Yukio Mishima treated his life as if it were a story — one with a surprising and deadly final act.
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The perfectly accessible, perfectly knowable Universe of classical physics is gone forever, no matter what interpretation you choose.
Finding a tiny planet around bright stars dozens or hundreds of light-years from Earth is extremely difficult.
Many first-hand accounts from the golden age of piracy were grossly embellished, meaning it's extremely difficult to separate Blackbeard the legend from Edward Thatch the person.
Discover how Quantum Bayesianism challenges traditional quantum mechanics by focusing on the role of the observer in creating quantum reality.
We should not expect aliens to look anything like us. Creatures that resemble octopuses or birds or even robots are legitimate possibilities.
The arsons were no accident, archaeological evidence suggests.
What do Remus Lupin, Katniss Evergreen, William Wordsworth, and Usain Bolt all have in common?
A primer on Judith Butler’s theory of gender and performativity.
Opponents of America's entry into the looming Second World War believed the U.S. would be dismembered.
It's a radical but plausible idea.
You become the main protagonist in these novels.
Scans show similar activity to what occurs when you think about yourself.
“We are biologically programmed to have empathy. It’s something we can’t suppress.”
Not too hot, not too cold...
The world’s “most produced living playwright” wins out over other contestants, including Salman Rushdie and Margaret Atwood.
In an attempt to prove Christianity inferior to communism, a Soviet scientist hoped to play God.
Bram Stoker's mother survived a terrible cholera outbreak and recounted the ghastly scenes to her son years later.
A new book envisions an encounter of minds between the Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges, the physicist Werner Heisenberg, and the philosopher Immanuel Kant.
In a time when we dislike and distrust our politicians, why can't we get more popular leaders like Kim Jong Un and Bashar al-Assad?
Making up false information is one of the biggest problems with AI, but there are no silver-bullet solutions.
"The Expanse" is the best vision I've ever seen of a space-faring future that may be just a few generations away.
Executive advisor Tiffani Bova wants leaders to value their employees as much as their customers.
Some physicists are besot with the multiverse, but if we can't detect these other universes, how seriously should we take them?
Big Think talks to Konrad Feldman — founder of advertising tech innovator Quantcast.
Research suggests that emotional intelligence is more vital for success than IQ.
Although equal parts Hollywood blockbuster and Putinist propaganda, "Trotsky" still manages to capture the good, the bad, and the ugly of Russia’s revolutionary past.
Like Mars today, Venus used to be a sci-fi superstar. Recent discoveries could re-ignite our interest in Earth’s “evil twin.”