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Many beloved fantasy adventures take place in worlds that bear a striking resemblance to our own.

“Business Adventures” by John Brooks was first published in 1969 and remains a must-read for all CEOs.

Why the best entrepreneurs should be more Obi-Wan Kenobi than Luke Skywalker.

Joseph Campbell argued that nearly every myth can be boiled down to a hero’s journey. Was he right?

Some classic books, like Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” remain controversial to this day.

Theory without experiment is blind, and experiment without theory is lame.

A part of human nature needs to be challenged and feel strong. Today, we fulfill that need with “surrogate activities.”

Reading between the lines of Dorothy’s adventure to the Emerald City.

Voyage into the lawless world of experimental literature.

In 1903, a Vermont doctor bet $50 that he could cross America by car. It took him 63 days, $8,000, and 600 gallons of gas.

For J.R.R. Tolkien, the single most important element of a fairy tale was the dramatic reversal of misfortune in the story’s ending.

Kaelynn Partlow shares her story about life with autism, ADHD, and dyslexia, and how finding the right diagnosis helped her embrace her neurodivergent identity.

An un-crewed sailing drone discovered the unusually shaped, slumbering seamount.

Total eclipses are a product of a strange and almost eerie cosmic coincidence — one that makes Earth an even rarer world in the galaxy and, by proxy, in the Universe.

Whole Foods Market founding CEO John Mackey synthesized the counterculture with capitalism and drove a food revolution.

David Novak — the cofounder, and former CEO and chairman, of Yum! Brands — celebrates the benefits of active, lifelong learning.

The Trojan War was fought in Finland and Ulysses sailed home to Denmark, says one controversial theory.

From Hogwarts to hashtags, kids’ reading habits have changed drastically in recent decades — but data suggests cause for hope.

Our brainwaves naturally synchronize with external stimuli like flickering lights. Here’s how the phenomenon might boost learning.

Desire is like a drug. But is an addict always an addict?

Neuroscientist Christof Koch on human minds, AI, and bacteria.

Unlock the paradoxes of life through poetic realism.

There’s nothing like the end of the world to make you a philosopher.

The crisis of the Anthropocene challenges our traditional narratives and myths about humanity’s place in the world. Citizen science can help.

A study shows that the brains of lonely individuals respond in odd ways to visual stimuli, while those of non-lonely people react similarly.

For a plan to go as smooth as clockwork, be prepared to pounce on opportunity.

Some physicists are besot with the multiverse, but if we can’t detect these other universes, how seriously should we take them?

Fun in business is no laughing matter — it can create a golden strategic advantage and bring serious success in the long term.

Discover how the threads of myth, legend, and artistry have been woven together by storytellers to craft history.

Neuroscientist Tali Sharot recently spoke with Big Think about a two-step method for escaping the dark sides of habits.