The mountain can generate lenticular clouds, which may contribute to its supernatural reputation.
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Parity tasks (such as odd and even categorisation) are considered abstract and high-level numerical concepts in humans.
Does it have a deeper significance — or is it just a number?
Following the advent of human space flight, NASA began naming missions after children of Zeus.
The ESA’s Gaia mission just broke the record for closest black hole by over 1,000 light-years. Is there an even closer one out there?
Inspired by the group behaviors of simple animals, a team of roboticists has developed a new way for swarm robots to maneuver on land.
In his new book “Courage is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave,” Ryan Holiday explores the virtue of courage and how to overcome fear.
Engineers borrowed the maple tree’s “helicopter” to design tiny, flying microchips, which perform various tasks while in whirling free fall.
Bernini created art for 8 different popes. In the process, he helped reinforce and redefine Christianity’s visual culture.
Isaac Asimov’s “Foundation” series helped inspire the field of social physics, which uses math to understand crowd behavior.
The mad dog’s bite caused a hideous metamorphosis, which transformed its human victim into a nefarious monster.
Must a religious story be confirmed as a true fact to be effective and inspiring?
William Shatner is going to space because Jeff Bezos loves Star Trek.
Awe is a powerful force, a fact that is both exciting and terrifying.
The sonnenrad is a Heathen symbol composed of 12 repeated runes.
Perhaps it’s not just an oddly shaped hill, after all.
An interview with Lisa Kaltenegger, the founding director of the Carl Sagan Institute, about the modern quest to answer an age-old question: “Are we alone in the cosmos?”
Joseph Campbell argued that nearly every myth can be boiled down to a hero’s journey. Was he right?
How scientists found out that we live in a cosmic aquarium.
Big Think spoke with animator and animation historian Tom Sito about the cyclical evolution of animation.
Many capabilities contribute to effective change leadership, but four stand out as vitally important at a macro level.
These hard-to-finish books are still worth the effort.
From “The Castle of Otranto” to “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, these books changed the literary landscape.
Sigmund Freud developed the decidedly unscientific principles of psychoanalysis in a time when most psychologists were trying to join the ranks of chemists and medical doctors.
We rightly celebrate Winston Churchill as one of the world’s greatest leaders — but for all the wrong reasons.
The content of our long-term memories is constantly “reconstructed” by our brains. The same is true of memories formed mere seconds ago.
Literature’s first utopia shows how far we’ve come.
Drones have a lot to learn from the landing abilities of birds.
The intensely white coloration of the shrimp is a remarkable feat of bioengineering.
In the early 1900s, some Americans feared that teddy bears would not instill maternal instincts in girls, thereby causing “race suicide.”