Before Constantine received his history-defining vision, a pagan Sun god paved the way for Jesus Christ’s triumphal entry into the Eternal City.
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It could one day fuel nuclear fusion reactors.
The most important events in history have nothing to do with politics or wars.
With the invention of the leap year, the Julian calendar was used worldwide for over 1500 years. Over time, it led only to catastrophe.
Intrinsic motivation cannot be imposed on a team — but you can provide the right culture for it to flourish.
It is easy to underestimate how much the world can change within a lifetime.
Maybe the brain isn't "classical" after all.
Named "Phoenix," this AI-powered humanoid could be your next coworker.
This everyday electrical phenomenon had no widely accepted scientific explanation — perhaps, until now.
Mahāyāna is the most popular type of Buddhism in the world today.
Roosevelt had become president but not in the way he wanted. Still, he understood that he had been given the rare opportunity to make history.
Life in the supremely vast cosmos is incredibly rare. We need a new vision for our living planet and for ourselves.
In the philosophy of Star Wars, the Sith are evil because they surrender to passion. But is a life of total rationality a “good” life?
You’ve probably noticed that most retailers use prices ending in 99. That’s intentional.
Big Think spoke with historian Marc-William Palen about the egalitarian aims of the free-trade movement in past centuries.
People naturally judge fact from fiction in offline social settings, so why is it so hard online?
Any alien civilization that grows to span an entire planet would spark the same effects that we have. So, what do we do about it?
Recasting the iconic Carrington Event as just one of many superstorms in Earth’s past, scientists reveal the potential for even more massive eruptions from the sun.
Most philosophers merely contemplate the world, but what about the ones who actually tried to change it?
Successful alpha leadership is more about caring and healing than dog-eat-dog supremacy.
For decades, cinemas have earned more from concessions than ticket sales. But can their current business model survive in the streaming age?
From the Big Bang to black holes, singularities are hard to avoid. The math definitely predicts them, but are they truly, physically real?
Artificial general intelligence will not arise in systems that only passively receive data. They need to be able to act back on the world.
Some classic books, like Mark Twain’s "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," remain controversial to this day.
Borrow the same technique that produced McDonald’s, the Hawaiian pizza, the Beatles’ greatest hits, and Shakespeare’s rhetorical flair.
"She understood me and I understood her. I loved that pigeon.”
In 1934, American Communists translated a Stalinist book about revolution into a children’s game. Curiously, it didn't catch on.