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Big Think guest writer Rory Stewart — former UK Secretary of State for International Development and co-host of The Rest Is Politics podcast — made a profound discovery about leadership while working with GiveDirectly.

From size to mass to density and more, each world in our Solar System is unique. When we compare them, the results are truly shocking.

What are we supposed to do when experts look at the same data yet reach starkly different conclusions?

More accurate uncertainty estimates could help users decide about how and when to use machine-learning models in the real world.

Today, the Large Hadron Collider is the most powerful particle physics experiment in history. What would a new, successor collider teach us?

The lithium-ion alternatives could help create a safer, greener future.

"I know what you're thinking" can sound kind or creepy — depending on who's saying it.

“Say what you want to say, and not what you feel.” Harvard happiness professor explains ‘metacognition’ techniques so you can grow your emotional intelligence:

Dark matter's hallmark is that it gravitates, but shows no sign of interacting under any other force. Does that mean we'll never detect it?

A recent paper in the journal Physical Review Letters claims to prove that a "kugelblitz" is not possible.

Peaking on the night of August 11/12, up to 100 bright meteors per hour will be visible. Here's how to make the most of it.

The idea of awarding legal personhood to nature has received renewed attention in the contemporary environmental justice movement, but much contention remains.

Quibi was so focused on foresight they forgot the basics of hindsight.

Four startup founders explain how to derive lessons from the past while still looking ahead to what’s possible.

After almost a century in print, "How to Win Friends and Influence People" still has lessons to teach us.

The Danish philosopher's simple paradox — living forwards while looking backwards — can be translated into golden business insights.

Hindsight can cloud our predictive abilities but big data can de-mist forecasting — now AI is sharpening that focus.

The rise and fall of Josh Harris — the genius who anticipated the digital revolution just a little too soon.

AI researcher and author Ken Stanley wonders how our rear-view perspective on success fits into a serendipitous mode of innovation.

Carving out time for useful reflection is among the most valuable of leadership disciplines, explains “questionologist” Warren Berger.