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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.

Veteran investor Sujal Patel, co-founder and CEO of Nautilus Biotechnology, helps us sift golden nuggets from the loose shale of entrepreneurship.

Alli Webb, co-founder of Drybar, has a message for up-and-coming leaders: Embrace the mess!

The Osbournes was MTV’s biggest show – and it almost cost Jack Osbourne his life. Here’s how his family’s reality TV fame stole his childhood, and how he’s been able to heal since.

If you give yourself and others space to tinker and experiment, then you might create something incredible. Here’s how to do it well.

The Michelson-Morley experiment of 1887, despite expectations, revealed a null result: no effect. The implications were revolutionary.

Jim Lee, President, Publisher, and Chief Creative Officer of DC Comics, tells us how his childhood obsession with Superman changed his life.

The JWST’s observations of well-developed galaxies early in universal history may coincide with accepted astronomical theory after all.

How has tennis changed in recent decades? The wear and tear on Wimbledon’s Centre Court may tell the tale.

Our thermodynamic arrow of time explains why the entropy of any isolated system always increases. But it can’t explain what we perceive.

From AI to health and the metaverse, this year’s CES promised new tech that will change lives long after the excitement of the latest TV wears off.

From Aristotle’s lazy cosmology to Immanuel Kant’s “scientific” racism, great minds are not immune to very bad ideas.

Depression applies to individuals and businesses alike — and so does the solution.

‘Six Persimmons,’ an ink painting by the Chinese monk Mu Qi, has long been hailed as the poster child of Zen Buddhism. But is its reputation deserved?

How do you turn early talent into future leaders? Harvard career advisor and author Gorick Ng shares the “unspoken rules” of professional growth and talent development.

In 1980, Willy Brandt drew a line across the map that still influences how we think about the world.

The first human trial of base editing delivered strong results along with some safety concerns.

Ditch the old brain vs. heart assumptions, and instead think about a heart-led brain.

Philosophy isn’t stuck in the past. Here are five texts to connect you with its ongoing dialogue.

Hackers are in an arms race with cyber defenders. Will AI tip the balance?

“I was stunned. Here in front of me was the original apparatus through which a new vision of the world was slowly and painfully brought to light.”

Playing the long game in Japan is about creating something so enduring that it becomes timeless.

Former Levi Strauss & Co. CEO Chip Bergh revitalized the brand with a visionary innovation plan.

The benefits of the psychedelic seem to last long after the trip wears off.

If a person stands little chance of ever being wealthy, perhaps playing the lottery is a rational decision.

Assume we can make new thylacines, mammoths, diprotodons, or sabre-tooth cats. Great. Now where do we put them?

Take it from Bezos, Musk, and Einstein — rethinking lines of inquiry can transform business, investing, and innovation strategy.

Achieving values and pursuing growth is the real secret to a fulfilled life.

Is it ever possible for God to violate the laws of nature?

A conversation with an advanced alien species is likely to be simple and to take 1,000 years. It might also be dangerous.