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The astrophotographer Juan Carlos Casado has estimated there are 50 meteors visible in this composite image of the Geminids meteor shower.

Kirk Johnson delivers a complete history of life on Earth in 3 minutes.

This drone, which weighs just 20 grams, can avoid obstacles without human guidance.

Neutrino physicists are ready and waiting, hoping that one of these days a supernova will explode somewhere in our galaxy, the Milky Way.

Bach was not simply a compliant servant of the clergy of the church but expressed his own views as to how the Christian doctrine appealed to him and also how […]

The switch to next generation DNA sequencing has drastically reduced the price of human genome sequencing over the past decade from near a billion dollars to just a few thousand.

“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.” ― Jane Austen

The extent to which human beings are willing to be duped by computers is already very large.  

There are 4,200 religions in the world, each of them believing they’re absolutely correct and everyone should follow their views. 

James Bond is probably one of the most nailed down, functional, psychopaths that there is.

“Nothing in the world can one imagine beforehand, not the least thing, everything is made up of so many unique particulars that cannot be foreseen.” ― Nostradamus (born on this date in 1503, we think)

Jeff Walker: The teacher is the individual who I can associate with, who I want to track over time and who I will connect to.

Your computer will be an assistant that helps you through the day, will answer your questions before you ask them or even before you realize you have a question

The image above depicts skyscrapers in the Canary Wharf business district of east London poking out as much of the rest of the city is shrouded in fog on December 11, 2013. The photo was taken by the London Metropolitan Police. 

The question remains as to whether the bright spot seen moving away from the sun was simply debris, or whether a small nucleus of the original ball of ice was still there.

“It’s funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they’ll do practically anything you want them to.” ― J.D. Salinger

“A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition.” ― Rudyard Kipling (born on this date in 1865)

“Quotations are useful in periods of ignorance or obscurantist beliefs.” ― Guy Debord (born on this date in 1931)

Warning: this video might drive you a little bit nuts. Even after you realize that it is messing with your head, the optical illusion in the video will continue to convince you to believe that two squares are identical. What a reminder of how easily we are fooled!

“The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven..” ― John Milton

So we need to stop thinking about a waste water stream as pure waste and look at it as an asset.

Physicists trying to develop a quantum theory of gravity have found that they needed to dust off the “many worlds interpretation” and apply it to their theories in order to make them work out.  

Ray Kurzweil is the author of the book How to Create a Mind. The first question we have for him is “why create a mind?”

Upon moving to Los Angeles two years ago last month, I was surprised by how few drivers use turn signals. For a city literally built around the car, it continually […]

When large organizations bring in creative people they often want the outputs or the products of creative people, but are intolerant of the way the creative people operate.

The issue is learning the best questions to ask and learning how to interact once you have the knowledge to create new knowledge.

The Google Glass opens up new doors for technological and social interactions, but in an era where instant fact checking is possible, will Google Glass enable us to remain honest […]

Astronomers at the Very Large Telescope(VLT) in Chile are using this laser to measure the distortions of Earth’s ever changing atmosphere. 

Entrepreneurs are people who have dreams that go far beyond currently available resources. Managers bring discipline. Leaders get organizations to look for new commitments.

Nitin Nohria: The best organizations allow human beings to acquire things that they value, to feel like a part of a team, to make sure the work they are doing is meaningful and that they have ways of defending their interests.