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The government’s National Eye Institute is committing $12.4 million to research technologies that can regenerate damaged neurons.

The government’s National Eye Institute is committing $12.4 million to research technologies that can regenerate damaged neurons.

Neurons are for life, as are diseases and injuries that destroy them. That’s the painful truth for people who lose their vision to diseases like macular degeneration or glaucoma, which destroy the retina—the image sensor of the eye—or the optic nerve that connects eyes to the brain. But some laws of human health were made to be broken, and that may soon be true for the law of irreversible nerve damage. The U.S. government’s National Eye Institute said today that it will put up $12.4 million to fund six studies on technologies that can regenerate damaged eyes.

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Knowing how to code can take you far, but it’s not necessary in order to work in the sector.

Knowing how to code can take you far, but it’s not necessary in order to work in the sector.

Many years back, the battle cry began: Learn To Code! That call has only become louder since, with numerous bootcamps touting the idea that if you learn the basics of computer programming, you will almost certainly be guaranteed a sweet gig. Indeed, Bloomberg Businessweek devoted an entire issue to explaining precisely what code is.

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New research suggests troubling links between job dissatisfaction and physical and mental health troubles.

New research suggests troubling links between job dissatisfaction and physical and mental health troubles.

You know that saying, “This job may be hazardous to your health?” Those words, according to a recent study, might not solely apply to careers spent around toxic waste or malfunctioning equipment—they could very well describe any career that’s leaving you unsatisfied.

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The average person’s attention span is now less than that of a goldfish’s. Stop the onslaught and regain your focus.

The average person’s attention span is now less than that of a goldfish’s. Stop the onslaught and regain your focus.

We like to know what’s going on. Eighty-seven percent of respondents to a December 2014 Pew Internet and American Life survey said that the internet and mobile phones help them learn new things, and 72% like having access to so much information.

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The new institution’s flexible, work-from-anywhere policy is attracting accomplished faculty eager to teach high-achieving students.

The new institution’s flexible, work-from-anywhere policy is attracting accomplished faculty eager to teach high-achieving students.

Levy Odera has made it his mission in life to find solutions to poverty. “I grew up in a relatively poor neighborhood with a relatively poor family in Kenya,” says the political science PhD, now an expert in international development.

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We’re more inclined to take principled stands when there’s low personal risk in doing so.

We’re more inclined to take principled stands when there’s low personal risk in doing so.

As election day draws near, many Americans are not thrilled with their options for president. Both candidates have historically high unfavorable ratings, with Hillary Clinton at 53% and Donald Trump at 61%, by one recent measure. That’s left a sizable proportion of Americans struggling with how to vote. According to CNN’s latest tally, some 14% of registered voters plan to cast ballots for a third-party candidate, whereas third-party candidates received less than 1% of the popular vote in each of the three past presidential elections.

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You spend up to 80% of your day communicating, so take care not to fall prey to these common missteps.

You spend up to 80% of your day communicating, so take care not to fall prey to these common missteps.

In meetings, emails, conversations, and conference calls, business leaders spend roughly 80% of their time communicating. So, it’s a significant waste of time and resources if that communication isn’t effective. When it comes to the way we speak to others—either groups or individuals—we can often be inadvertently doing or saying things that undermine our effectiveness.

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Much of what you believe to be true probably isn’t, thanks to a mental shortcut your brain takes without you realizing it.

Much of what you believe to be true probably isn’t, thanks to a mental shortcut your brain takes without you realizing it.

In response to a question about whether the Bush administration had adequate evidence showing Iraq was providing weapons of mass destruction to terrorist groups, former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld famously said:

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When managers exercise positive psychology, employees and organizations benefit.

When managers exercise positive psychology, employees and organizations benefit.

Every weekday, Cory Ludens starts his morning by writing out three “gratitudes”—each specific, and never repeated. Over the last four years, he has named roughly 400. “It’s just a part of my life,” says Ludens, vice president of culture and events at Mattress Firm, a Texas-based retailer. “It helps me to create a mind-set that I’m going to approach whatever challenges I’m faced with that day in a positive way.”

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The decision to nix Trending’s human editors has proven controversial in mere days—but Facebook has long put too much faith in automation.

The decision to nix Trending’s human editors has proven controversial in mere days—but Facebook has long put too much faith in automation.

When Facebook unceremoniously fired the team of human editors responsible for curating its Trending section, surely it didn’t expect to be betrayed by its algorithm so quickly. Facebook laid off all the Trending curators on Friday, under the guise of wanting to reduce bias and “make the product more automated.” The Trending team is being repopulated with engineers, who will oversee the algorithms charged with sussing out Trending content.

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