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For this week’s installment of What Went Wrong?, we bring you the media perspective from Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times columnist and author of “Too Big To Fail,” and […]
Prof. Paul Krugman, Bank Nationalization! Never!
In the Embers series, historian M.G. Sheftall shares the stories of Hiroshima and Nagasaki’s last survivors and reveals why their testimony must endure.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
In a world of rising cynicism, a celebration of our capacity to create, adapt, and thrive.
The midwest is particularly filled with them.
A sober look at a wild conspiracy theory that argues the Middle Ages never happened.
These astounding inventions show that civilizations of the past were a lot more advanced than we might have thought.
The young and healthy were not just as likely to die as the old and frail, according to a new analysis.
From unexplained tracks in a balloon-borne experiment to cosmic rays on Earth, the unstable muon was particle physics' biggest surprise.
A classical equivalent to Chanel No. 5.
Psychedelics mess with our prior beliefs, and could help us see what forms these beliefs in the first place.
Did fire change the development of the human brain?
Despite being called the "dismal science," economics impacts our lives every day. Here, we look at seven of the greatest economists in history.
An interactive “globe of notability” shows the curious correspondences and the strange landscape of global fame.
Mathematics and religion both embody awe-inspiring, eternal truths.
John Templeton Foundation
Studies show that feelings of ease and comfort in a given situation are tied to feelings of authenticity.
Frank Slater’s book "Practical Portrait Painting" reveals the secrets of masters old and new, from Leonardo da Vinci to Augustus John.
Take a look at the Times Square Totem, the Trafalgar Square Pyramid, and other landmarks that were never built.
Politics, meet sports.
This map shows that the territories discovered by Europeans add up to an area no bigger than Utah.
A 5,300-year-old mummy teaches us the global history of tattoos.
Even with all the recent impacts we've seen, it might be more "foe" than "friend" to us.
Despite Betelgeuse’s recent faintening and brightening, I’d bet on these stars instead. Betelgeuse, a nearby red supergiant, will someday explode. The black hole at the center of the Milky Way should […]
Science was never the same after meeting ‘the particle who lived.’ Back in the early 1930s, there were only a few known fundamental particles that made up the Universe. If you […]
And after years of mystery, we finally know where they come from. Here on Earth, thunderstorms and accompanying lightning strikes represent tremendous releases of energy. It was way back in 2011 […]
This map of Europe's 20 most populous islands holds a few surprises and unlocks a truckload of trivia.
Map shows oldest buildings for each U.S. state – but also hints at what's missing.
"Our mission is to completely replace the use of animals as a food technology by 2035," said Patrick O. Brown at the 2020 Web Summit.
In our Universe, a left hand reflected in a mirror or pond appears to be a right hand. While most of the laws of nature are symmetric under reflections, obeying […]