Voltaire’s wonderful satire, Candide, remains a useful work-life antidote to bogus platitudes and naive optimism.
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Holograms preserve all of an object’s 3D information, but on a 2D surface. Could the holographic Universe idea lead us to higher dimensions?
“Values emphasizing tolerance and self-expression have diverged most sharply, especially between high-income Western countries and the rest of the world.”
The fellowship’s journey through Middle-earth mirrors the modernization of the English countryside.
We’ve made god-like figures out of hard-charging CEOs — but it’s a bad idea to get high on your own supply.
In general relativity, white holes are just as mathematically plausible as black holes. Black holes are real; what about white holes?
Digital analyses of Enlightenment-era letters are teaching us a thing or two about Locke, Voltaire, and others.
An interview with Lisa Kaltenegger, the founding director of the Carl Sagan Institute, about the modern quest to answer an age-old question: “Are we alone in the cosmos?”
Admitting that we know little about our future selves can radically improve our decision-making.
From the earliest stages of the hot Big Bang (and even before) to our dark energy-dominated present, how and when did the Universe grow up?
The majority of people in every country support action on climate, but the public consistently underestimates this share.
Discover how Quantum Bayesianism challenges traditional quantum mechanics by focusing on the role of the observer in creating quantum reality.
This first-of-its-kind image offers a detailed look at the magnetic fields within the Central Molecular Zone.
30 years ago Jim VandeHei — co-founder and CEO of Axios — got leadership feedback all wrong. Now, he has the ideal blueprint so you can get it right.
At a fundamental level, only a few particles and forces govern all of reality. How do their combinations create human consciousness?
A human hand has the power to split wooden planks and demolish concrete blocks. A trio of physicists investigated why this feat doesn’t shatter our bones.
Although social paranoia is more common than clinical paranoia, studies suggests that American society isn’t any more conspiratorial than it has been in the past.
In the murder trial of Dan White, the defense touched on diet as a cause for White’s actions. It has become known as the “Twinkie defense.”
Too many companies fail to recognize that “the deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated” — but the solution is easy.
Dark energy is one of the biggest mysteries in all the Universe. Is there any way to avoid “having to live with it?”
A poignant, 2,000-year-old burial in northern Italy could be the latest evidence of an ancient friendship.
A study of spinal development took a strange turn and made a surprise discovery.
Astranis is on a mission to help everyone in the world get online.
Big Think recently spoke with Nick Bostrom about how humans might find fulfillment in a post-scarcity world.
Consumer debt shapes American lives so thoroughly that it seems eternal and immortal, but it’s actually relatively new to the financial world.
You’ve got to know when to fight and when to laugh.
Leadership evasion might seem like a plan for workplace freedom but it isn’t a good thing — it’s a denial of opportunity.
In the 20th century, many options abounded as to our cosmic origins. Today, only the Big Bang survives, thanks to this critical evidence.
“I hope we take a mindset where we are willing to look for weird life in weird places.”
Beer before wine and you’ll feel fine? Well, it depends.