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Image split in half: left side shows a woolly mammoth in a natural landscape; right side shows an illustrated mammoth skeleton on a yellow background.
Dreams of resurrecting lost species didn’t start in Hollywood or Silicon Valley.
A woman with a transparent, cloud-filled silhouette sits in profile on a wooden chair against a cloudy sky background, capturing the quiet wonders of daydreaming.
Neuroscience supports the notion that mindfulness and meditation should become essential assets in our workspaces.
entanglement across space
If all massive objects emit Hawking radiation, not just black holes alone, then everything is unstable, even the Universe. Can that be true?
A man with short dark hair, glasses, and a goatee, wearing a blue jacket over a light shirt, stands in front of a beige, textured background.
The "Doctor Strange" director says mystery shifts your worldview — "not in a metaphorical sense, but in a deeply experiential one."
Black and white portrait of David Aaker, an older man in a suit and glasses, centered between artistic backgrounds of a handshake, grid, and abstract curved lines.
The marketing guru outlines the current state of brand-building — and highlights four outstanding opportunities for the immediate future.
Two bright, irregularly shaped nebula clouds with blue, purple, and pink gases dominate the dark space background, where dazzling stars twinkle—reminding us that in space, appearances can deceive.
There's an old saying that "what you see is what you get." When it comes to the Universe, however, there's often more to the full story.
An old black and white photo showing a man smoking a cigarette.
If you feel like you're missing out on something bigger, you might be feeling saṃvega.
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1hr 19mins
“We don't have enough knowledge to precisely calculate what is going to happen, and so we assign probabilities to it, which reflects our ignorance of the situation.”
A man sits with his head resting on his hand, surrounded by crossed-out words like "nonsense," "babble," and "rubbish" in red text.
A thesaurus isn’t for finding fancy words; it’s a resource to help you keep your rhythm.
Collage with a steam locomotive, a globe with a syringe, and train tracks sparks curiosity, overlaid by the text "The Nightcrawler" on a dark grid background.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
A silhouette of a person seated with blurred movement in the background and large text reading "KNOW YOUR EXIT" on the right.
18mins
“The fear of panic has killed more people than most disasters themselves.”
mars
The surface and atmosphere is colored by ferric oxides. Beneath a very thin layer, mere millimeters deep in places, it's not red anymore.
Silhouette of a person with a backpack looking at a phone or book, filled with a galaxy pattern, on a light, swirling background.
In the tears and laughter of a single life, you find the grief and joy of humanity.
A digital illustration of a brain, composed of circuit-like lines, appears against a black background filled with white dots resembling stars.
"Nobody expects a computer simulation of a hurricane to generate real wind and real rain," writes neuroscientist Anil Seth.
A deflated basketball lies on rough, textured ground.
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“The voice in your head is not you. You are listening to that voice. It’s a heckler, trying to make you feel bad.”
Abstract illustration of a figure reaching for a yellow sphere on the left, with colored overlapping circles and concentric arcs—evoking themes of physics and consciousness—set against a vibrant multicolored gradient background.
Many, from neuroscientists to philosophers to anesthesiologists, have claimed to understand consciousness. Do physicists? Does anyone?
David Perell, in a short-sleeve white shirt, sits in front of a blurred background with plants, looking slightly to the side.
You no longer need an army of followers to stand out as a writer — “one great piece is all it takes,” says Perell.
Book cover for "Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global" by Laura Spinney, featuring contour lines on a beige background, explores the journey of this killer language that reshaped communication worldwide.
English could settle into a state of "diglossia" where a gulf exists between the written form and its spoken varieties, but the two are bound into a single tongue.
Silhouette of a person with the words "you matter" overlaid in large, bold letters on a dark background with abstract white lines, inspiring team esteem.
Harness the power of “respectful engagement” to make sure everyone in your team feels like they matter.