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Three passages that will pay dividends when parsed carefully by a patient reader.

Sure their students won a debate against Harvard, but that’s only one reason the Bard Prison Initiative is changing the way we think about criminals.

Thanks, New Horizons. You’re our favorite deep-space, Pluto-passing probe.

Did you know that in 2014 the top 25 hedge fund managers in the U.S. were paid a collective $11.6 billion? 

NASA just posted all 8,400 photos from all 12 Apollo missions to Flickr. Here are the best in full, original resolution. “Suddenly, from behind the rim of the Moon, in […]

Two of the most famously rousing speeches in history, though one is from a dramatic work, address many of the same topics: bravery, fear, camaraderie, and death.

At 104 years old, Grace Brett’s “yarn-bombing” of numerous towns in Scotland is a sight the whole world should see. “Some people become vandals because they want to make the […]

It’s extremely difficult for new technologies to also envision the ways we will relate to each other in the future.

#3) Avoid toxic people. They’ll just hold you back. You know what’s toxic? Dividing all of humanity into two categories.     

I’m a granola-eating hippie liberal, and I kind of admire Carly Fiorina. What happens when we like a person, but hate their politics?

How Futurism gave us the word “robot,” the movie Metropolis, and this map of the body as a factory.

A new smartphone app gives a clever nod to Noam Chomsky while giving players just enough inspiration to create some pretty funny sentences.

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. 

Painting for Picasso was rule-breaking, serious business, but sculpture was rule-innocent child’s play.

“I would like to be remembered as someone who was not afraid to do what she wanted to do, and as someone who took risks along the way in order to achieve her goals.”

To mark the centennial of Trappist monk, poet, theologian, and social activist Thomas Merton’s birth, a new exhibition focuses on his photography and how those photos are not just images to contemplate, but also ways of Zen contemplation.

Jason Gots explores issues of authenticity and the true self, inspired by his deep dive into the podcast ocean.

Words of Wisdom from the legendary Chrysler executive: “Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can’t be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people.”

Finding direct links between Buddhism and Western philosophy is a difficult task, but they do play out in strange loops.

Whether you’re a part of a Navy SEALs team or just a paper pusher with a white collar job, the principles of effective leadership and organizational culture remain constant. Every team needs a leader who can instill inspiration, direction, guidance, and hope. These are the building blocks of success.

Roll over, Picasso, and tell Kandinsky the news.

Why does our belief in the ability of drugs to enhance the achievements of artists stop with artists? Isn’t reaching new physical heights just as inspiring as a lyric that tells us some truth creatively?

How do corporations that have perpetuated dysfunctional, despicable, and illegal cultures turn those around? Is it even possible?  

What if Bill Nye were your warm, rational uncle? What if you could informally ask his opinion on anything from black holes to the zombie apocalypse? Well now you can. 

Tavis Smiley dictates a letter to a young American with inspiration from his late friend, Maya Angelou. No matter how much you seek the answers to life from external sources, the truth you seek can only be found within you.

In our very first edition of “Tuesdays with Bill,” Bill (with an assist from Kiera) goes back to the beginning and tells the story of how “Bill Nye the Science Guy” came to be.

Is it our cognition or wonder that elevates us to the ranks of humanity? According to the late fantasy author Terry Pratchett, our imagination is what sets us apart.

Live long and prosper…and try not to hit us, please.

Take part in the biggest media campaign in history and spread awareness of UN’s Global Goals for the next 15 years. 

“I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success. … Such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything.”