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Due to export controls from China, the Europeans had to invent their own forms of porcelain. One type involves dead cows.
Going against the grain is often difficult — but necessary for outperformance over the long-term.
A future kitchen appliance could make it possible to 3D-print entirely new recipes and cook them with lasers.
Because of their large and unfriendly neighbor to the east, the Baltics would rather be Scandinavian.
Organ transplantation is in dire need of biotechnological advances. 3D bioprinting and genetic modification of pigs provide a path forward.
Cryo-electron tomography, or cryo-ET, is the future of cell research.
In “Dear Oliver,” neuroscientist Susan Barry describes how her 10-year correspondence with Oliver Sacks unleashed her inner author.
It’s better to pursue moral actions instead of the ephemeral state of happiness, according to the philosopher Immanuel Kant.
Speeding through the Universe and leaving a wake of new stars, this runaway supermassive black hole is likely the first among thousands.
You’ve got to know when to fight and when to laugh.
We may be on the brink of finally seeing human-level intelligence in an AI — thanks to robots.
“In our studies, people who are more intelligent don’t mind wander so often when the task is hard but can do it more when tasks are easy.”
Carving out time for useful reflection is among the most valuable of leadership disciplines, explains “questionologist” Warren Berger.
Dante’s epic journey through hell and heaven reveal how the poet felt about his own country.
With great power comes retcon responsibility.
In general relativity, matter and energy curve spacetime, which we experience as gravity. Why can’t there be an “antigravity” force?
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Innovation training encourages the kind of creativity and problem solving that can lead to breakthroughs in business.
Implanting machine components into human bodies, argues one scholar, could make for a better society.
Many contrarians dispute that cosmic inflation occurred. The evidence says otherwise.
As we pursue the leadership difference we seek, we attract fuel and generate heat. The trick is to avoid burnout.
With a telescope at just the right distance from the Sun, we could use its gravity to enhance and magnify a potentially inhabited planet.
Ryan Condal, who worked in pharmaceutical advertising before Hollywood, talks with Big Think about imposter syndrome, “precrastination,” and Westeros lore.
Author A.J. Jacobs explores how voting has changed since the days of the Founding Fathers — for better and for worse.
In the land of the double-blind, impartiality is king.
American students are being compelled to specialize earlier and earlier. Here’s what it takes to build a successful physics foundation.
Walter Pitts rose from the streets to MIT, but couldn’t escape himself.
The results of a recent study found that genetically engineering cats could be a solution to eliminating cat allergies.