1. How Neuralink’s chief competitor is tapping into the brain without surgery

2. Everyday Philosophy: Bad at probability? That might be a blessing.

3. Why does it feel like the world is falling apart?

4. Ask Ethan: Do gravitons need to exist?

5. A surprising share of the global elite went to Harvard

6. 10 lessons I learned in 2024

7. Gold, frankincense, and myrrh: one gift was made in a neutron star

8. How we discovered we’re all made of “star stuff”

9. How to disrupt misinformation with the “ladder of misinference”

10. The “Demon Method”: How necromancy once solved everyone’s problems

11. The 16 stories that shaped physics and astronomy in 2024

12. Mapped: The strange link between obesity and corruption

13. Why we ghost

14. The art of outlasting: What we can learn from timeproof Japanese businesses

15. Waves in an Impossible Sea: the 2024 science book of the year

16. 3 philosophy classics that are better than self-help books

17. 5 ways women are redefining leadership

18. The most important lesson from JWST’s “baby Milky Way”

19. Has the US reached “peak obesity”?

20. Silicon Valley’s obsession with AI looks a lot like religion

21. Should we turn the electricity grid over to AI?

22. The “living mirror” theory: Why all living organisms may have consciousness

23. Everyday Philosophy: Are rainbows, farts, and emotions “real”?

24. The philosophy of happiness, explained in 10 minutes

25. Go grudge-free: Use the “Weil method” to deal with insults

26. Ask Ethan: Does quantum computation occur in parallel universes?

27. How emotional intelligence is the best defence against GenAI threats

28. How BioNTech’s “revolutionary” lung cancer vaccine actually works

29. Inside Google’s quantum computing breakthrough

30. The secret reason the USA beat the USSR to the Moon

31. How to reclaim meaning in a changing world

32. Galactic civilizations may be impossible. Here’s why.

33. Emotional intelligence: The 4 domains of high performance

34. The quantum reason behind the solidity of matter

35. The case for Nietzsche’s “Overhuman” as a prophecy of superintelligent AI

36. Blaming our genes: The heritability of behavior

37. The key to techno-scientific progress? “Bubbles”

38. The Big Bang: a series of steps down an energy staircase

39. Why we need a better Turing test for AI art

40. Our population is aging, here’s how to care for it correctly

41. How large is the biggest galaxy in the Universe?

42. Plato’s cave and the stubborn persistence of ignorance

43. The big problems driving nanotech development

44. Starts With A Bang Podcast #112 – Galactic Archaeology

45. Can humans purge the bots without sacrificing our privacy?

46. Everyday Philosophy: If beauty is subjective, is “Shawshank Redemption” no better than “Sausage Party”?

47. How your brain works in an emergency, in 9 minutes

48. Ask Ethan: Will everything eventually succumb to Hawking radiation?

49. America’s workforce desperately needs a data overhaul

50. What long-term investors can learn from John Keats

51. This is what we’ll see when Betelgeuse goes supernova

52. When it comes to life expectancy, there are 10 Americas

53. Ethan Mollick’s 4 guiding principles for leading with AI

54. How B-mesons are threatening to break the Standard Model

55. Dr. AI will see you now

56. In the Baltics, 85 millimeters separate East from West

57. The future in 1939: Microfilm and Elektro the Moto-Man

58. The fabric of space is a Cheshire Cat

59. Trapped under a selfish boss? Try these 3 strategies to regain control

60. What JWST found beneath the Sombrero galaxy’s hat

61. Silicon chips are no longer sustainable. Here’s what’s next.

62. How the Internet Archive’s “Free Digital Library” fell to the “fair use” test

63. Everyday Philosophy: “Are scientists involved in a Satanic plot to undermine religion?”

64. The basics of post-COVID monetary policy, explained by an economist

65. How the “two-day rule” can make your daily work-life much easier

66. Why the number “1/137” appears everywhere in nature

67. Biofuels: feeding the earth or feeding the engine?

68. Confucius vs. Aristotle: What the two philosophers teach us about ethics

69. What we can learn about resilience from the Pantheon

70. What happens when a gravitational wave meets a black hole?

71. Einstein wins again: Exotic gravity theories take a blow from new observations

72. Can we automate science? Sam Rodriques is already doing it.

73. The Steady-State Universe: A viable alternative to the Big Bang?

74. The Arecibo Message fifty years later

75. 3 clues that Stoicism is a religion in disguise

76. Why our “weak-tie” connections are actually super-strong

77. Could dark matter be the same thing as dark energy?

78. You’re made of energy: The strange truth about where mass comes from

79. Why seeing Galileo’s original experiments left me speechless

80. Scalar fields: the secret sauce of theoretical physics

81. Why the USSR and China fell behind the US in the Chip Cold War

82. Are microplastics really destroying our health?

83. Everyday Philosophy: Can you have a “calling” without a caller?

84. The mystery at the heart of consciousness

85. Ask Ethan: Does the CMB really “prove” the Big Bang?

86. The first known animal that’s “immune” to alcohol intoxication

87. How AI is ushering in a creative renaissance

88. How to make peace with the weirdness of quantum mechanics

89. When muscles work out, they help neurons to grow

90. 3 emotional intelligence tips for helping a friend in a rough patch

91. How to break free from your “toxic productivity” cycle

92. What happens if you deep fry a frozen turkey?

93. The pre-life puzzle: Tracing the rise of complexity in a lifeless world

94. Microplastic overload: Is cutting production the only realistic way to curb pollution?

95. Why every long-term investor should study ancient architecture

96. Use this genius Pixar hack to get your career back on track

97. What do JWST’s “red monster” galaxies mean for cosmology?

98. Daniel Goleman: Why emotional intelligence may be the number one indicator of organizational success

99. The mechanized mind: AI’s hidden impact on human thought

100. How leaders can avoid a power-driven descent from hero to villain

101. 5 coincidences that make our existence possible

102. How tech is turning science into a hobby

103. Doubts grow about the biosignature approach to alien-hunting

104. AI is now designing chips for AI

105. New UFO hearings continue an “endless loop” of sensation

106. Everyday Philosophy: When should you try to change your friend’s beliefs?

107. Sam Harris: Your mind is all you have. Is yours working?

108. How “Taleb’s Surgeon” redefines what expertise look like

109. Ask Ethan: How do scientists color the Universe?

110. The next omics? Tracking a lifetime of exposures to better understand disease

111. Are your moral choices driven by logic or emotion?

112. How to win the long game: Fight unfair fights

113. How a nearby supernova could reveal dark matter

114. Two essential questions about life in the Universe

115. This fungus is so humongous that it can be mapped

116. The science of menopause in 13 minutes

117. A new origin story for supernovae after 94 years

118. Internet freedom is fading in the new era of social control

119. Why founders should fight hardwired “hyperbolic discounting”

120. Political realities do not change scientific ones

121. Is this the biggest industrial espionage campaign in history?

122. Signs of “neutrino fog” emerge, complicating searches for dark matter

123. How a companion can change a star’s fate

124. Color is in the eye, and brain, of the beholder

125. Port workers are at war with automation. Can they win?

126. Starts With A Bang podcast #111 – Black hole jets

127. The most detailed brain map ever

128. Everyday Philosophy: Is there such a thing as a “negative emotion”?

129. Ask Ethan: Is antigravity even possible?

130. The Brandt Line gave us the Global North and South. It needs an update.

131. Inside the world’s most important company

132. Why AI could transform all jobs into BS

133. Is “round” the only allowable shape for planets?

134. The Cybathlon: Bionic athletes compete for the gold — and push assistive technologies forward

135. Scientists kill 192 million lab mice each year. Is there a better way?

136. Why “slow productivity” is the key to great work and happy teams

137. Yuval Noah Harari: An AI scenario you should not ignore

138. Why “humanity’s last exam” will ultimately fail humanity

139. Will protons last forever? Why scientists are searching for signs of decay

140. The case for sparing 46 million turkeys this Thanksgiving

141. The one temptation to resist post-election: Good vs. evil

142. Question: Are you asking the “right” questions?

143. JWST compels us to ask: what’s wrong with Vega?

144. 5 beloved fantasy novels based on real history

145. 5 proven CEO strategies for riding any wave of innovation

146. Ryan Holiday on the art of perception and self-reflection

147. The physics behind curly hair

148. Why futurist Amy Webb sees a “technology supercycle” headed our way

149. T-Minus: 10 milestones in commercial spaceflight

150. Everyday Philosophy: Why does heartbreak hurt?

151. What are the consequences of living as a human in an “always on” digital world?

152. Grasp “essentially contested concepts” for smoother productivity

153. Ask Ethan: Why isn’t Richard Feynman your personal hero?

154. How the Europa Clipper will set cameras on a distant icy moon

155. If aliens visit Earth, let’s hope they’ve overcome their savage past

156. Meet the first star system to “solve” the 3-body problem

157. Mark Zuckerberg’s 4 steps to approach life

158. Ken Burns on what we get wrong about Leonardo da Vinci

159. Mars could have lived, even without a magnetic field

160. Is the number of natural disasters increasing?

161. The “magic third” rule: How just one voice can transform a group

162. Why “digital wellbeing” is crucial to our work-life transformation

163. The biggest holes in NASA’s suite of observatories

164. Einstein didn’t say that: How viral misquotes evolve and replicate

165. Creativity is essential. Here’s how it can catalyze social justice.

166. “Founder syndrome”: How to move forward when leaders stagnate

167. The mystery of the Milky Way’s most bizarre supernova

168. The exciting research that may cure Parkinson’s

169. The robotaxis have arrived

170. Everyday Philosophy: Can you self-identify as a different generation?

171. Ask Ethan: What’s the deal with cosmic inflation and the Big Bang?

172. Your cells are dying. All the time.

173. The “peer instinct”: The ancient tribal instinct behind human culture

174. The new ethos permeating the investment world

175. Einstein: the lone genius is pure mythology

176. A new spin on the “Stoned Ape Hypothesis”

177. 3 brilliant critical thinking tools used by Daniel Dennett

178. 8 lessons on lifelong learning from an astrophysicist

179. Holocaust survivor on freeing yourself from the prison of your mind

180. “It’s just like plugging in your phone”: The mindset shift needed to scale EVs

181. “Move fast and break things”? Slow down and go long

182. Indispensable? Why some leaders should embrace succession

183. How has the James Webb Space Telescope changed cosmology?

184. A neuroscientist’s guide to building a more positive reality

185. Tactical leadership: The “Navy SEALs” of Airbnb

186. Euclid mission reveals “page 1” of our cosmic story

187. This $400 genetic test could save your life

188. Why physics is unreasonably good at creating new math

189. Decoding bird flu: New research reveals potential route for human infection

190. Everyday Philosophy: Do emojis help or hurt our language?

191. Yuval Noah Harari’s guidebook for navigating the age of AI

192. The “McNamara fallacy”: When data leads to the worst decision

193. Ask Ethan: Why is the Big Bang shown as a tube?

194. Hell or high water: The wonders and dangers of Earth’s tidal ranges

195. The AI manifesto of a Silicon Valley legend

196. Time: yes, it’s a dimension, but no, it’s not like space

197. How elite rescue swimmers stay calm in life-or-death situations

198. The nuances of “founder mode”: Boundaries and empowerment

199. How NASA’s Europa Clipper helps the hunt for alien life

200. Mars’ missing atmosphere could be hiding in plain sight

201. The “friendship divide” explained: How your education affects your ability to connect

202. 10 thoughtful insights about the great cosmic unknowns

203. “Mad King” behavior: A prediction for how 21st-century nuclear war would unfold

204. 6 compelling reasons your work future is “skills-powered”

205. The 3 best locations for astronomy on planet Earth

206. AI chatbots may ease the world’s loneliness (if they don’t make it worse)

207. How much do you have to play with your kids?

208. The master plan to end EV “range anxiety” forever

209. Everyday Philosophy: Are Stoicism and Buddhism unhealthy philosophies?

210. Ask Ethan: Do evolution and natural selection occur cosmically?

211. Can ranked-choice voting heal our poisoned politics?

212. Autocracy, Inc.: Today’s dictators are united — but not by ideology

213. How to create an “idea generation assembly line”

214. Why the black hole information paradox still hasn’t been solved

215. Tap into the “Hemingway effect” to finish what you start

216. This Muslim microstate could soon be the world’s smallest country

217. Why ‘friction thinkers’ see hidden opportunities first

218. How ideas from physics drive AI: the 2024 Nobel Prize

219. A wobble from Mars could be sign of dark matter

220. Timothy Snyder on what Americans get wrong about freedom

221. “Inclusive leadership” redefined: How to “lead bigger”

222. The Kevin Kelly interview: The power of “radical optimism”

223. Infinite Cosmos: The inside story behind JWST

224. The “Whisperverse”: The future of mobile computing is an AI voice inside your head

225. Youngest Milky Way-like galaxy rotates just like we do

226. Navigating autism and loneliness with Kaelynn Partlow

227. Leadership lessons from 3 timeless philosophers

228. Ian Brooke wants to revolutionize flight as we know it

229. What makes a memory real?

230. Starts With A Bang podcast #110 – Optical Interferometry

231. Will AI supercharge hacking — if it hasn’t already?

232. How the search for dinosaurs on Venus exposed a warning for Earth

233. How “umwelt” can make you more creative and productive

234. Ask Ethan: How does the Universe’s temperature change over time?

235. Moon time is a thing now—here’s why It matters

236. Why happiness is not the best indicator of well-being

237. The mountains where Neanderthals forever altered human genetics

238. The thrill is in the hunt — not just the victory

239. What created more light: the Big Bang or stars?

240. Americans don’t understand their government. They’re paying the price.

241. 6 key abilities of strategic thinkers (you can learn them)

242. How to see the comet of the century from all over the world

243. Is discovery inevitable or serendipitous?

244. “Follow the salt”: A new strategy for finding life on Mars

245. Curiosity plus failure is a passport to brilliance

246. Company culture can be hard to define: Here’s a framework

247. Not remotely cool: The science of “Zoom fatigue”

248. Does dark matter interact non-gravitationally at all?

249. Why the ancient power of the Dao De Jing is more important than ever

250. 5 ways to turn curiosity into long-term success

251. Fastest spacecraft ever built to break its own speed record

252. No, LLMs still can’t reason like humans. This simple test reveals why.

253. Crows are even smarter than we thought

254. The startup using balloons to cool the planet

255. Everyday Philosophy: I didn’t tip for a $5 cup of coffee. Was I wrong?

256. Ask Ethan: Is Earth the center of the Universe?

257. Study reveals the benefits and downside of fasting

258. World’s largest solar project will send Australian energy to Singapore

259. The trillion-dollar answer to AI’s biggest question

260. Your head lives a longer life than your feet do

261. “Wonderbringers”: How to dissolve work-life stress with awe

262. How suicide warped David Foster Wallace’s legacy

263. Why hasn’t JWST broken the cosmic distance record by more?

264. Tinder Swindler: How “romance fraud” became a multi-billion dollar cybercrime

265. How “Restoration Networking” can shape our work-life transformation

266. 3 subtle traits of successful late bloomers

267. 5 ways for leaders to evolve with the modern workforce

268. Play it again: The causal link between fun and resilience

269. Shortest-lived quantum particles exhibit quantum entanglement, too

270. Decoding the brain’s dictionary: Scientists map how neurons encode word meanings

271. The man that found purpose after losing his sight

272. “Humanity strikes back”: The 5th industrial revolution

273. JWST shows a new side of planet formation

274. The rise of the semi-autonomous car

275. How we solved the hole in the ozone

276. The future of fertility, from artificial wombs to AI-assisted IVF

277. Everyday Philosophy: 3 rules for discussing controversial topics

278. Use the “Johari Window Model” to improve your conversations

279. Ask Ethan: Does space require dark energy in order to exist?

280. Scientists find neurons that process language on different timescales

281. CERN experiment unlocks new insights into the W boson

282. Big tech fails transparency test: Gary Marcus on what we should demand of AI

283. The essential skill to master across life and business

284. Hidden variable alternative to quantum spookiness fails

285. Sara Imari Walker: Using physics to rethink the definition of life

286. Sara Imari Walker: Using physics to rethink the defintion of life

287. Longest, strongest black hole jets of all-time discovered

288. Happy? Take “psychological ownership” of your job

289. The dirt on biocrusts: Why scientists are working to save Earth’s living skin

290. How Innovation Clusters Generate Endless Great Ideas

291. Richard Dawkins on reverse engineering evolution’s optimal beauty

292. Why hard-wired “power laws” hold the secret to better work

293. Why we’ll never shoot Earth’s garbage into the Sun

294. How Greek surnames reveal their geographic origins

295. What JWST found in the extreme outer Milky Way

296. T-Minus: 10 space stations of the future

297. Divided we stand: The rise of political animosity

298. Beyond screen time: Rethinking kids’ tech use with the “Goldilocks hypothesis”

299. Everyday Philosophy: Can you build an intellectual friendship with someone you’re attracted to?

300. People say altruism is selfish. They’re not wrong