Surprising Science — March 31, 2014

Michio Kaku Contemplates the Universe

Working at Big Think, we’re often asked, what’s it like to interview Dr. Michio Kaku? The Big Think expert and author of The Future of the Mind is a rock star of theoretical physics. And we’re privileged to share his thoughts on everything from your brain on a laser beam to alien intelligence.

Here we share with you, dear reader, a rare glimpse of Dr. Kaku contemplating the universe:

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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

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

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