s. It was uncool—and unwise.

    By Jay L. Zagorsky and The Conversation
  • Silicon Valley BankFinance

    Why the failures of SVB and Signature were such outliers—and why the banking crisis is far from over, former central banker says

    By Vidhura S. Tennekoon and The Conversation
  • Silicon Valley BankFinance

    Why the banking system is safe despite the second-biggest bank failure in U.S. history, according to a finance professor

    By William Chittenden and The Conversation
  • Medical examinerHealth

    From grave-robbing to unclaimed poor to donating your body after death: Here’s a look at the strange history of medical cadavers

    By Susan Lawrence, Susan E. Lederer, and others
  • ExecutiveSuccess

    CEOs with ‘integrity’ are less competitive and profitable, says new research with disturbing implications

    By Prachi Gala and The Conversation
  • Concept of body dysmorphic disorder concept, woman looking at mirror obsessively.Mind

    Obsessive thoughts about your appearance could be body dysmorphic disorder—these are the signs

    By Eva Fisher, Fugen Neziroglu, and others
  • Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta.Leadership

    Mark Zuckerberg wants to flatten Meta’s management structure but he could be fueling staff conflicts and shadow hierarchies

    By Amber Stephenson and The Conversation
  • A woman looking at laptop while sitting in office.Tech

    There are lots of reasons that women are being driven out of the tech industry but some simple support systems could help them flourish

    By The Conversation and Vandana Singh
  • Head shot close up portrait of serious senior man looking gesturing and talking to camera communicating via video call with family, friends or colleagues sitting on sofa at home, webcam viewMind

    A little narcissism is healthy. Here are the signs that it’s crossed the line into pathological

    By April Nisan Ilkmen and The Conversation
  • Freeform Switched at BirthSuccess

    I’m a psychology professor disturbed by how my small, liberal arts college treats Black students. Here’s what my 12 years of research found.

    By Elizabeth Aries and The Conversation
  • Scott AdamsSuccess

    A journalism professor breaks down what the racist implosion of ‘Dilbert’ creator Scott Adams really says about free speech

    By Chris Lamb and The Conversation