Rolex has no owner because of a 1945 foundation a grieving widower built after his wife died — and it’s now the company’s sharpest...
The Legacy of a Grieving Widower: How Rolex Became Ownerless and Unmatched
Geneva, 1944. Hans Wilsdorf, the Bavarian orphan who transformed Rolex from a modest...
The Pistol shrimp snaps its claw so fast it creates a bubble that briefly reaches 4,700°C — nearly the surface temperature of the sun...
The Astonishing Sonic Weapon of the Pistol Shrimp
When marine acousticians first lowered hydrophones into tropical reefs in the early twentieth century, they reported a...
Britain just convicted four protesters as terrorists without a terrorism trial
Unprecedented Terrorism Sentencing for Protesters in Bristol
In a landmark case this month at a Bristol courtroom, four activists from Palestine Action were sentenced with...
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund owns roughly 1.5% of every listed company on Earth, and the team deciding how it votes at 9,000 annual shareholder...
Inside Norges Bank Investment Management: The World’s Largest Shareholder
It is a Tuesday morning in Oslo, and a small team inside Norges Bank Investment Management...
People who keep every birthday card, every postcard, and every note their kids ever wrote aren’t sentimental hoarders, they’re building physical evidence that they...
The Enduring Power of Nostalgia and Keepsakes
A 2019 longitudinal study tracking 520 participants in the Netherlands over six years revealed a fascinating link between...