curiosity

Play and experimentation are the keys to creativity and innovation.

Here’s how to exercise your curiosity and truly experience the world.

Disagreements should not equal censorship.

Effort-focused exercises often lead to better, more innovative ideas.

Or is “the hidden orientation” more complex than that?

We found 10 video games that kids will love (and they’ll secretly be learning, too).

A new study says curiosity and creativity are computational errors.

Don’t be afraid to have the very experiences you aspire to write about — they will help you write more vividly, and from a genuine place of wonder.

Psychologists discover why people participate in scary attractions.

When he was developing his famous hierarchy of needs, Abraham Maslow cited 9 historical figures that achieved self-actualization.

Does God exist? The answer rests outside the “normal” boundaries of science.

Templeton Prize winner Marcelo Gleiser on knowledge, the endless frontier.

Rote memorization doesn’t cut it for theoretical physicist Michio Kaku. Here’s why.

From deejays to Debussy, it’s all brain food.

He reminds us that meaning is wherever we choose to look.

Have swipes and scrolls replaced deep thinking?

These quick bursts of inspiration will brighten your day in 10 minutes or less.

4 steps to go from nervous wreck to networking master.

There are many ways to posit the fundamental nature of reality.

With his collected letters recently being published, it’s time to revisit this extraordinary thinker.

Here’s the science of black holes, from supermassive monsters to ones the size of ping-pong balls.

Feeling the urge to scare yourself this Halloween? Here are seven important horror films you have to see.

Notice anything different? The biggest ideas of the 21st century just got a makeover.

Have you ever been curious about how curiosity works?

Frank Ostaseski is a Buddhist teacher and leading thinker in end-of-life care. This is what he’s learnt about appreciating life while you have it, and being truly present.

It’s an incredibly exciting time to be alive, especially if you’re an explorer. We may have been to almost every point on the globe, but there is so much left to understand.