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Chess can teach you important life skills, like learning how to deal with failure—and so can wine.
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Is the idea of an invisibility cloak pure science fiction? Don’t bet against the cleverness of the scientists and engineers of the future.
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With the ramping down of the space shuttle, and the beginning of a new space race driven by the private sector, it’s a brave new world.
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Apple anticipates where the market will be heading, as opposed to simply reacting to where the market is already going.
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Humans evolved the art of storytelling to protect them from animals higher in the food chain, says the master raconteur. Here, he teaches you how to be a predator, not […]
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Ever mistake your mother for an alien or think that your body was a rotting corpse? Assuming the answer is no, thank your lucky stars that you don’t have one […]
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Unless technology “offers a deeper meaning into your heart, into your soul, a deeper purposefulness, it’ll be vestigial, it’ll be gone,” says the film exec.
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Peter Guber describes how Michael Jackson taught him a lesson on storytelling using a mouse and his Boa Constrictor “Muscles.”
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The legendary producer describes watching Nelson Mandela open the hearts of a group of wealthy and hardened business people.
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Whether asking for a raise or pitching an idea, “emotionalizing” your case helps people metabolize the information of your argument.
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Within 10 years, everyone will have a digital copy of their genome for just $1000, and by comparing millions of these codes, we may find the cure for aging and […]
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Attempting to explain quantum theory, physicist Erwin Schrodinger proposed an experiment almost 80 years ago that would send PETA into a frenzy.
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The post-Napoleonic 1814 meeting of Europe’s heads of state provides a case study of exploiting divisions among your opponents during any sort of negotiation.
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In 1803 the U.S. negotiated probably the best real estate deal in history, taking advantage of Napoleon’s need for cash to fund his European expansion.
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This Big Think special series looks at what taste actually is—from both a scientific and sociological perspective—and why it is that we find some tastes so appealing and others disgusting.
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Most leaders fail by not knowing what their employees’ real raw talents are; they should invest most time to finding out and developing a person’s god-given gifts.
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Lionel Jensen, Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures, addresses the claim that Chinese currency manipulation is at the heart of America’s fiscal woes.
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Scott Appleby, Professor of History at Notre Dame, identifies the causes of anti-Muslim sentiment in the US as follows: misinformation, the economy, and crises.
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Michael Desch, Professor of Political Science at Notre Dame, speaks to the importance of the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process to America’s national security interests.