In the very early Universe, practically all particles were massless. Then the Higgs symmetry broke, and suddenly everything was different.
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A Cambridge Ph.D. student has solved a grammatical problem that has befuddled Sanskrit scholars since the 5th century BC.
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The perfectly accessible, perfectly knowable Universe of classical physics is gone forever, no matter what interpretation you choose.
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Susannah Fox, former chief technology officer for the HHS, explains how technology has empowered us to help fill in the cracks of the healthcare system.
Arguments don’t have to be about winning or losing; they can help us build trust despite disagreeing.
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“It doesn’t erase what happened to you. It just changes the impact it has on your life.”
Ice harvesters once made a living from frozen lakes and ponds, but the work was strenuous and dangerous. Then refrigeration changed everything.
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You can learn an awful lot about people, culture, and politics by studying R.
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Almost 100 years ago, an asymmetric pathology led Dirac to postulate the positron. A similar pathology could lead us to supersymmetry.
Ryan Condal, who worked in pharmaceutical advertising before Hollywood, talks with Big Think about imposter syndrome, “precrastination,” and Westeros lore.
The tonal Native American language differentiates words based on pitch and makes Spanish conjugation look like child’s play.
When we view hard work as a sign of low aptitude, it harms our ability to learn and grow.
An excerpt from renowned neuropsychologist Nicholas Humphrey’s book “Sentience: The Invention of Consciousness.”
Japanese thought can’t be easily characterized by just a few books — but this essential guide is a great place to start.
Forgetting and misremembering are the building blocks of creativity and imagination.