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Research suggests curiosity triggers parts of the brain associated with anticipation, making answers more rewarding once discovered.
Want to get ahead? The best leaders are always humble, proactive and — above all — curious, advises Merlin CEO Jeremy Sirota.
A perfect map is as useless as it is impossible to create.
Without authenticity, curiosity, and risk-taking we get stuck in the mud — here’s how to make space for resilient progress.
When high-anxiety situations arise in the workplace, we tend to react by fighting, fleeing, freezing, or fawning — but there’s a hidden fifth option.
Joe Betts-LaCroix — co-founder and CEO of Retro Biosciences — talks to Big Think about invention, authenticity, and Sam Altman’s “art of the startup.”
There are so many problems, all across planet Earth, that harm and threaten humanity. Why invest in researching the Universe?
Some physicists are besot with the multiverse, but if we can't detect these other universes, how seriously should we take them?
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Pathologically busy people clamoring for happiness. Founder of HATCH Monica Parker explains how we can do so much better than that.
Save and group content to support your unique learning programs
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He revolutionized hospitality, twice. Chip Conley shares his secrets to being able to evolve in an ever-changing world.
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Kmele talked with a planetary scientist, a physicist, and a futurist, to understand how visionaries across disciplines are thinking about the future of our planet and humankind.
By supplementing the "principle of marginal gains” with these practical steps, you’ll be well equipped for the journey towards excellence.
Visionaries from Socrates to Steve Jobs have touted curiosity as an essential quality. Here’s how to supercharge your spirit of inquiry.
American students are being compelled to specialize earlier and earlier. Here's what it takes to build a successful physics foundation.
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People are having less sex than ever. 3 experts explain the keys to maintaining a passionate relationship.
Despite a reputation for catastrophe and cat killings, curiosity is a beneficial drive that improves our lives and well-being.
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Forget AI. Gene editing is still our most powerful — and dangerous — technology.
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Asking the wrong questions can hold you back. Natalie Nixon explains how to ask divergent questions to become a great thinker.
The curiosity of children is a national resource. Adults destroy it.
We bake pies for Pi Day, so why not celebrate other mathematical achievements.
Social media has made yelling past each other all the easier.
The right questions are those sparked from the joy of discovery.
From honing the art of perception to checking cognitive biases, here are a few techniques employees can learn in critical thinking training.
Our understanding always will remain incomplete.
Like his "Mona Lisa," Leonardo da Vinci's "Lady with an Ermine" depicts a woman in a way that flouted the conventions of its time.
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The futurist behind Minority Report explains 3 steps for predicting what comes next.
“The more we understand ourselves and the universe, the more magnificent it is.”
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Some scientists see religion as a threat to the scientific method that should be resisted. But faith "is really asking a different set of questions," says Collins.
John Templeton Foundation
Science and the sacred both allow us to retain our sense of wonder, even as disaster seems to swirl around us.