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Flat Earth theory has enjoyed staying power since at least the 19th century despite being patently untrue. Neil deGrasse Tyson, the late Carl Sagan, Bill Nye the Science Guy, and other big thinkers will show you how to disprove this bad idea, all without having to take a journey into space.

Scientists are highly skeptical, but such “cosmic wanderlust” isn’t a bad thing.

Not building one means giving up on brute force. We’re not yet ready to do that. There’s a problem with the field of high-energy physics, and it’s the biggest one imaginable. […]

The Oxfam report prompted Anand Giridharadas to tweet: “Don’t be Pinkered into everything’s-getting-better complacency.”

For any business or organization, it’s essential to an organization’s success to create an environment that encourages personal growth and having a growth mindset. In a Harvard Business Review (HBR) […]

The Belgian psychotherapist has a lot to teach us.

We are living In a time when personal information is readily available online. Although people provide résumés when applying for jobs, employers increasingly turn to social media networks like Facebook, […]

When it comes to the workplace, more diversity means more money.

The Universe is filled with something, as opposed to nothing, and scientists don’t understand it. When we look around at the Universe: at the planets and stars, at the galaxies […]

On Tuesday, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew by the space rock, located some 4 billion miles away from Earth.

As a leader, you’re in an incredible position to contribute to the success of your employees, as well as create an environment that promotes, encourages, and nurtures employee empowerment. By […]

Jewish people living in nearly all European countries report that anti-Semitism has grown in recent years.

Drug use and arrests are rising overall, but those changes vary depending on the state.

We look at the most common New Year’s resolutions and get expert advice to help you check them off 2019’s to-do list.

Maybe the only chance they have to tell their story before they’re gone.

When two different techniques give two different results, either someone is wrong, or something incredible is happening. Imagine you were a scientist attempting to measure some property of the Universe. […]

Love + fear = awe. And awe can inspire the best and the worst in us. From 100,000 wild tigers a century ago, we’re down to around 5,000. Oscar winner Ross Kauffman’s TIGERLAND tells the story of the lengths some will go to to protect them.

It’s hard to quantify what it means to be good, but this framework takes a stab at breaking down what makes people behave nicely.

In his Big Think+ expert class The Astronaut’s Guide to Risk Mitigation, retired NASA astronaut Scott Parazynski discusses the concept, and importance of, “situationally appropriate leadership.” A rigid top-down direction may […]

As organizations become increasingly digital and include remote teams or people working a few hours — or even time zones — away from the office, it can be challenging to […]

The best books, calendar, accessories and more are all just one click away. Every year, there are no shortage of wonderful, exciting, informative gifts you could get for those who matter […]

Hawking, who died in March, answers questions like “Is there a God?” and “Is time travel possible?” in his final book, which is available today.

In a company, there are the star performers whose achievements rightfully earn a lion’s share of the attention. Equally as often, though, there are others outside the spotlight whose commitment […]

Gravity gets weaker as the distance squared. But gravitational waves only get weaker as the distance. Why? One of the things we often just accept about the world is that […]

One of the most significant challenges in today’s increasingly fast-paced and demanding business world is figuring out how to balance growing workloads and personal time. A combination of long hours […]

Chemist Steven Benner meets the Pope and discusses the origins of life.

A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a […]

Be glad your name isn’t attached to any of these bad ideas.

The modern ocean can be a dangerous place for whales.

 A one-on-one conversation is a valuable opportunity to connect with someone and to benefit from what they have to say. Unfortunately, these chats tend to happen in the middle of […]