In logic, ‘reductio ad absurdum’ shows how flawed arguments fall apart. Our absurd Universe, however, often defies our intuitive reasoning.
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As the world warms, trees in forests such as those in Minnesota will no longer be adapted to their local climates. That’s where assisted migration comes in.
A small Ohio town tried to escape America’s addiction to rectangular grids. It didn’t last long.
NASA’s only flagship X-ray telescope ever, Chandra, still works and has no planned successor. So why does the President want to kill it?
The truth may be out there — but it’s not in these close encounters of the third kind.
The Reitoff principle gives us permission to “write off” a day and intentionally step away from achieving anything.
Physicists just can’t leave an incomplete theory alone; they try to repair it. When nature is kind, it can lead to a major breakthrough.
The sober reality behind the effectiveness of two new drugs touted as Alzheimer’s breakthroughs: lecanemab and donanemab.
Eric Olson — CEO and co-founder of Consensus — takes his cues from the university of legendary coaches.
The least exciting of all eclipses, a penumbral lunar eclipse, foreshadows the spectacular show that April 8th’s total eclipse will bring.
Twin Health lets patients with diabetes see what’s happening inside their own body and can model each patient’s unique metabolism.
CRISPR study helps answer a question that has long puzzled scientists.
NuqneH! Saluton! A linguistic anthropologist (and creator of the Kryptonian language, among others) studies the people who invent new tongues.
Or are cults the religions we find distasteful?
How would you feel about working like a Lutheran or a Cistercian?
You can only create or destroy matter by creating or destroying equal amounts of antimatter. So how did we become a matter-rich Universe?
Happiness is not a five-star holiday. It’s often the result of struggle — and asking for help, as author Stephanie Harrison recently told Big Think.
AI looks like a natural and inevitable fit for business coaching — but some humans are wary. Here are the pros and cons.
No matter how you define the end, including the demise of humanity, all life, or even the planet itself, our ultimate destruction awaits.
The secret sauce of humor is incongruity. AI knows this as well as we do.
Memories aren’t mental recordings, but pliable information we can use to better manage the present and conjure future possibilities.
Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb claimed to track down and find alien spherules on the ocean bottom. Here’s the sober truth.
When we view hard work as a sign of low aptitude, it harms our ability to learn and grow.
Architect and brand innovator Kevin Ervin Kelley sounds the alarm for workplace culture — and argues for a “big bang” collision of forms and shapes.
Because of dark energy, distant objects speed away from us faster and faster as time goes on. How long before every galaxy is out of reach?
New radiocarbon dating reveals astonishing insights.
To be successful, leaders would be wise to remember that AI isn’t a replacement for people; it exists to enhance their capabilities.
Philosophy isn’t stuck in the past. Here are five texts to connect you with its ongoing dialogue.
The former Nintendo president has become synonymous with the backlash against layoffs — because, like a great leader, he focused on lifting people.