AvatarBig ThinkFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo4 hours agoAsk Ethan: How do symmetries lead to conservation laws?bigthink.com - Ethan SiegelIn this Universe, there are certain physical quantities that are — quite importantly — always conserved. Laws like the “conservation of energy,” …
AvatarBig ThinkFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo2 days agoThere are more active volcanoes than you thinkbigthink.com - Luca CaricchiVolcanologists warn that magma-filled vents evolve over time, leading to an underestimation of the number that might erupt — especially those capable …
AvatarBig ThinkFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo20 hours agoGenius and blood: How cheap light transformed civilizationbigthink.com - Tony MorleyFor nearly all of human history, fire was our only source of artificial light. Difficult to make and challenging to safeguard from wind and rain, …
AvatarBig ThinkFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo21 hours agoHow leaders can overcome the fear of reinventionbigthink.com - Sharath JeevanYou’ve heard of the fear of failure. But what about fear of reinvention?I define the core role of leaders as helping others reach places they …
AvatarBig ThinkFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo1 day agoParticle physics finally charts a healthy path forwardbigthink.com - Ethan SiegelJust a decade ago, the field of particle physics looked to be in a state of chaos. The Large Hadron Collider had recently turned on, and although …
AvatarBig ThinkFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo2 days agoWhat are flashbulb memories?bigthink.com - Fergus Craik and Larry JacobyAn excerpt from “Memory,” a primer on human memory, its workings, feats, and flaws, by two leading psychological researchers. What were you doing when …
AvatarBig ThinkFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo1 day agoAre electric vehicles really selling? And which countries are leading the way?bigthink.com - Hannah RitchieElectric vehicles are an important solution to decarbonizing transport.Electric cars tend to have a lower carbon footprint than petrol or diesel cars …
AvatarBig ThinkFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo1 day agoHow Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping define democracybigthink.com - Tim BrinkhofAutocrats like Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin fear democracy, yet go to great lengths to present themselves as democratic leaders. Shortly after Xi …
AvatarBig Think1 day ago4 essential tactics for honing your leadership languagebigthink.com - Big Think+Every leader wants to give that speech. With victory all but out of reach, they want their words to rouse the team’s emotions and inspire them to …
AvatarBig Think2 days agoHow ground-based astronomers overcome Earth’s atmospherebigthink.com - Ethan SiegelOne of the most profoundly remarkable properties about our atmosphere is that it’s transparent to not only sunlight, but to starlight as well. As we …
AvatarBig ThinkFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo2 days agoWhy great AI produces lazy humansbigthink.com - Ethan MollickIt is one thing to theoretically analyze the impact of AI on jobs, but another to test it. I have been working on doing that, along with a team of …
AvatarBig ThinkFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo3 days agoHow to measure a lunar month during the solar eclipsebigthink.com - Ethan SiegelA solar eclipse is a very special physical phenomenon. The Moon orbits the Earth while the Earth-Moon system orbits the Sun, and every so often, all …