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Josh Kaufman — best-selling author of entrepreneurial classic "The Personal MBA" — explores an essential truth about all decision-making.
Big Think asks startup legend and VC heavyweight Ben Horowitz to reflect on his bestseller "The Hard Thing About Hard Things."
Earth, the only rocky planet with a large, massive satellite, is greatly affected by the Moon. Destroying it would cause 7 major changes.
Could exercise be more effective than recently approved drugs?
A-list lessons for better work-life collaboration — direct from the movie set.
Everyone has to learn about sex somehow. Today, billions of people are learning about it from porn.
Going against the grain is often difficult — but necessary for outperformance over the long-term.
Straddling the bounds of science and religion, Newton wondered who set the planets in motion. Astrophysics reveals the answer.
In the 1970s, James Lovelock proposed that the biosphere was not just green scruff quivering on Earth's surface. Instead, it managed to take over the geospheres.
When caught between the urge for wholesale change and fear of stasis, the best approach is to take it easy.
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“The physics of the universe doesn't predict the emergence of biology.” Glasgow chemist Lee Cronin explains how inanimate matter becomes evolutionary:
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90’s kids know him from All That, Kenan & Kel, and Good Burger. This is Kel Mitchell, who sat down with us to share how he persevered through some of the hardest moments of his life.
Unlikely Collaborators
How do normal matter and dark matter separate by so much when galaxy clusters collide? Astronomers find the surprising, unexpected answer.
“The brain is never the same from one moment to the next throughout life. Never ever.”
Such discoveries help researchers better understand the development of molecular complexity in space during star formation.
And, more importantly, what’s being done to get them online?
What you can learn about media by parodying it from the print era into the digital age.
There's a fine line between ambition and ruthlessness.
You will need determination, humility, and courage if you are to master anything.
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“It’s remarkable how weak the correlation between success and intelligence is.” Here’s what skills do matter, from 3 business experts.