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Philosophy
Examine life’s biggest questions, from ethics to existence, with curiosity and critical thinking.
Inside my study of the world’s oldest companies
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
12 min
Michio Kaku: Why we don’t even rank on the Kardashev scale
"We're stuck at type zero. But what would it take to move between universes? What would it take to enter a black hole? What would it take to break the light barrier?"
The Sun is fainter than the Moon, at least in gamma-rays
Across all wavelengths of light, the Sun is brighter than the Moon. Until we went to the highest energies and saw a gamma-ray surprise.
7 min
How our expectations shape what we see, hear, and feel
A neuroscientist, a psychologist, and a psychotherapist discuss how emotions are stories built from old experiences.
Unlikely Collaborators
NASA to needlessly kill Juno mission to Jupiter this month
The Juno spacecraft, orbiting and imaging Jupiter since 2016, is still succeeding. Without a further extension, the mission now faces death.
Africa wants its true size on the world map
The African Union argues that the Mercator projection distorts the continent, both in size and global attention.