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Bob Dylan gave us the paradoxical gem “there’s no success like failure, and failure’s no success at all.” He had a point.

Myrkl (pronounced “miracle”) is supposed to let you go wild without facing the consequences the next day. But does it actually work?

Kahneman was a world-changing psychologist — even with his lesser known ideas on life satisfaction.

Fortune cookies emerged from one of America’s darkest moments.

On New Year’s Eve 1899, the captain of this Pacific steamliner sailed into history. Or did he?

The most iconic, longest-lived space telescope of all, NASA’s Hubble, is experiencing orbital decay as the solar cycle peaks. Here’s why.

The asteroid is expected to come within 140,000 miles of Earth — well inside the moon’s orbit.

The volcano’s historic eruption preserved an ancient library, but rendered its content illegible. A public competition aims to change that.

NASA’s only flagship X-ray telescope ever, Chandra, still works and has no planned successor. So why does the President want to kill it?

“Hardcore History” host Dan Carlin recently spoke with Big Think about the history of humanity’s drive to create — and whether or not we can control it.

Your teams need authentic caregiving, not an insincere plan to merely check all of the well-being boxes.

Numerous videos online show that squid undergo a dramatic color-changing effect after being stunned or killed.

We know the Universe is expanding, but scientists don’t agree on the rate. This is a legitimate problem.

Boredom isn’t the enemy; it’s a catalyst for changing your relationship to work.

The Pan-American Highway began a century ago with a vision of unfettered motor-vehicle access between Alaska and Tierra del Fuego. What happened to the dream?

IBM veteran Daniel Sabbah learned from experience how to lead through the challenges of demand and innovation.

In some organizations “founder mode” can become synonymous with over-reliance. Here’s how to avoid the pitfalls of “apparent irreplaceability.”

But don’t buy your own brain zapping machine, yet.

Rhetorical mastery is within everyone’s reach — equipped with some basic techniques you can rock it like Aristotle.

There are two different ways to measure the expansion rate of the Universe, and they don’t agree. And no, new measurements don’t help.

In July of 2022, the first science images from JWST were unveiled. Two years later, it’s changed our view of the Universe.

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

Over 50 years since humans last walked on the Moon, astronaut footprints and rover tracks are still visible. But they won’t last forever.

For thousands of years, we puzzled at how far away the Moon was. Today we know its distance, at any time, to within millimeters.

The number of planets that could support life may be far greater than previously thought, a recent discovery suggests.

Your BS detector might not be as accurate as you think.

In a distant galaxy, a cosmic dance between two supermassive black holes emits periodic flashes of light.

Climate and ecological changes, as well as disruptions to the food chain, were already killing off the dinosaurs.

Mindfulness may be especially useful for gaining more control of your impulses to spend.

Mike Bechtel, chief futurist with Deloitte Consulting LLP, joins Big Think for a wide-ranging look at what’s next — and why.