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In “The Immortality Key,” Brian Muraresku speculates that the Eucharist could have once been more colorful.
Over the coming decades, over 100,000 new satellites are expected. For countless millennia, whenever we were faced with a clear, cloudless, moonless night, all of humanity was able to witness […]
Parental anxieties stem from the complex relationship between technology, child development, and the internet’s trove of unseemly content.
It’s a very human behavior—arguably one of the fundamentals that makes us us.
The renowned magician recently joined Big Think CEO and cofounder Victoria Brown for a wide-ranging discussion.
There are several things both men and women can do to actively boost low libido, according to research.
A new study from Singapore found that intermittent fasting increases neurogenesis.
Flow Research Collective COO Rian Doris explains how to harness the power of your nervous system to find your flow during a pandemic.
Maura O’Connor discusses her new book, Wayfinding: The Science and Mystery of How Humans Navigate the World.
Educators and administrators must build new supports for faculty and student success in a world where the classroom might become virtual in the blink of an eye.
Attending religious service once a week found to lower risk of suicide and other “deaths of despair”
In late April, the news hit us hard: Lorna Breen, an emergency room doctor in a Manhattan hospital flooded with coronavirus patients, committed suicide. According to her father, the emotional […]
Never has the bar to entry been so low and the recognized benefits so high.
Pandemic rumors and information overload make separating fact from fancy difficult, putting people’s health and lives at risk.
Data from LinkedIn suggests soft skills will be the most in-demand as the economy begins to rebuild and 2020 grads look for work.
A Penn State study finds today’s middle-aged are experiencing much higher stress levels than 30 years ago.
Clusters of bot boats may offer cities dynamic solutions to rising waters.
How can we promote the creation of new neurons – and why is it so important?
An elegant, 400-year-old means of navigating the stars takes flight.
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Only 3% of physics graduates and 2% of astronomy graduates are Black. That’s got to change. In the late 1990s, about 5% of the approximately 4000 bachelor’s degrees in physics per […]
Researchers have recently discovered two of the genes that govern this weird-looking salamander’s ability to regenerate limbs, eyes, and even its brain.
Noise causes stress. For our ancestors, it meant danger: thunder, animal roars, war cries, triggering a ‘fight or run’ reaction.
Protect yourself and your personal information at all times on the internet.
One in five people have ended sex because of bad bedroom talk. Here’s the data and science on how to do it right.
The health care system isn’t ready for that, either.
NASA’s New Horizons is the most distant technologically advanced observatory ever. And that makes all the difference. When you look at an object that’s very distant from you, how well […]
A critical thinking framework developed by psychologists can help teach mental skills necessary for our times.
Big Think’s co-founder and CEO, Victoria Montgomery Brown, offers six pieces of advice to founders in her forthcoming book.
Was the hamburger menu always so ubiquitous?