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Rubin joins Big Think for a chat about her one-minute rule, why self-knowledge is key to a good life, and more.
Resembling a cosmic brain, the Exposed Cranium Nebula instead shows a dying, massive star, as JWST reveals. Its fate remains uncertain.
What goes up into low-Earth orbit will eventually come down, bringing huge consequences with it. Be informed, not surprised!
Today’s AI is built to respond. The future belongs to proactive systems.
In traveling through the expanding Universe, particles slow down while light and gravitational waves redshift. What degrades and what won't?
In this excerpt from Separation of Powers, Cass Sunstein explains how the U.S. Constitution prevents such a concentration of authority from turning democracy into despotism.
Smashing things together at unprecedented energies sounds dangerous. But it's nothing the Universe hasn't already seen, and survived.
Your real competitive edge isn’t how smart you are — it’s how quickly you can reinvent yourself when the rules change.
No civilization, no matter how successful, can last forever. What does the non-detection of intelligent aliens mean for our own longevity?
Throughout history, the ability to tell increasingly believable stories has become available to more people. Kevin Ashton says that’s a blessing and a curse.
The discovery of CDG-2, a galaxy that's more than 99.9% dark matter, could reveal a new population of ultra-faint galaxies. But is it real?
When people born blind gain sight, the hardest part isn’t opening their eyes — it’s teaching the brain how to see.
The quiet transfer of human agency in the age of artificial intelligence.
No human has ever left the Solar System, and only six already-launched spacecraft will ever exit it. Will Voyager 1 remain the most distant?
Quantum entanglement links information between particles across space and time. So what happens when one of them falls into a black hole?
Philosopher Sven Nyholm on reclaiming achievement from the machines.
In this excerpt from Wired on Wall Street, Tom Hardin (aka "Tipper X") shares how he began gathering intelligence on insider trading for the FBI.
Forget about the terawatt lasers we're making on Earth. The Universe makes natural ones thousands of times more powerful than the Sun.
Ambition. Descent. Wisdom.