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New research pinpoints the neurons responsible for your choices.
Medicago is growing a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate in a relative of the tobacco plant right now.
MRI scans show that hunger and loneliness cause cravings in the same area, which suggests socialization is a need.
How the German political philosopher called out Henry David Thoreau on civil disobedience.
Pew Research Center data shows that most people think diversity improves lives in their countries.
The “holy grail” of relationships with your customer can be tricky to achieve, and even more complex to uphold.
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The attack on the Capitol forces us to confront an existential question about privacy.
Awe makes us feel smaller but also more connected to life and each other.
Some intellectuals use charisma and deception to obscure the holes in their arguments. Here is how to see through their smokescreen.
A new web startup is selling algorithmically produced nudes of non-existent women. There’s still some ethical concerns.
The most unpleasant aspect of intellectual liberalism is that when speech causes emotional or mental pain, the offended parties are morally entitled to nothing.
How to deal with “epistemic exhaustion.”
Synchronous movement seems to help us form cohesive groups by shifting our thinking from “me” to “we.”
A bipartisan group of economists, technology and public health experts, and ethicists developed a three-part plan to swiftly and safely reopen the American economy. Could it work?
Many of the most popular apps are about self-improvement.
Studies have shown that dominant sexual activity can often boost your work ethic several days after a sexual experience.
Watch Slavoj Žižek’s live interview with Big Think, moderated by Samo Burja.
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At first blush, the damages done by sexual harassment seem obvious. Make that incredibly obvious. Such behavior exposes our organizations to legal consequences and the subsequent financial fallout. And in […]
Life is absurd, that detail can be the start of a great many things.
Alzheimer’s has proved difficult to treat. But solving the mystery of this ultra-rare frontotemporal dementia may unlock new understanding.
Mind Bank Ai is the newest entrant in an ambitious idea: using AI to create a kind of immortality.
How would the ability to genetically customize children change society? Sci-fi author Eugene Clark explores the future on our horizon in Volume I of the “Genetic Pressure” series.
Price gouging is prohibited in 34 US states and Washington D.C. But two scholars ask whether that’s the way it should be.
Living 150 years sounds great… till you consider the effects on population.
Developing an awareness of and an appreciation for science is what we all truly need, not what we’ve been doing.
Porcine gene edits may allow such transplants without rejection.
Taking time for thoughtful consideration has fallen out of fashion, writes Emily Chamlee-Wright. How can we restore good faith and good judgement to our increasingly polarized conversations?
The system is basically facial recognition technology, but for cars.