Surprising Science — March 12, 2014 The Accidental Universe bigthinkeditor Copy a link to the article entitled http://The%20Accidental%20Universe Share The Accidental Universe on Facebook Share The Accidental Universe on Twitter (X) Share The Accidental Universe on LinkedIn Alan Lightman on whether our universe may be an accident.
Thinking The great free will debate featuring Michio Kaku and Steven Pinker Who — or what — really controls your mind?
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.
High Culture 6 great books with wildly unreliable narrators Dive into the twisted truths and concealed realities told by literature’s most unreliable narrators.
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. ▸ 7 min — with Laurie Santos
Starts With A Bang The trick to instantly identifying JWST images If you can identify a foreground star, the spike patterns are a dead giveaway as to whether it’s a JWST image or any other observatory.
“Lord of the Flies,” Still Haunting at 60 On the 60th anniversary of its publication, Lord of the Flies continues to be a valuable literary and cultural reference point and, more surprisingly, an instructive manual about contemporary political life—and its liabilities.