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Can the American government stop coronavirus spread? Its past actions speak volumes.
In his new book, “The Wedge,” Scott Carney tests the boundaries of human resilience.
You might be inclined to modify gravity instead, but those ideas have grossly unequal evidence supporting them. What is it, exactly, that you’re supposed to do when the predictions of […]
The Jerezo crater — where Mars 2020 is set to land — could be a good place to find signs of past life on Mars.
It might not feel that way, but a 95% dark Universe really is the best game in town. No matter how much we might try and hide it, there’s an enormous […]
How many potentially habitable planets are there? We sincerely don’t know. One of the most compelling scientific goals humanity has set for itself is to find extraterrestrial life: biological activity originating […]
Archetypes of creation and the origin of all things.
People often incorporate lessons from fictional stories into their beliefs, attitudes and value judgments, sometimes without even being aware that they are doing so.
And after these 10 surprising maps, the Alpine republic will never look the same again.
How reframing your emotions and changing your daily behavior can help you save money.
MIT engineers devise a decision map to identify the best mission type to deflect an incoming asteroid.
Are you prone to “toxic accumulation”?
Tragedy in art, from Ancient Greece to Breaking Bad, resists all our efforts to tie reality up in a neat bow, to draw some edifying lesson from it. Instead it confronts us with our own limitations, leaving us scrabbling in the rubble of certainty to figure out what’s next.
“What a shock,” said no dog lover ever.
A primer on the infinite of knowledge waiting to be learned.
Our antipathy toward the natural world is bad. But it’s not too late to change.
“Just tell me what you want me to do, and I’ll do it.” In her Big Think+ video, “Empower Your People — Conversational Moves for Engaging Your Team in Creative […]
These books will help you ideate more creatively.
Schadenfreude has always been with us.
Finding your own truth without a guiding mythical worldview.
The Sun will eventually become a red giant star, swallowing Mercury and Venus in the process. But what will happen to Earth? There are a few existential questions we can ask […]
Throughout his career, the famous philosopher has been trying to correct people’s misconceptions about anarchy. Here’s some of his thinking.
With the seemingly endless growth of the Democratic primary field, we may suffer from choice overload. The result? In fear of making the wrong choice, we may fail to make any — i.e., don’t vote.
“A serious party neglects the underlying virtues of playfulness and generosity that make a party authentic.”
Maps show the oldest company in (nearly) every country – and a few interesting corporate trends.
In this short video, he compares the outset of Buddhism with the biblical garden.
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From religious wars to French poison conspiracies to the counterculture, we look at the origins of Satanism.
Modern notions about the Illuminati are the result of a satirical cult-classic book.
Don’t start investing in flux capacitors just yet, though.