Andrew Markell — philosopher, martial artist, and CEO advisor — argues that true endurance comes from desire, ritual, and learning to evolve through chaos.

From neuroscience to philosophy, experts reveal why compassion may be the most important human skill we have.

“There would be something very, very empty and meaningless about [a] sort of life with no problems.”

Physicist Daniel Whiteson challenges the notion that all intelligent species would eventually uncover the same laws of nature. Do you agree?

Reading classic books can teach you as much about the present as the past.

Everywhere we turn, we’re surrounded by polished images of how life should look, and even though we know perfection isn’t real, this can leave us feeling stuck. In this class, Oliver Burkeman invites us to see through that illusion and embrace our limitations, revealing a more grounded path to productivity that actually works for real, imperfect people.

“The idea is that we move from a place of wanting the world to conform to what we like [towards] not needing other people to be different from who they are.”

Why the most enduring organizations stop chasing trends and start designing systems that prioritize people over processes.

Wales shares with Big Think his thoughts about the future of media, the promise of AI, and our need to build a culture on trust.

A look at how criminals are using unrestricted chatbots and how cyber defenders are fighting back.

For 13.8 billion years, the Universe has been expanding. But that couldn't have been the case for an eternity, and science has proven it.

Natural navigator Tristan Gooley joins us to discuss the philosophy of reading nature’s hidden clues — and how relearning this ancient skill can help us see the world, and ourselves, with greater awareness.

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

Dark matter has never been directly detected, but the astronomical evidence for its existence is overwhelming. Here's what to know.

It's not just about the home; it's about everything.

Philosophy asks if free will is real. Neuroscience reveals why the answer is more complicated than we expected.

In this excerpt from "One Hand Clapping," Nikolay Kukushkin makes the case that neurons reveal how memory, meaning, and even consciousness emerge from the same biological roots in humans, sea slugs, and beyond.

Red dwarfs are the Universe's most common star type. Their flaring now makes potentially Earth-like worlds uninhabitable, but just you wait.

It's time to write the human genome, argues microbiologist Andrew Hessel.

When making any tough decision, the key is not to be overly exploratory or exploitative.