It is easy to mock Nobel Laureates who go astray, but eccentricity often accompanies brilliance. We should have some sympathy.
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Theory without experiment is blind, and experiment without theory is lame.
Though he renounced philosophy, Stephen Hawking’s final theory of the universe redraws the basic foundations of cosmology.
The Universe is an amazing place. Under the incredible, infrared gaze of JWST, it’s coming into focus better than ever before.
“I was incarcerated well before I was in prison and I was free before the gates of prison opened up and let me out.”
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Parents will sometimes use children as weapons in their relationship battles — and the fallout can be devastating.
Well-rounded business teams can be built by distilling key insights from sporting data. Bottom line: don’t overstock on superstars.
After 10,000 years of civilization, have we figured out what virtue is?
A company can only be as agile as its least flexible team — here’s how to make an effective framework for decision-making.
Albert Camus was a Franco-Algerian philosopher with some great insights on the meaning of life, why you should look to this life and not the next, and why suicide is a poor choice.
When all your teammates fall for “the emperor’s new clothes,” the results can be disastrous — here’s how to bust the groupthink.
Are fools happy and geniuses disorganized — or is that a mistaken stereotype?
A more diverse workforce will produce better solutions in fast-changing markets.
Prolonged and repetitive tasks rewire us in profound ways – which can be a force for good at work.
By supplementing the “principle of marginal gains” with these practical steps, you’ll be well equipped for the journey towards excellence.
If you gave me $400 and I gave you $3.15, would you consider yourself wealthier? That’s a financial analogy for the supposed fusion power “breakthrough.”
A battle between different kinds of love.
Making up false information is one of the biggest problems with AI, but there are no silver-bullet solutions.
Big Think spoke with historian Marc-William Palen about the egalitarian aims of the free-trade movement in past centuries.
Scientists are probing the head games that influence athletic performance, from coaching to coping with pressure.
High-frequency oscillations that ripple through our brains may generate memory and conscious experience.
Einstein called his idea “abominable,” but the world of physics came around to embracing the views of Georges Lemaître.
In history, every major technological advance has been used, for good and bad.
His crime was so great, he was not only sentenced to death but his name was to be erased from memory.
When leaders connect enterprise ambition with the driving spirit of activism, everyone wins.
“Less is better” is not a catchy marketing slogan, but one doctor who didn’t shower for five years thinks there’s a lot of truth to it.
His plan to replace it with homegrown rice did not go well.
Many Americans aren’t rejecting spirituality, just practicing it differently.