Words of Wisdom — April 11, 2014 Carl Sagan on Your Brain bigthinkeditor Copy a link to the article entitled http://Carl%20Sagan%20on%20Your%20Brain Share Carl Sagan on Your Brain on Facebook Share Carl Sagan on Your Brain on Twitter (X) Share Carl Sagan on Your Brain on LinkedIn “The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.” – Carl Sagan
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.
Documenting China’s Fake Case Against Ai Weiwei “You criticize them too much. If this was 1957 they would have killed you already,” Chinese artist Ai Weiwei’s worried mother tells him in a new documentary titled Ai Weiwei: […]