There may be a fundamental reason why time travel, backwards, is impossible. We’ve all had the dream of traveling back in time. Whether there’s a wrong we want to right, […]
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The end of the year is nearly here, and all throughout the nation employees are beginning their holiday celebrations.. For many, the holidays are a chance to sit back, relax, […]
Why do great minds argue for positions we find repulsive? Today, we find out why Robert Nozick was a libertarian.
A Clinton Global Initiative event at Northeastern University highlights the work of its alums.
… and also the return of the (mini) Mac.
New privacy tools and transparency are all part of continuing changes to the largest social network in the world.
On the first episode of The Portal, Eric Weinstein and Peter Thiel discuss the future of education.
Nothing is 100% safe or 100% effective, but vaccine-hesitancy is even worse. It’s one of the most important decisions you’ll ever make in your life: do I vaccinate my child, and […]
The buildings of the future will be fluid, impermanent, and in constant transformation. But will human nature catch up?
Learn how to present your idea to impact investors.
Spontaneous talk on surprise topics. Geneticist Jennifer Doudna on the profound implications of her CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technology for the future of humanity.
In our modern, increasingly globalized world, organizations both large and small are being tasked with managing ever more diverse workforces. As our understanding of diversity evolves, we see it in […]
Spontaneous talk on surprise topics. Authors Neal Stephenson & Nicole Galland on blurring the lines between science and magic.
We don’t have to stop inquiring or wondering about the far-flung vistas of reality, we just need to do it with some good old-fashioned logic.
Blame our ancestors for why it’s easier to be a couch potato.
With 2017 entering its final quarter, many organizations are rushing to prepare for the new year. Getting a solid plan in place for the upcoming year can make an enormous […]
An anthropologist and a theologian walk into a room. The punchline is wise and wonderful.
Are déjà vu and the Mandela Effect related? A theory by physicist Michio Kaku may help explain.
If you want to avoid conversation dead ends, remember to “turn” the conversation more than you “take it,” says entrepreneur and author Andrew Horn.
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Most of those who try to sneak stuff onboard succeed.
It’s been over 100 years since Einstein, and over 300 since Newton. We’ve still got a long way to go. From measuring how objects fall on Earth to observing the motion […]
The nightmare scenario of no new particles or interactions at the LHC is coming true. And it might be our own fault. Over at the Large Hadron Collider, protons simultaneously circle […]
What causes the urban-rural cultural divide? According to this author, its how we view our communities.
Tickets are on sale to view the launch of SpaceX’s largest rocket, the Falcon Heavy, which carries with it humanity’s ambition to land astronauts on the surface of Mars.
Elastic thinking is what endows us with the ability to solve novel problems and to overcome the neural and psychological barriers that can impede us from looking beyond the existing order.
How psilocybin evolved has more to do with sending insects on terrifying trips than it does making Phish sound good.
For perhaps 100 million years, there were no stars in the Universe. What was it like then? The earliest stages of the Universe were extraordinarily eventful in bringing us about. Cosmic […]
Strong performance has an enormous impact on an organization’s viability — it boils down to a team of highly effective, dedicated workers who can complete tasks quickly and efficiently.
This is an extremely rare find; only three similar fossils have been found in the world.