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Map showing a pink route line from Lagos, Nigeria to Singapore, crossing Europe and Asia. Lagos and Singapore are labeled with bold text and marked with colored dots.
Strange Maps
The world’s longest train journey is epic — but nobody’s ever taken it
Can you travel by rail from Portugal all the way to Singapore? In theory, yes. In practice? Not so much.
Frank Jacobs
A group of armored men, some gesturing and talking with an air of positivity, gather around a seated figure wearing a laurel wreath and colorful robes; other figures and draped fabric appear in the background.
Business
CEO masterclass: 3 ways to burst the “positivity delusion”
Andreessen Horowitz cofounder Ben Horowitz thought that “blowing sunshine” was the right way to handle pressure — here’s how he corrected his mistake.
Ben Horowitz
A dense field of stars and galaxies is visible against a black background, with some bright stars showing lens flares.
Starts With A Bang
JWST’s most ambitious view is now available to everyone
The COSMOS-Web survey is now complete, combining JWST and Hubble infrared data. Its spectacular views show us the Universe as never before.
Ethan Siegel
Mini Philosophy
Lessons from the Roman Empire about the danger of luxury
Are we enslaved by the finer things in life?
Jonny Thomson
A colorful abstract painting is centered over a black-and-white collage of old newspaper clippings featuring portraits and articles.
Smart Skills
The creativity hack no one told you about: Read the obits
Reading obituaries can boost creativity by exposing you to distant ideas, fueling the associations that lead to unexpected breakthroughs.
Keith Sawyer
A man in a suit sits on a chair against a white backdrop, with illustrated green skyscrapers, solar panels, and trees in the background.
1hr 17mins
Full Interview
A liberal critique of liberalism: What needs to change
"The disease is the fact that liberalism, which used to be an ideology of building, has become an ideology of blocking."
Derek Thompson
Visualization of a section through the large-scale structure of the universe highlighting cosmic web patterns and distributions.
Starts With A Bang
Ask Ethan: Is dark energy just leftover momentum from the Big Bang?
Since 1998, we've known our Universe isn't just expanding, but the expansion is accelerating. Could the Big Bang itself be the reason why?
Ethan Siegel
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