Adams was infamously scooped when Neptune was discovered in 1846. His failure wasn’t the end, but a prelude to a world-changing discovery.
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The Persian polymath and philosopher of the Islamic Golden Age teaches us about self-awareness.
Why are we prioritizing completion, rather than actual learning?
By training algorithms on human data, they learn our biases.
Job automation won’t be as bad as we think, so we need to learn how to stop working and prepare so we’re not dragged into the future kicking and screaming.
Big Think’s Jason Gots reviews David McCullough’s 2001 Pulitzer Prize-winning biography John Adams.
In the avalanche of analysis and speculation about Chief Justice Roberts’ stunning decision to side with the Supreme Court’s liberal wing to uphold Obama’s healthcare law, one strain paints Roberts […]
Hemingway wrote of courage as grace under pressure. In Private Acts: The Acrobat Sublime, Harriet Heyman writes of grace under the pressure of gravity and the courage demonstrated by those […]
From acclaimed novels to heretical treatises, sometimes a writer just doesn’t want to put their name on the cover.
Historically, astronomers have often named things creatively, bizarrely, and often inaccurately. But which terms are the most egregious?
The tech world’s fixation on artificial intelligence has spawned beliefs and rituals that resemble religion — complete with digital deities, moral codes, and threats of damnation.
Beyond stars, galaxies, and gravity, studying the fundamental workings of nature reveals widely applicable lessons for learners everywhere.
The electoral reform also known as instant-runoff voting promises bridge-building and broad appeal instead of culture war and gridlock.
The co-founder of Wired magazine shares his insights on how a long-term mindset can shape a brighter, more innovative future.
Why would someone who has spent their entire career following orders become a great leader overnight?
David Novak — the cofounder, and former CEO and chairman, of Yum! Brands — celebrates the benefits of active, lifelong learning.
9 minutes of cruel history may cure the anti-progress delusion.
“Isn’t it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?”
Learning to decode complex communication on Earth may give us a leg up if intelligent life from space makes contact.
From before the Big Bang to Voyager 1, particle physicist Harry Cliff takes us on a whiz-bang tour of the Universe’s evolution.
To solve “addition bias” don’t punish people who subtract — call in the “friction fixers” instead.
A unique combination of DNA and silica is the strongest known material for its density (but you’ll need a lot of it before you can build a suit from it).
Serving as the inspiration for the modern horror classic “The Blair Witch Project,” what does our fascination with this unsolvable mystery tell us about our modern psyche?
Although we still don’t know the question, we know that the answer to life, the Universe, and everything is 42. Here are 5 possibilities.
Memorial day is a time to remember veterans killed in the line of service. These spaceflight heroes deserve to be remembered, too.
His greatest speeches were loaded with empathy.
This collection of learning and development quotes serves as a reminder of the meaning and purpose behind this important work.
We got lucky with our evolutionary history.