Was Jackson Pollock more than just “Jack the Dripper”?
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If all the rational arguments argue against American gun culture, then the irrational (sometimes creepy) ones must be to blame for our fatal firearms attraction.
As children become more overscheduled, playtime decreases and the pressure to achieve increases. The cost of that trade-off is high.
The Nobel Prize-winning mathematician whose life inspired the 2001 film A Beautiful Mind was killed today, along with his wife, in an automobile accident.
No national museum captures its country’s greatness as perfectly as Russia’s Hermitage.
Words of wisdom from Thomas Hardy, English novelist and poet, author of Tess of the d’Urbervilles.
New research shows that women prefer someone modeling clothing that looks more like them.
I scored an exclusive interview with Dave Reitze, the executive director of LIGO. Take a trip inside his Universe. “When I was in high school, I was certain that being […]
Will we stick around for eternity? Or someday decay away? “I trust in nature for the stable laws of beauty and utility. Spring shall plant and autumn garner to the end […]
A new, poisonous treatment may be the best way to save the endangered species.
Envy hurts, and it can devolve into nastiness and even violence, but envy can also encourage us to aspire to our better or our best selves at work, school or at home.
Yale Professor Jeffrey Brenzel argues that reading the great classics can not only enrich your education, but also actually make your life better.
The standard line against painter John Singer Sargent goes like this: a very good painter of incredible technique, but little substance who flattered the rich and famous with decadently beautiful portraiture — a Victorian Andrea del Sarto of sorts whose reach rarely exceeded his considerable artistic grasp. A new exhibition of Sargent’s work and the accompanying catalogues argue that he was much more than a painter of pretty faces. Instead, the exhibition Sargent: Portraits of Artists and Friends and catalogues challenge us to see Sargent’s omnivorous mind, which swallowed up nascent modernist movements not just in painting, but also in literature, music, and theater. Sargent the omnivore’s dilemma thus lies in being too many things at once and tasking us to multitask with him.
Can history offer us clues on happiness? Yes, argues Yuval Noah Harari, if we’re willing to listen.
Rupert Murdoch now owns 73 percent of National Geographic. What does this mean for the organization’s future?
And is blue even a rare color for planets? “Whenever I gaze up at the moon, I feel like I’m on a time machine. I am back to that precious […]
Scientists are keeping their eyes on social media in order to track and map the appearance of auroras.
Some well-placed eyeliner can make a look, but put it on the waterline of your eye and, well, you might as well be drawing it onto your cornea.
Can we rely on Adam Smith’s “invisible hand” to lead markets to “the best” overall outcome? Darwin’s insights say no.
Professor Brenzel argues that not only can reading the great classics enrich your education, it can actually make your life better.
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Will a law regulating the BMI of models help change an industry obsessed with beauty and unhealthy weight ideals? France thinks it might.
The origin of life is one of the biggest open questions. Could it all have started before our planet was even born? “When you arise in the morning, think of […]
How food, art, and design come together to display a beauty rarely seen. “That’s what you get for being food.” –Margaret Atwood As anyone who’s ever played the classic arcade […]
Relish opportunities to show who you are: it may make you look more attractive.
Getting married by a priest or at a courthouse can feel underwhelming. Experimental philosopher Jonathon Keats wants to revolutionize the wedding by ditching the boring old officiants and replacing them with quantum physics.
Is it like that Corn God myth? Do you devour them?
No matter how hard they try, comics never seem to be able to turn the genderist tide. As Jill Lepore points out, “They all look like porn stars.” Why do comics still get women heroes wrong?
“How are you?” It’s a question we ask each other every day, almost reflexively, and we rarely pause to think when responding: “Fine, thanks. You?” Of course, these frequent exchanges are […]
We’re halfway through our rollout of The Floating University here at Big Think. It’s some of the most vital, timely, and mind-changing video content anywhere on the Web. Here’s number six of 12 on our list, featuring Yale psychologist Paul Bloom.
Sarah Larson analyzes how texting our amusement has changed — how does a “heehee” sound versus a “hehe”?