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Must a religious story be confirmed as a true fact to be effective and inspiring?
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.
Your organization won’t become a “data democracy” organically — shared knowledge is key.
In a guest essay for Big Think Business, Pedro Franceschi — co-founder and co-CEO of Brex — explains why deftly navigating between vision and details is crucial for successful leaders.
Redemption is the journey towards becoming a better person. It’s the story of human life.
Literature’s first utopia shows how far we’ve come.
This may be the largest helium reservoir in U.S. history.
In the early 1900s, some Americans feared that teddy bears would not instill maternal instincts in girls, thereby causing “race suicide.”
Studies on “growth mindset” interventions fail to show significant benefits.
Do we still remember what we learned in the 1940s?
Fire-breathing dragons may represent chaos and the human impulse to conquer that threat.
From the Palace of the Soviets to The Illinois, these unmade buildings would have taken the art of architecture to whole new heights.
The midwest is particularly filled with them.
Drones have a lot to learn from the landing abilities of birds.
There’s no escaping the death of loved ones. But that doesn’t mean we’re powerless in the wake of loss.
Monsters have always represented societal fears, but narrative art also casts doubt on whether we fully understand our monsters — and their slayers.
Inside the “out there” quest for a drug that would help doctors save lives before it’s too late.
The idea of black holes has been around for over 200 years. Today, we’re seeing them in previously unimaginable ways.
Guided by ultrasound waves, swarms of microrobots could soon be used to deliver medicine to targeted sites in the body.
There is nothing more important to science than its ability to prove ideas wrong.
Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works engineering division has devised many jaw-dropping aircraft. Here are some of the best — and one ship.
One of Apple’s key innovations serves as a psychological breakthrough, as its technology eliminates the isolating feel of headset use.
Many people perceive the struggle to understand our Universe as a battle between science and God. But this is a false dichotomy.
Real-time online learning is where our dated education system is heading.
What would it take to create a truly intelligent microbot, one that can operate independently?
Over-reliance on experts with quick fixes has taken us too far from reality — it’s time to dispel the fairy tales.
How efficiently could quantum engines operate?
Though quantum mechanics is an incredibly successful theory, nobody knows what it means. Scientists now must confront its philosophical implications.
Three cutting-edge techniques – the gene-editing tool CRISPR, fluorescent proteins and optogenetics – were all inspired by nature.