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When it comes to behavior, genetics may play a larger role than you think.

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

These dissolvable pills aren’t meant to be swallowed, though.

This collection of learning and development quotes serves as a reminder of the meaning and purpose behind this important work.

It’s the ultimate setup for a Thanksgiving Day disaster. The physics of water and its solid, liquid, and gas phases compels us not to do it.

Robert Waldinger, Zen priest and Harvard professor, explains why fulfillment isn’t about reaching an idealized state. It’s found in everyday acts of kindness and compassion.

An in-depth interview with astronomer Kelsey Johnson, whose new book, Into the Unknown, explores what remains unknown about the Universe.

An interview with renowned mythologist Martin Shaw about persona, presence, and how to spend life’s finite time.

Experts believe they could cut the time it takes a rocket to reach Mars by up to 25%, shaving about two months off the trip.

Josh Kaufman — best-selling author of entrepreneurial classic “The Personal MBA” — explores an essential truth about all decision-making.

What you can learn about media by parodying it from the print era into the digital age.

Not too hot, not too cold…

Find it easier to sort out your friends’ problems than your own? This paradox is for you.

Dr. Jen Gunter debunks the most common myths about menstruation.

After my father died, my journey of rediscovery began with the Czech language.

The milestone puts us one step closer to ending the organ shortage.

Discover the ancient wisdom of not pushing the river.

For extraordinary long-term success in business we can look to insights from British Olympic cycling, Roger Federer and neuroeconomics.

To understand others, you need to see past their fleeting emotions. You must perceive who they are as people.

Back in 1970, Sister Mary Jucunda wrote NASA, decrying large investments in science. A former Nazi’s legendary response is still relevant.

After almost a century in print, “How to Win Friends and Influence People” still has lessons to teach us.

There are only four super star clusters in all the Local Group: rarities today. Here’s what the youngest, the just-discovered N79, shows us.

Dr. Temple Grandin shares how we can unlock the hidden gifts of neurodivergent minds.

Big Think recently spoke with Nick Bostrom about how humans might find fulfillment in a post-scarcity world.

Executive advisor Tiffani Bova wants leaders to value their employees as much as their customers.

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

“The primary way that people make friends is through institutions.”

But it’s still challenging to build a 22,000-mile elevator.

What if the barrier to a fulfilled life isn’t technology but culture?

If humanity lives in an otherwise barren Universe, we’ll have to forge philosophy that fills the void.