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From ancient Greek cosmology to today’s mysteries of dark matter and dark energy, explore the relentless quest to understand the Universe’s invisible forces.

Hundreds of millions of animals get killed for meat every day.

Life became a possibility in the Universe as soon as the raw ingredients were present. But living, inhabited worlds required a bit more.

Tough and cutthroat leaders are celebrated in a results-driven culture — but there is another path to C-suite success.

Almost everyone asserts that the Big Bang was the beginning of everything, followed by inflation. Has everyone gotten the order wrong?

Rooted in Vedic philosophy, “anupalabdhi” — or “non-apprehension” — can help you exploit gaps in the market.

The second law of thermodynamics tells us that entropy always increases. But that doesn’t mean it was zero at the start of the Big Bang.

Life arose on Earth very early on. After a few billion years, here we are: intelligent and technologically advanced. Where’s everyone else?

The recent discovery of a large cave on the Moon highlights the importance of caves not just for future space explorers but astrobiology as well.

Science and philosophy seem to be separate fields, but philosophical advancements have made the world more accepting of debate and unorthodox ideas.

Many still consider hypnosis more of a cheap magician’s trick than legitimate clinical medicine.

Tech entrepreneur Alvin Wang Graylin sketches out a bold new age of AI-led enlightenment underscored by compassion.

Even with the best technology imaginable, you’d probably never be able to exist as a consciously aware brain in a vat.

From Æthelred the Unready to Halfdan the Bad Entertainer, these strange epithets colored the legacy of four rather unlucky historical figures.

The CMB gives us critical information about our cosmic past. But it doesn’t give us everything, and galaxy mapping can fill in a key gap.

The Multiverse fuels some of the 21st century’s best fiction stories. But its supporting pillars are on extremely stable scientific footing.

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

And can we run the grid of the future without AI?

The nation-state had a good run, but its usefulness may have come to an end.

When we divide matter into its fundamental, indivisible components, are those particles truly point-like, or is there a finite minimum size?

In a world without clocks, people used common activities in place of time units. How long it took you to go to the toilet mattered.

The futurist behind Minority Report explains 3 steps for predicting what comes next.

There are some 26 fundamental constants in nature, and their values enable our Universe to exist as it does. But where do they come from?

After almost a century in print, “How to Win Friends and Influence People” still has lessons to teach us.

The technology is not a replacement for human labor — it’s a way to complement existing human tasks.

The Big Bang theory is not threatened, but astrophysicists have some explaining to do.

The former Nintendo president has become synonymous with the backlash against layoffs — because, like a great leader, he focused on lifting people.

Three of the greatest moral philosophers — Bentham, Kant and Aristotle — offer invaluable and practical lessons for leaders today.

The miniaturization of particle accelerators could disrupt medical science.

You can only create or destroy matter by creating or destroying equal amounts of antimatter. So how did we become a matter-rich Universe?