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The IAU has just approved a dozen new names for features on Pluto’s moon Charon. They draw from an array of famous authors, characters, mythical objects and one U.S. filmmaker.
Humans tend to hunker down in our own minds and trust what we already believe to be true. This emotion-based way of thought isn’t often the best way to think about anything, and often leads to gridlock.
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With huge suites of data, we can extract plenty of signals where we know to look for them. Everything else? That’s where AI comes in. At the dawn of the 20th […]
Another scintillating installment of Comment of the Week is here. Did you make the cut?
How much money does it take to be happy? How much is too much? These philosophers have a lot to say about money and how it relates to the good life.
Two classic episodes from Think Again’s origins, reunited at last.
Can genius be reproduced from extracted DNA? Introducing the Leonardo Project.
Learning about synesthesia can help us better understand how our brain works, particularly in terms of perception.
“No great genius has ever existed without a strain of madness.” -Aristotle
Nietzsche has had a large influence on political history, but what did he really think of all the ideologies he examined?
Innovation is often thought of as the result of rare genius. To create a new solution to an old problem that is both more efficient and practical than older methods […]
We often like to consider the ideas of great thinkers when looking at an issue. To that end, Albert Einstein once wrote an essay explaining why he was a socialist. We break it down here.
Here are five points from the World Economic Forum at Davos that can help men and women work together for gender equality.
In 1936, a school girl named Phyllis wrote a letter to Albert Einstein to ask whether a person could believe in both science and religion. He was quick to reply.
One prominent mathematician asks: was Einstein such a smartypants after all?
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While some still believe it to be innate, psychologists think genius can be cultivated. Three key elements motivate you to do so.
In our modern, increasingly globalized world, organizations both large and small are being tasked with managing ever more diverse workforces. As our understanding of diversity evolves, we see it in […]
“Well, technically it did land… just not in once piece.”
For Women’s History Month we have a list of seven all women teams who changed history. Some were scientists, some soldiers, some living, and some long gone. All of them shaped the world.
The world has its first robotic citizen in a humanoid robot with an advanced range of emotions.
Here’s the ideal IQ for a leader who manages the average team of humans.
How does music influence behavior?
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Nietzsche’s ideas were used by the Nazi’s to justify their atrocities, but did Nietzsche actually support Fascism?
A comprehensive new study finds that lefties are, in fact, better at advanced math.
To better understand our place in the world, check out these groundbreaking books.
Einstein believed in the unseen—like gravitational waves, ripples in space and time. Now, we can see this, as shown by the 2017 Nobel Prize physics winners.
Your brain’s heightened sensitivity can make you perceptive and creative. But it’s a double-edged sword, researchers find.
Neuroscientists are now starting to put TMR to work.