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Can consumers rid themselves of the “car or nothing” mentality?
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People need to feel that they have the level of control over their journey as if they used a car.
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A Conversation With the Director, Advanced Mobility Research, Art Center College of Design.
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Automobiles get all the passion in the design world. Designers need to export that passion to other modes of transportation.
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What’s the “women in science” problem, again? From the grad student whose thesis advisor stole her Nobel-winning ideas to the once-ridiculed theorist of dark matter, female scientific excellence has long […]
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Will humans ever figure out how to time travel? Or discover an equation that explains the universe? The theoretical physicist describes a reality that’s stranger than the science fiction he […]
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It’s foreign-born scientists that keep the U.S. winning all those Nobel Prizes. But we can’t rely on their superior education forever.
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“Science is not about memorizing facts,” says Michio Kaku. It’s about innovation and curiosity and imagining Internet access in your contact lenses.
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Thanks to a myopic Congress, the U.S. now lags behind Europe in particle physics research. If only our politicians were as enterprising as the young Michio Kaku, who tried to […]
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Modern satellites pick up radiation from the aftermath of the Big Bang. But until we understand the Bang itself, Michio Kaku won’t be satisfied.
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From envying comic book characters to pondering extra dimensions while staring at fish, Dr. Michio Kaku recounts the experiences that made him one of the world’s most colorful scientists.
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Dr. Michio Kaku once had to deliver a 90-second sound bite on Einstein’s legacy. Asked to do the same for Big Think, he bends space and time and nails it […]
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A conversation with the professor of theoretical physics at C.U.N.Y.
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At some point in her sophisticated, adult life, the “Happiness Project” author had to break down and confess her undying love of “Anne of Green Gables.”
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Whenever we get something we want, we seem to want something else. How can we escape the loop and learn to be content?
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Some people stay cheerful no matter what. Other people want to strangle those people. But optimists work hard on their attitude, says Gretchen Rubin—and the rest of us should take […]
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“Happiness” is a mythical destination that remains permanently out of reach. So why not just improve your life one step at a time?
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The “Happiness Project” author describes two frequent mistakes people make in setting goals for themselves.
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The “Happiness Project” author on the difference between book writing and blogging, and whether interacting with Internet commenters brightens or darkens her day.
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For one year, Gretchen Rubin tested the wisdom of some of history’s leading experts on happiness, including Aristotle and John Stuart Mill. Did their advice hold up?
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Happiness begins with concrete, manageable steps. But it must take on a more transcendent aspect as well.
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A conversation with the author of “The Happiness Project.”
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The climate change issue is much more complex than a low carbon economy.
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After analyzing the most important factors for the sustainability of Nestle, water became a priority for the company.
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Peter Brabeck wonders if there is a fundamental problem with financial institutions dictating the framework of our outlook on the future.
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New research suggests a fundamental, yet unconscious, reason why liberals are more accepting of disorder in the world, while conservatives crave constant order and closure.
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One of the most depressing ironies of America’s legal system is that, in a country that values “freedom” and “”equality,” it clings to a rigid model of human behavior that […]
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Jon Hanson explains his project to change the law to fit with how humans—who can rarely explain their reasoning behind a decision—really think.
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As Jon Hanson’s pioneering project on “situationalism” reveals, humans think and operate in ways that don’t fit within our legal framework all the time, as the context in which an […]
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A discussion with the Harvard Law School professor and Director of the project on Law and Mind Sciences
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