Starts With A Bang — February 23, 2018

Limited Offer: Join Me On An All-Inclusive AstroTour Of Iceland!

Okay, this is an incredible and rare opportunity, but I’m so pleased to announce that next January, from the 18th-24th, 2019, I’ll be leading an exclusive AstroTour of Iceland!

We’ll hit highlights like geothermal fields, waterfalls, active volcanoes, the famous rift valley and Blue Lagoon, but the biggest highlights will come at night! We’re going to go aurora hunting, enjoying the thrilling sights and stories of the night sky, and on the 21st, we’ll be treated to a total lunar eclipse in the hours before sunrise!

Best of all, you’ll get to have exclusive access to me, Ethan Siegel, as we talk about life, the Universe, and everything! Seats are limited and the tour will sell out, so start planning now. I can’t wait to see you there!

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Thinking

The great free will debate featuring Michio Kaku and Steven Pinker

Who — or what — really controls your mind?

Building destroyed by the Halifax Explosion. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.

The Past

The largest accidental explosion of all time

More than a century ago, Halifax suffered an accidental blast one-fifth the size of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

a collage of photos of a man with a hat and a book.

High Culture

6 great books with wildly unreliable narrators

Dive into the twisted truths and concealed realities told by literature's most unreliable narrators.

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The Well

Signs you’re burned out — and how to bounce back

If you don’t feel better after the weekend, the “burnout paradox” could explain why.

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Laurie Santos

Starts With A Bang

The trick to instantly identifying JWST images

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