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Pure cinema is about removing redundancy so that even the smallest detail serves a purpose in relation to the bigger picture.

The best of all investor attributes is easily attained — and unbeatable in combination with other advantages.

In the 18th century, David Hume argued that we are only motivated to do good when our passions direct us to do so. Was he right?

With ~400 billion stars in the Milky Way and 6-20 trillion galaxies overall, that makes for a lot of stars. But not as many as you’d think.

A series of charts shows how prevalent different mental illnesses are across the globe — but how we define them matters.

Reductionism is a successful way to explain the universe, but it cannot replace experience. This is part of the mystery of life.

We have it in our power to forgive a debt — and learning to use this power in the workplace can be golden.

There’s no escaping the death of loved ones. But that doesn’t mean we’re powerless in the wake of loss.

“I am free. It’s a lot of effort to be free from the prison that is in your mind, and the key is in your pocket.” – Edith Eva Eger

We are about to learn a lot more about the most elusive of cosmic particles.

The modern attention economy hijacks our ability to focus, but an ancient technique offers a means to get it back.

“In witness whereof, the parties hereunto have set their hands to these presents as a deed on the day month and year hereinbefore mentioned.”

“Having more stem cell activity is good for regeneration, but too much of a good thing over time can have less favorable consequences.”

There are a wide variety of theoretical studies that call our Standard Model of cosmology into question. Here’s what they really mean.

According to the CDC, 50 countries worldwide have drinkable tap water. But look closer, and the picture is more nuanced.

Quibi was so focused on foresight they forgot the basics of hindsight.

Many of us look at black holes as cosmic vacuum cleaners: sucking in everything in their vicinity. But it turns out they don’t suck at all.

The original principle of relativity, proposed by Galileo way back in the early 1600s, remains true in its unchanged form even today.

The placebo effect is not the “power of positive thinking.” The fact that it is getting stronger is not a good development.

Want to get ahead? The best leaders are always humble, proactive and — above all — curious, advises Merlin CEO Jeremy Sirota.

Named “Phoenix,” this AI-powered humanoid could be your next coworker.

Red dwarf stars were supposed to be inhospitable. But TOI-700, now with at least two potentially habitable worlds, is quite the exception.

“The movement is much bigger than Sam Bankman-Fried, or any one person, no matter how wealthy,” philosopher Peter Singer told Big Think.

The answer may lie in the power to see far, far beyond yourself.

Tough and cutthroat leaders are celebrated in a results-driven culture — but there is another path to C-suite success.

What is Captain America doing in ancient Mesopotamia?

One hypothesis: “gossip traps.”

But scientists have found it again.

We all spend way too much time worrying what other people think of us — it’s time to cut loose.

Thinking of a number between one and ten? Here’s how predictable human responses create the illusion of telepathy.