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“Waves in an Impossible Sea”: The 2024 science book of the year

Matt Strassler’s journey into fundamental physics culminates in a brilliant explanation of the Higgs field. Enjoy this exclusive interview.

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Big Think Books

Why don’t Americans trust experts? Just ask a paranormal investigator.

For his new book, “The Ghost Lab,” Matt Hongoltz-Hetling spent time with paranormal investigators to understand their relationship with science and society.

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The Past

The surprising evolutionary link between bowerbirds and human art

In his book, “Birds, Sex and Beauty,” Matt Ridley explores why learning isn’t always nature versus nurture.

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Life

Seduction of the hottest: How sexual selection shaped birds and human brains

Science writer Matt Ridley joins us to discuss how “Darwin’s strangest idea” makes us all a bit feather-brained (in a good way).

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Business

Investing in an impermanent world: Lessons from mujō

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

Business

Inside Google’s quantum computing breakthrough

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

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Business

Why L&D teams are mission critical to AI adoption

Generative AI is arriving fast — both overtly and covertly — and without solid L&D guidance leaders and teams will be hobbled, argues Matt Beane.

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Business

The thrill is in the hunt — not just the victory

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

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Business

10 life lessons from four decades in the market

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

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Business

How to build something that lasts

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

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The ultimate psychedelics explainer

Johns Hopkins professor Dr. Matthew Johnson answers 24 huge questions about psychedelics.

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Matthew W. Johnson

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Business

Why the timing of your startup exit should never be undervalued

So many of the conditions for a sale or IPO are outside your control — which is why preparation is everything.

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The Present

Google’s $1 billion bet on Africa’s digital future

With undersea cables, AI education, and more, the tech giant is helping create Africa’s “digital decade.”

Business

How to rethink education in the age of AI

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

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High Culture

31 genius sci-fi quotes that offer real-world wisdom

“Isn’t it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?”

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Business

The one concept that saved my life

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

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Business

Barry Ritholtz on luck, humility, and how (not) to invest

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

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Business

The paradox of survival: Learning to live from the extinct

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

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Business

The risk of outsourcing judgment to AI

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

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Starts With A Bang

Relativity: the oldest physics principle that’s still correct

The original principle of relativity, proposed by Galileo way back in the early 1600s, remains true in its unchanged form even today.

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Business

How the “two-day rule” can make your daily work-life much easier

This supremely simple hack can help you establish good habits, break bad ones, and guard against failure.

Business

What investors can learn from the world’s most resilient shrub

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

Business

How “egoless collaboration” revived the Detroit Lions

Rebuilding the NFL franchise in the early 2020s echoed the corporate overhauls that had transformed Boeing and Ford.

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The Long Game

Lessons from the “pain cave”: What marathoners can teach investors

Resilience isn’t just about pain and perseverance — it’s about embracing the journey.

Why your brain thinks you’re Matt Damon

Futurist Ari Wallach shares how to become future-conscious.

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Hard Science

A wobble from Mars could be sign of dark matter

Watching for changes in the Red Planet’s orbit over time could be new way to detect passing dark matter.

Health

Yes, you can be too tired to sleep

Like toddlers, adults can also get “overtired.”

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Neuropsych

A polyglot explains the tips (and myths) of learning new languages

Arieh Smith, a New York City-based polyglot who runs the YouTube channel Xiaomanyc, talks language-learning with Big Think.

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Business

6 innovative and effective approaches to upskilling

Slack’s recent radical upskilling booster week highlighted the urgent need for new approaches to L&D: here are some of the most groundbreaking.

Smart Skills

How video gaming could boost your career

Are you a video gaming master? Put it on your résumé.