Trust in science seems compatible with believing almost anything, so long as it is expressed in plausibly scientific terms.
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While noble status came with advantages, it was also considered inappropriate for a baroness to perform professionally. Without a long public presence, Delphine von Schauroth faded from memory.
On the 500th anniversary Leonardo’s death and in appreciation of his rich and varied contributions, how can our educational systems inspire the same imaginative qualities in students today?
Everybody can think creatively – including you.
In his short play from 1830, ‘Mozart and Salieri,’
Russian poet Alexander Pushkin proposed that genius and evil are incompatible. Here’s why this argument is worth revisiting in light of #MeToo.
We don’t know much about the origins of most human achievements – scientific and otherwise. Like evolution, does progress occur as random insights are selected for or against?
Practice is important for talent. But, is that all it takes to become an expert?
He may not have invented the helicopter, but the real man is more than worthy of the myth.
Developing a Theory of Everything is physics’ Holy Grail. So could it have been completed in recent weeks? And by an outsider, working alone? American mathematical physicist-turned-hedge-fund-consultant…
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Professor of Experimental Psychology, University of Iowa
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Associate Professor, Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan
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Directeur Général du Pôle Léonard de Vinci, Pôle Léonard de Vinci
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