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The secret sauce is the real world.
Differences in certain avian and mammalian proteins explain why avian influenza doesn't (typically) infect humans.
Would you be upset if I called you an eggplant?
Don't make the mistake of blindly following quantitative metrics — whether you're helping clients or looking for lunch.
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“Why is it that the quality of our information did not improve over thousands of years? Why is it that very sophisticated societies have been as susceptible as stone age tribes to mass delusion and the rise of destructive ideologies?”
The most common visual depictions of the history of the Universe show the Big Bang as a growing tube with an "ignition" point. Why is that?
Great tidal ranges are relatively rare on a global scale — and can be very deadly to the unsuspecting foreshore walker.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
The fabric of spacetime is four-dimensional, with three for space and only one for time. But wow, time sure is different from space!
"Amid the chaos, he remembered his life being eerily calm as he knew it wasn’t if, but when they would be hacked to pieces. He just kept kicking."
Semyon Dukach — founding partner of VC firm One Way Ventures — adds balance to the founder mode debate.
Could life be widespread throughout the cosmos, in the subsurface oceans of ice-covered worlds? NASA's Europa Clipper mission investigates.
Caption:“At this time in Mars’ history, we think CO2 is everywhere, in every nook and cranny, and water percolating through the rocks is full of CO2 too,” Joshua Murray says.
“The primary way that people make friends is through institutions."
An in-depth interview with astronomer Kelsey Johnson, whose new book, Into the Unknown, explores what remains unknown about the Universe.
"We are not our grandparents. It’s time to start thinking differently," journalist Annie Jacobsen told Big Think.
College degree? Not so much. Employers want teams with a diverse skill set who can adapt to changing industry demands.
There are a number of factors to consider when choosing where to build a telescope. These 3 locations, on their merits, surpass all others.
Man seeking meaningful relationship at the intersection of on-demand empathy and Rule 34.
Plenty of parents feel guilty about wanting to skip playtime, but there's no need.