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Do you remember where you were when you first heard of this thing called the Internet? Do you remember how this technology—email, search engines—gradually took over your life, or perhaps […]
There has been a lot of attention in recent years on flow—complete absorption in a task that it almost seems effortless. The modern pursuit of flow—how to achieve it, how […]
"Deliberation is the function of many; action is the function of one." - Charles de Gaulle
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
Are champions born or are they made? Science still cannot settle that debate. But one thing is clear: Certain brain injuries can produce super geniuses. This is not an invitation […]
As technology continues to shift, what will employees look for in their job candidates and how can education best prepare tomorrow’s workforce? At the Global Education & Skills Forum, Big […]
What do you see in this photograph? A Pac-Man with a tail gobbling up stars in the galaxy? NASA published this image of CG4, a ruptured cometary globule, which, in […]
"A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge."
- George R.R. Martin
"Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold."
- Zelda Fitzgerald
“This common household object can kill you. Which one is it? Find out at eleven,” says the local news anchor promoting his show. This is an old joke. But the […]
Just 1,400 light-years away, among all the dust of a crowded star forming region, is the Flame Nebula. NASA released this image on Saturday, and explains on its site how the […]
Stephen Dubner on the strategy lessons of his latest book Think Like a Freak.
Editor’s Note: This article was provided by our partner, RealClearScience. One of America’s greatest tragedies is curiously absent from most U.S. history textbooks. On May 31, 1889, the South Fork […]
What’s being hyped up as possibly “the best meteor shower of the year” is taking place on May 24th across the sky of the northern hemisphere. Perhaps to build anticipation, […]
Psychopaths make up 1 to 2 percent of the American population. That’s around 6,278,000 psychopaths who live among us and use intimidation and manipulation to lord over others. In any […]
Shark Tank investor Barbara Corcoran shares her strategy for systematically firing salespeople. Her latest book is Shark Tales: How I Turned $1,000 into a Billion Dollar Business. Barbara is Co-Founder of Barbara Corcoran Venture Partners.
“Good Artists Copy. Great Artists Steal.” Pablo Picasso said that. Or did he? Steve Jobs seemed to think so. In 1988, the Sydney Morning Herald quoted Jobs as using Picasso’s […]
“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.” – Albert Camus
The astronomers at NASA certainly enjoy their jobs, especially when they can give distant galaxies funny names. Today NASA released this photo of “the Hamburger Galaxy.” It must have been […]