The scientific pipeline dominates educational discourse today, but it is those outside the pipeline who would benefit most from reform. Serving their needs requires a different sort of activism, and new attention to evidence about how, when, and why people interact with science.
Aristotle, Aquinas, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, and others understood human politics as rooted in nature, but not nature as understood since Darwin, Einstein, and Hubble. This essay explores the dialectic of individualism and communitarianism through a re-telling of Big History.
Guggenheim Fellow Erika Blumenfeld was artist-in-residence on a six-week expedition to Antarctica. This month's Visual Explorations seeks to awaken the imagination to the intersection of art, science, and humanity.
How to be a Competent Outsider
William Grassie
Big History and Big Politics
Lowell Gustafson
Antarctica
Erika Blumenfeld

Essentials

Essay:
Explore Big History

Big History seeks to evoke in you an appreciation for the immensity of science and a longing for the greatest story ever told.

Video:
David Christian's TED Talk

Backed by stunning illustrations, historian David Christian narrates the story of the entire universe, from the big bang to the Internet, in a riveting 18 minutes.

Essay:
Envisioning a Civilization Recovery Plan
William Grassie

What knowledge of science, culture and civilization would you most want to pass on to the surviving humans as they faced the prospect of adapting to a new environment and...

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The Most Astounding Fact - Neil deGrasse Tyson
Astrophysicist Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson was asked by a reader of TIME magazine, "What is the most astounding fact you can share with us about the Universe?" This is his answer.
The NEW Periodic Table Song
ASAP Science is an organization commited to helping you understand science in your own life. Their weekly videos cover "all sorts of quirky and mind blowing science." Here, they have created a highly entertaining song and cartoon to guide you through the periodic table.
The Future of History
Mahyad is a creative producer, cinematographer, and self-proclaimed story junkie and his resume ranges from Hollywood blockbusters to documentaries. BoomGen is a storytelling factory that sits at the intersection of interactive media, entertainment, and education.
Astrophysics: Time for an Arab Astronomy Renaissance
Arab Muslim countries need a new generation of observatories to rejoin the forefront of the field, says Nidhal Guessoum in this piece from Nature.
The Great Matrix of Being
William Grassie

The four dimensions in the Great Matrix of Being give us four ways of measuring reality -- by time, by scale, by energy density flow, and by thresholds of emergent complexity. All phenomena can be located within this Matrix.

el Universo en un Día
The history of the Universe from the Big Bang to its possible ends en Español from a conference in Bilbao on the 25th of May.

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