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Is it possible that our problems indicate a flaw in the theory of gravity? “I soon became convinced… that all the theorizing would be empty brain exercise and therefore a […]
With Hubble, Spitzer and Chandra combined, we get a view like no other. “But I see it differently now. There has to be a middle. Without it, nothing can truly […]
The world is improving when it comes to preventing deaths during natural disasters. Unfortunately, those improvements aren’t felt in poor countries like Nepal.
A galaxy cluster that’s been actively devouring matter for hundreds of millions of years blows all the records away. “The world exploded into billions of atoms, and when it rearranged […]
Virtual reality company Fove doesn’t just want to manufacture a VR headset; it wants to make one with eye-tracking technology.
An incredible live-blog of an incredible event. “It’s becoming clear that in a sense the cosmos provides the only laboratory where sufficiently extreme conditions are ever achieved to test new […]
With the full suite of evidence, there’s no escaping dark matter. “A cosmic mystery of immense proportions, once seemingly on the verge of solution, has deepened and left astronomers and […]
Elon Musk exudes confidence and know-how, both essential elements of good entrepreneurship. But even more important, Musk respects the science behind his investments.
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Great individuals will sometimes behave badly because they can.
In an attempt to be original, to stand out amongst the almost 300 million other selfies on Instagram, we actually fade into the background. We become mundane. Photos are no longer about remembering an event; they’re about displaying. They’re about showing the world who we are, who we wish to be. And it’s damaging our ability to remember.
Science is the best tool we have for predicting the future. Here’s what the next year ought to bring. “For last year’s words belong to last year’s language And next year’s […]
Is ruthless selfishness natural and rational? The idea that this is just how “selfish genes” and evolution work is unnaturally selective. Without certain kinds of cooperation, no gene can survive (that’s using the term cooperative in a similar metaphoric way that genes can be described as “selfish”).
Sometimes, it’s the most unexpected ingredients that give rise to the greatest results in the end. “The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.” –Joseph Campbell When you […]
The New Orleans-based startup Earth Prime seeks to harness the powers of humans, technology, and the environment in order to increase access to fresh vegetables.
Why Banksy’s dystopian vision of the future might be the kind of shock we need to realize the problems humanity faces.
Who has the best chance of success for reaching Mars by 2030? Government-funded programs or private organizations?
Not everyone has the opportunity to ride a bike to work or school, but those who do would improve their health and save quite a bit of money.
The standard line against painter John Singer Sargent goes like this: a very good painter of incredible technique, but little substance who flattered the rich and famous with decadently beautiful portraiture — a Victorian Andrea del Sarto of sorts whose reach rarely exceeded his considerable artistic grasp. A new exhibition of Sargent’s work and the accompanying catalogues argue that he was much more than a painter of pretty faces. Instead, the exhibition Sargent: Portraits of Artists and Friends and catalogues challenge us to see Sargent’s omnivorous mind, which swallowed up nascent modernist movements not just in painting, but also in literature, music, and theater. Sargent the omnivore’s dilemma thus lies in being too many things at once and tasking us to multitask with him.
Elon Musk is the ambitious founder and CEO of SpaceX, a private company that has won more launch contracts than anyone else in the launch business. In this lesson excerpt, Musk explains his approach to innovation in the space race. The full lesson, available on Big Think+, offers strategies for identifying an industry worthy of disruption.
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The value locked away inside asteroids is enough to raise the world economic ceiling to unbelievable heights.
The Tesla CEO’s tweets are capable of generating hashtags, memes, and even temporary spikes in the price of company shares.
New word tools can sometimes avoid old confusions. Let’s use “praxotype,” “cognotype,” and “technomorphic” to see human nature more accurately. Especially to see that we’re the least genetically constrained species ever.
Using long-range iris-scanning technology, your identity can be determined from across the room with extremely high accuracy — as high as someone taking your fingerprints.
Google and Fidelity, an international investment firm, will invest $1 billion in Space X in an effort to extend the reach of Google’s Internet services and mapping imagery literally into outer space.
After a successful launch of a Dragon spacecraft this morning, SpaceX attempted to land its reusable Falcon 9 rocket on a sea platform but ran out of fuel prior to touchdown.
Journalists often hype the most alarming aspects of the news. In the process, they sometimes create and reinforce common fears that far exceed the actual danger.
The scattered toponyms that delight us by their unvarnished expression of downheartedness, defeat and despond.
Today is our National Day of Prayer, emphasis on “our” and “National,” meaning freedom is the prevailing principle through which to approach our discussions (and Internet comments).
A NASA-ESA joint discovery confirms held beliefs about the nature of X-ray-emitting winds that emanate from supermassive black holes.