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Amir Husain

Amir Husain is an entrepreneur, AI technologist, and the author of four books including The Cybernetic Society.

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Starts With A Bang

Hubble completes the largest galactic mosaic of all-time

The full extent of the Andromeda galaxy, the nearest large galaxy to our own, has been entirely imaged with Hubble’s exquisite cameras.

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Thinking

The “Rule of Saint Benedict”: A medieval blueprint for modern time management

Oliver Burkeman — author of “Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals” — tells Big Think about modern life lessons from a 6th-century monk.

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Business

Do you try to avoid your boss? For Isaiah Berlin that’s a big problem

Leadership evasion might seem like a plan for workplace freedom but it isn’t a good thing — it’s a denial of opportunity.

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Asad Husain

Asad Husain is a strategic HR leader and the author of Careers Unleashed: Unlock Your Potential For Extraordinary Career Success.

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Health

Capsaicin: Could the compound that gives chili peppers their heat treat diabetes and obesity?

Capsaicin is already used to treat nerve pain. Early research hints it could do more.

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Thinking

We asked Big Thinkers: “Is there life after death?” Here’s what they said.

Will you die when your body dies?

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The Past

In medieval Ireland, ships sailed across the sky

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a medieval airship!

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The Past

Mansa Musa and the mythical African king who may (or may not) have sailed to the Americas

Mansa Musa, perhaps history’s richest man, claims he ascended the throne of Mali after his predecessor sailed west and never came back. Could he have made it to the New World?

Strange Maps

The Viking woman who sailed to America and walked to Rome

The amazing life of “Gudrid the Far-Traveled” was unjustly overshadowed by her in-laws, Erik the Red and Leif Erikson.

Thinking

The secret philosophy of cultivating a bonsai tree

To be successful at bonsai cultivation, you must acquire the perseverance and unconditional kindness normally reserved for devout monks.

The Past

The strange case of Benedetta Carlini: how the Catholic Church investigated fraudulent saints

“Immodest Acts” tells the story of Benedetta Carlini, a lesbian nun who claimed to be a mystic visionary but failed to convince the leaders of her faith.

The Past

“Once-in-a-lifetime” Roman mosaics found in South London

In the shadow of the Shard, the mosaics help paint a picture of Roman London.

Sai Gaddam

Sai Gaddam is an entrepreneur and a computational neuroscientist by training. He previously co-authored A Billion Wicked Thoughts, an internationally acclaimed science non-fiction book about sexual desire and what the[…]

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Strange Maps

Mormon geography: why some Latter-day Saints are digging for a ‘lost city’ in southeastern Iowa

Using the Book of Mormon as a sacred but ambiguous atlas, the Latter-day Saints have been looking for the lost city of Zarahemla for decades.

The Past

You’ve just been declared a patron saint by the Catholic Church. What’s next?

When Saint Ambrose of Milan was venerated, his life became public property, its meaning expanding with the unique interpretations of each new generation.