Scientists are finding that loneliness has real medical consequences, and the brain sees it as pain.
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Psychologist and writer Maria Konnikova looks at the mechanisms of human nature that have allowed con artists, religious authorities, and cult leaders to prevail for thousands of years.
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Already a euthanasia pioneer, being the first to legalize it in 2002, the Netherlands may allow for the assisted suicide of older people who feel as if they’ve “completed life”.
Spontaneous, deep talk on surprise topics. On this week’s episode of Think Again – a Big Think podcast, Nigerian-born novelist, essayist, and NYTimes photography critic Teju Cole and host Jason Gots discuss first drafts, the complexities of home, and the greatest innovation in human history.
Improvisational theater, an often overlooked genre, involves dynamic lessons on listening that can help all kinds of professional relationships and improve conversation.
What’s the best advice novelist Joshua Cohen has for aspiring writers? It’s not to kill your darlings but kill your distractions. And get in touch with your deepest animal impulses.
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Science fiction author David Brin analyses the moral within the Star Wars films – and it might not be one that you like.
Cambridge professor and author Mary Beard explores the mythical sex stories of the Roman Empire, before she lays down the realities.
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Study reveals that most of us want more rest and would rather rest alone.
Dreams are not rational, neither are fantasy novels and comic books and yet they’re immensely valuable in processing our thoughts, feelings and moral quandaries. Does Tarot do the same?
Big Think’s podcast where experts discuss surprise topics outside of their comfort zones. This week, science writer Mary Roach on dark matter, philosophy, artificial intelligence and more.
A recent study from Yale University find that dogs are better at resisting peer-pressure and filtering useless information than human beings – but there’s value in that human flaw.
A spiritual journey through the world beyond the grave, a hell, a purgatory, and a paradise is considered a masterwork of world literature.
Alien life may be so different from us that we wouldn’t even recognize it as life.
According to Pulitzer winner Charles Duhigg, the art of focus is training your mind to know what it can safely ignore.
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Does baldness have an evolutionary purpose? It might rob men of their youthful look but it brings many gains.
Female political aides in the White House have banded together and are using a combo-technique of amplification and ‘shine theory’ to make sure their voices are counted.
The strange origin of autocorrect during the development of an American secret Chinese computer.
In the political climate of Donald Trump and Black Lives Matter, actor and writer John Leguizamo argues that giving minority actors the opportunity to tell minority stories will translate to change for the individual and bridge social divides.
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We are only just beginning to understand how easy access to information is reshaping how we think.
Think Again – a Big Think Podcast With Experimental Philosopher Jonathon Keats on Buckminster Fuller, Vicarious Sex, Taboos and How to Get Around Them
Interest in Buddhism worldwide has been on the reason in recent decades. Many remain skeptical, however, over potential philosophical problems or un-scientific commitments at the heart of Buddhist teachings and practice. The world’s happiest man talks with a renowned philosopher to answer these objections.
One of the fathers of string theory proposes a new equation that may reconcile general relativity and quantum mechanics.
Actor, writer, and director Ethan Hawke discusses what qualities make a good artist, and why it’s important to be accept ridicule for taking risk on the path toward artistic success.
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When the news media don’t do their job, comedians step in to ask the tough questions.
Artists, illustrators, and adventurers of the 1800s has fantastical imaginations for the distant future, i.e. our present day. How do their magical predictions stack up against our reality?
We know that both aerobic exercise and meditation help curb depression. What happens when these interventions are combined?
National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson talks us through her writing and editing process, and gives useful steps for how to handle criticism.
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Henry Rollins talks about how fear of winding up starting in The America drove his to his remarkable career.
A recent report covered in Runner’s World says the sweet spot might just be forty miles a week.