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The innovative investor and entrepreneur deals out advice for anyone looking to follow in his footsteps.
Valles Marineris is the Solar System’s grandest canyon, many times longer, wider, and deeper than the Grand Canyon. What scarred Mars so?
Your BS detector might not be as accurate as you think.
Carnivores, herbivores, omnivores — and now virivores.
There may be a faster, less-painful way to use radiation against cancer.
Chetan Dube — founder and CEO of Quant — tells Big Think why a pivotal and monumental year for agentic AI has just begun.
For decades people have arranged to freeze their bodies after death, dreaming of resurrection by advanced future medicine. Many met a fate far grislier than death.
Ryan Condal, who worked in pharmaceutical advertising before Hollywood, talks with Big Think about imposter syndrome, “precrastination,” and Westeros lore.
Perhaps the most well-known equation in all of physics is Einstein’s E = mc². Does mass or energy increase, then, near the speed of light?
Numerous videos online show that squid undergo a dramatic color-changing effect after being stunned or killed.
Big Think asks startup legend and VC heavyweight Ben Horowitz to reflect on his bestseller “The Hard Thing About Hard Things.”
Why would someone who has spent their entire career following orders become a great leader overnight?
Why Netflix adopted the “No Brilliant Asshole” rule — and how to make sure bullies don’t destroy teams.
Over 50 years since humans last walked on the Moon, astronaut footprints and rover tracks are still visible. But they won’t last forever.
Combining years of neurological research and mindfulness techniques, Dr. Heather Berlin helps us better understand how the body’s most complex organ can easily be misled into negative thinking – and how we can stop that from happening.
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According to the legendary investor, the best method is a blueprint for “extreme success.”
For thousands of years, we puzzled at how far away the Moon was. Today we know its distance, at any time, to within millimeters.
As the world warms, trees in forests such as those in Minnesota will no longer be adapted to their local climates. That’s where assisted migration comes in.
Organizational scientist Steven Rogelberg discusses the common meeting mistakes leaders make and how they can change course.
He is only out-sold by William Shakespeare and Lao Tzu.
In a distant galaxy, a cosmic dance between two supermassive black holes emits periodic flashes of light.
On New Year’s Eve 1899, the captain of this Pacific steamliner sailed into history. Or did he?
Slowing growth and limiting development isn’t living in harmony with nature—it is surrendering in a battle.
You can’t farm spiders — but putting spider genes into silkworms works even better.
Boredom isn’t the enemy; it’s a catalyst for changing your relationship to work.
Myrkl (pronounced “miracle”) is supposed to let you go wild without facing the consequences the next day. But does it actually work?
Climate and ecological changes, as well as disruptions to the food chain, were already killing off the dinosaurs.
A sober look at a wild conspiracy theory that argues the Middle Ages never happened.
It’s time to bring “friendship love” back.