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To explain what good luck is and how to create your own, Nick Offerman leans on the wisdom of Tom Waits, Socrates, Tom Jefferson and Nick Offerman.
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In a major announcement today, NASA reveals that its rover found organic compounds and methane.
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Astronauts aren’t floating in space, they’re free falling—and so are you. Here’s the amazing science behind so-called zero gravity.
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Physicist Alan Lightman sees something beyond, or even behind, the heavens.
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Want to learn about innovation? Study hip hop. From the early dance halls to the Wu-Tang Clan, cognitive friction has made hip hop better and better.
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What’s the difference between making it and faking it? Getting it done, no matter what.
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What makes a job a great place to work? A sense of equity and ownership, says Michael Bush.
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Why invest real money in digital coin? Because the payoff a decade from now could be enormous.
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When we see problems in the world, we’re quick to blame someone—anyone—who should be providing peace, love, and harmony. But the universe actually bends toward chaos and decay.
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So you want to be starman? You’re going to need a few things along the way. Three things to be precise, according to astronaut Chris Hadfield.
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Stephen Hawking was one of the greatest scientific and analytical minds of our time, says NASA’s Michelle Thaller.
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Giving human rights to a being with unlimited knowledge? Probably not a good idea.
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The more diverse minds we have, the better we are as a population.
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Should we be scared of a robot job apocalypse? Not all at once, says Accenture CTO Paul Daugherty.
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A sobering thought to anyone laughing off the thought of robot overlords.
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Voting. It’s important. But we don’t exactly make it a priority, do we? Other democracies have outshone the United States when it comes to innovating ways to encourage democratic participation.
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Miki Agrawal—the entrepreneur behind Thinx, Tushy, and Wild—explains how to turn your #1 gripe into an industry-disrupting idea.
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Will the next wave of tech prioritize happiness over profit, or will app designers continue to rely on addictive habits?
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We’ve known for 2,000 years that the Earth is round. Here are three observable proofs that can instantly debunk flat-Earth theory.
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What would it be like to live in the body of someone else? With VR, now you can actually find out.
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Max Tegmark says we’re smart enough to make it. But are we wise enough?
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Democrats are wondering how to beat Trump. The only way might be to play his game.
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By being someone else, and seeing and discovering the world through the eyes of other people, that can only increase our empathy… and decrease our own egocentric view of the world.
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How does Vladimir Putin see the world? To understand how he controls Russia and pushes his agenda overseas, look to the works of 20th-century fascist philosopher Ivan Ilyin.
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When it comes to creating minds, cognitive scientist Joscha Bach explains where we are with artificial intelligence, and where we need to be.
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Think getting along with people that are nothing like you is hard? Here’s how astronauts do it, 254 miles above Earth on the ISS.
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Podcast host Robert Wright’s lively conversation with the Harvard psychologist.
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Why are Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg sparring about the threat of A.I. when they’re both right? Of course, one is more right than the other, says Michio Kaku.
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What is the danger in creating something smarter than you? You can’t control it, and pretty soon it could control you.
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How do bankers create money? Here’s your incredibly frustrating answer: they just create money.
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