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A map showing a proposed power transmission route from Darwin, Australia to Singapore, spanning 4,300 km, with sites for electricity supply, battery storage, and solar generation indicated along the route.
Strange Maps
World’s largest solar project will send Australian energy to Singapore
Australia's AAPowerLink boasts three global superlatives: largest solar farm, largest battery, and longest power cable.
Frank Jacobs
A collage features images of a person smiling, ants, a penicillin bottle, another person's face, and an autonomous car, with the title "The Nightcrawler" at the top against a dark background.
Business
The trillion-dollar answer to AI’s biggest question
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
time dilation
Starts With A Bang
Your head lives a longer life than your feet do
Time is relative, not absolute, as gravity and motion both cause time to dilate. Your head and feet, therefore, don't age at the same rate.
Ethan Siegel
Silhouette of a person with their back to the camera, superimposed with daisies and a bright sun above, set against a clear blue sky, evoking a sense of wonder.
Business
“Wonderbringers”: How to dissolve work-life stress with awe
Monica Parker explains how creating opportunities for wonder can help foster a thriving, inclusive workplace.
Big Think+
A deep-space image captured by the JWST showcases numerous galaxies of various shapes, sizes, and colors scattered across a dark background, potentially setting a new cosmic distance record.
Starts With A Bang
Why hasn’t JWST broken the cosmic distance record by more?
Despite many ultra-distant galaxy candidates found with JWST, we still haven't seen anything from the Universe's first 250 million years.
Ethan Siegel
Open book showing a hand planting a small green plant on the right page, symbolizing restoration, and a bold black squiggly arrow on a yellow background on the left page, illustrating the dynamic flow of networking.
Business
How “Restoration Networking” can shape our work-life transformation
Mark Weinstein outlines a new path for social media that protects, respects, and empowers the regular users.
Mark Weinstein
A black and white portrait of a smiling man in a gray sweater is centered against a vibrant, abstract digital background with blue, purple, and green sections, evoking the essence of humanity striking back.
Business
“Humanity strikes back”: The 5th industrial revolution
Mike Bechtel, chief futurist with Deloitte Consulting LLP, joins Big Think for a wide-ranging look at what’s next — and why.
Mike Hodgkinson
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