Rick Smolan: I wonder if 50 years from now we’ll look back, maybe Julian will be the hero and J. Edgar Hoover will be the enemy of the state.
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Do black holes exist? The world’s most famous scientist vs. the actual science. “My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the Universe, why it is as it is […]
Once you cross the event horizon, you’ll never go back. “They say ‘A flat ocean is an ocean of trouble. And an ocean of waves… can also be trouble.’ So, it’s […]
Fear of class warfare is making some wealthy people bug out in outlandishly ridiculous ways.
The annual rite of February’s African-American History Month in America feels more and more like a mixed blessing with each passing year. On one hand, setting aside time to learn […]
Fixing the water mess in India is all about managing demand and not about building new infrastructure at the moment.
Is running up an inclined treadmill the same, physically, as running up an actual mountain? Here’s what science has to say. “Nothing worth having was ever achieved without effort.” -Teddy Roosevelt […]
Call me a quitter. But I never did finish Moby Dick. Herman Melville’s writing is magnetic – in both senses of the word: attractive for its beauty and passion, and […]
In the Chinese Zodiac, the horse symbolized high expectations, performance, and stubbornness. What better occasion than this to talk about the heavy work load that’s awaiting China’s leaders, economists, and […]
We know that the Universe has been around for 13.8 billion years, but we also know we can see for 46 billion light-years. How is this possible? “Nature decrees that […]
The astrobiologist Dr. Rhawn Joseph has filed a lawsuit to compel NASA and its administrator, Charles Bolden, to take a closer look at the rock.
The math and logic of teams sometimes (perhaps often) opposes maximizing self-benefit.
When all the galaxies, stars, gas, dust, dark matter and all the other forms of matter and radiation are summed together, its energy still pales in comparison to dark energy. […]
Coursera is a service that allows top universities around the world to share their material online. Without spending a penny I’ve completed courses on Coursera from universities including Stanford and […]
Should scientists advocate on policy issues, or, to protect their personal credibility and the credibility of their findings, should they just quietly do their work and avoid making policy […]
As the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks prepare to meet this Sunday in Super Bowl XLVIII at MetLife Stadium, you’ll hear a lifetime’s worth of metaphors for football, many of […]
Tim Ferriss: I have learned tango, kickboxing, languages – all this crazy stuff. It’s because I had a method and that is a method that you can use.
Providing an insight that helped me to solve a problem that I didn’t know was there – that, in effect, is a form of serendipity.
In one of the more interesting experiments that have been conducted, Richard J. Davidson, professor of psychology and psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, wanted to find out whether facial expressions […]
Pete Seeger is being remembered by many as a national treasure, a man who encouraged multiple generations of Americans to essentially rethink everything they were taught in school.
“Don’t be bored, make something” is a message that Joey Hudy, a self-described “maker” and STEM-advocate, has been taking to Maker events across the country.
A new book entertains the notion of how we can engage with those books that we haven’t read, or only skimmed, or perhaps only heard about.
If disruptions are threatening you from outside your industry, how can you see them coming?
Prejudiced and non-prejudiced people are equally likely to fall victim to the other-race effect.
“A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.”- James Joyce
“I will not take ‘but’ for an answer.”- Langston Hughes (born on this date in 1902)
“A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.”- Jackie Robinson (born on this date in 1919)
“A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.”- Franklin D. Roosevelt (born on this date in 1882)
“The inner self is as distinct from the outer self as heaven is from earth.” ― Emanuel Swedenborg (born on this date in 1688)
“Be happy. It’s one way of being wise.”Sidonie Gabrielle Colette (born on this date in 1873)