Curiosity Killed the Cat

…But Satisfaction Brought It Back

"It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all - in which case, you fail by default." - J.K. Rowling

  • What Percentage Of Your Brain Do You Use?

    Two thirds of the population believes a myth that has been propagated for over a century: that we use only 10% of our brains. Lesson by Richard E. Cytowic, animation by TOGETHER.

  • Perfect Storm

    A "perfect storm" is an expression that describes an event where a rare combination of circumstances will aggravate a situation drastically.

  • Will This Go Faster Than Light?

    Veritasium look into different ideas on what could go faster than light? Are they feasible?

  • Cloudy With A Chance Of Joy

    Just look up, says Gavin Pretor-Pinney, founder of the Cloud Appreciation Society. As he shares charming photos of nature's finest aerial architecture, Pretor-Pinney calls for us all to take a step off the digital treadmill, lie back and admire the beauty in the sky above.

  • The Infinite Hotel Paradox

    The Infinite Hotel, a thought experiment created by German mathematician David Hilbert, is a hotel with infinite rooms.

  • Guy Learns To Dance In A Year

    You don't have to be great to start,but you have to start to be great. - Zig Zigler.

  • Measuring Shape

    Gunnar Carlsson writes about how machines can classify and recognize shape through the use of homology or Betti numbers.

  • It Can't Be Done

    I've been puzzled many times on how quick some people seem to come to the conclusion "Impossible!".

  • Digital Healthcare

    How will innovation in healthcare affect jobs?

  • Cognitive Diversity

    Have you ever thought, "Why can't you think more like me?". A case where informed discrimination may be useful, by Ed Bernacki.

  • Baloney Detection Kit

    Richard Dawkins foundation Video by Dr.Michael Shermer (Founding Publisher of Skeptic magazine) Discussing a 'Baloney Detection Kit' inspired by Carl Sagan.

  • Engineering Common Sense

    Ford is working with MIT, Stanford to build "common sense" into self-driving cars.

  • Black Swan Theory

    Rare events that change the course of history.

  • Failures Who Changed the World

    Let's not live too cautiously. By Alexa Doncsecz in Failure Inc.

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