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The age of the universe, the distance to the stars, the basic structure of modern electronics — all of that would have to be recalibrated and rethought if Einstein’s theory […]

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, author of The Predictioneer’s Game, shares his foolproof method for getting your next car for the lowest price possible.

Author James Lawrence Powell explains the case of the physicist Richard Muller, who used to be critical about the science behind global warming. Muller conducted a study funded by the […]

Author James Lawrence Powell explains the case of the physicist Richard Muller, who used to be critical about the science behind global warming.

Big companies start off with verve and energy and aspiration and incredible values outside the marketplace that fuel their growth, the grow to the point that they’re no longer in […]

PETMAN is an anthropomorphic robot developed by Boston Dynamics for testing special clothing used by US military personnel. PETMAN balances itself as it walks, squats and does calisthenics. PETMAN simulates […]

Amid widely-publicized corporate scandals, global environmental threats, and powerful advances in biotechnology, says ethicist Paul Root Wolpe, big companies find themselves tromping through an ethical minefield, desperately in need of […]

In this excerpt from his Floating University/Great Big Ideas lecture, Dr. Michio Kaku explains that string theory begins where Einstein’s framework breaks down.

Brad Burnham, Managing Parter at Union Square Ventures, explains that internet piracy isn’t always a matter of stealing for the sake of stealing. Often, it’s about gaining access when none has been made available.

Roger Martin, Dean of the Rotman School of Management in Toronto, on the power of changing the way you think.

Roberto Diaz, former first chair of the National Symphony Orchestra, explains how exactly you go about bringing 80 to 100 musicians together in one synchronized, improvisational team.

All organizations make mistakes. The economist Tim Harford argues that organizations need to create a culture where these mistakes are revealed, exposed and corrected as soon as possible.

This 30-second spot was produced by Rick Perry’s campaign to run in Iowa in advance of the Iowa Caucus. The spot went viral on Youtube.

Confidence is a mark of intuitive thinking regardless of whether intuitive thinking is expert intuitive thinking or heuristic intuitive thinking.

Important aspects of how we live today will shock the consciences of those who look back on us, says Summers, just as we are shocked by the consciences of those […]