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A famous thought experiment from the 1970s is more relevant today than ever before.

In the spirit of the 1969 moon landing, we now have a golden opportunity to pursue “nondisruptive” creative solutions.

The danger posed by conversational AI isn't that it can say weird or dark things; it's personalized manipulation for nefarious purposes.

The future of healthcare may bring powerful collaborations between AI and medical professionals.

Who's for dinner?

There may be a symmetrical interdependence between order and chaos.

If we're going to discuss oceanography and climate change, we should at least identify the currents correctly.

Small spiders use their silk threads to passively fly, a process called ballooning. Learning how could help atmospheric scientists.

The nature of civilizational threats has changed in a mere decade.

Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy utilizes a non-ordinary state of consciousness to heal.

From gamification to VR, here are 10 ways to make learning fun and engaging.

What is Captain America doing in ancient Mesopotamia?

Katie Kermode — a memory athlete with four world records — tells Big Think about her unique spin on an ancient technique to memorize unfathomably long lists of information.

Within a month of that initial conversation, Peter Singer became a vegetarian.

We will become billions of people who share a single vast intellect.

This list of leadership training topics is designed to help businesses navigate the times and prepare for the future. 

Dive into seven texts that continue to shape Western philosophy, from ancient Mesopotamia to Greece's brightest minds.

Researchers estimate there may be as many as ten million trillion trillion phages on Earth — that's 10 with 30 zeros after it.

For linguists, the uniqueness of the Basque language represents an unsolved mystery. For its native speakers, long oppressed, it is a source of pride.

Fear of technology is not new. But we misunderstand its origin. In reality, we don't fear technology but each other.

Sixty years later, will anybody have heard of COVID?

AI systems can carry on convincing conversations, but they have no understanding of what they're saying. Humans are easily fooled.

A machine learning system lets visitors at a Kandinsky exhibition hear the artwork.

The tonal Native American language differentiates words based on pitch and makes Spanish conjugation look like child’s play.

Claims of a sudden infestation appear unfounded.

While most participants fibbed a little bit, laptop users were much more likely to lie – and by a lot more.

The paradox of failure explains why even a healthy rage-quit won't keep a good gamer down.

There are good historical reasons why Germans are suspicious of surveillance.

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In a remarkably similar way, conspiracy theories around the world cast doubt on the existence of real places.