Modern autocracies operate “not like a bloc but rather like an agglomeration of companies,” says journalist and historian Anne Applebaum.
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Black holes encode information on their surfaces, but evaporate away into Hawking radiation. Is that information preserved, and if so, how?
To maintain momentum and flow, the great novelist Ernest Hemingway didn’t burn himself out — but learned when to put his work down.
The Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order would be just one quarter the size of Vatican City.
Artificial intelligence is much more than image generation and smart-sounding chatbots; it’s also a Nobel-worthy endeavor rooted in physics!
Watching for changes in the Red Planet’s orbit over time could be new way to detect passing dark matter.
Historian Timothy Snyder talks with Big Think about how true liberty requires both negative and positive freedoms.
Anne Chow, former CEO of AT&T Business, lays out a new approach to inclusive leadership that takes “thinking bigger” to the next level.
The co-founder of Wired magazine shares his insights on how a long-term mindset can shape a brighter, more innovative future.
National Geographic’s first James Webb Space Telescope book shows us the cosmos like never before.
The first of these devices is already on the market — the AI-powered Ray-Bans from Meta.
The earliest Milky Way-like galaxy, REBELS-25, was spotted rotating about its axis. It’s only 700 million years old: 5% of our present age.
Three of the greatest moral philosophers — Bentham, Kant and Aristotle — offer invaluable and practical lessons for leaders today.
Astro Mechanica’s “turboelectric” jet engines offer a way to transform both commercial flights and space launches.
Changing the narrative on false memories might be surprisingly simple.
Interferometry gave us a black hole’s event horizon, but that was in the radio. What can we accomplish with a new optical interferometer?
Hackers are in an arms race with cyber defenders. Will AI tip the balance?
Dinosaurs and other beasts were once thought to be the “undisputed masters” of Venus.
If you’re out on a walk, you will see a different world than your dog, a bee, or an ant. Here are three reasons why that matters.
Today, the deepest depths of intergalactic space aren’t at absolute zero, but at a chill 2.73 K. How does that temperature change over time?
Physicists recently created Coordinated Lunar Time, a time zone for our Moon.
Achieving values and pursuing growth is the real secret to a fulfilled life.
Early modern humans interbred with Neanderthals — and scientists recently pinpointed a key site of contact.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
The Universe has been creating stars for nearly all 13.8 billion years of its history. But those photons can’t match the Big Bang’s light.
It’s a problem on both sides of the political divide.
Comet A3, also known as Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, has sprung to life since 2024’s last equinox. Here’s how to catch the show for yourself.
Are breakthroughs really a matter of chance, or are they simply waiting to be uncovered by the right person at the right time?
Research suggests curiosity triggers parts of the brain associated with anticipation, making answers more rewarding once discovered.