Research into the Japanese concept of “forest bathing” offers insightful and helpful lessons on stress, health, and creativity.
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On this week’s episode of Think Again, poet/rapper/novelist Kate Tempest talks passionately about art and the human heart in our “tragic and troubling times”.
Subscribe on Google Play, Stitcher, or iTunes Come talk to us on Twitter: @bigthinkagain In this episode: Fear, says National Book Award winner and New York Times bestselling author James McBride, was the most powerful […]
It’s worth listening to this self-described “Cranky old man” named Henry Rollins.
How do you fool a robot? It’s not difficult—machines are only good at what we tell them to do. But even still, many parts of our world may not be “readable” to some robots.
Is introversion sometimes invoked unwittingly to mask outright rude behavior? The answer is: it’s complicated. Here’s what introverts and non-introverts can do to navigate the complexity.
Humans do not experience life as a linear narrative, but storytellers from journalists to script writers typically tell us stories that way. 3D virtual reality is an opportunity to live stories the way we live life.
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A new book finds that Hitler relied on a number of drugs to rule Germany, including “crystal meth.”
The benefits of reading should not be understated, even when it comes to living a longer life. A new study finds that reading books in particular returns cognitive gains that increase longevity.
Romantic advice from some of humanity’s biggest thinkers.
Does your doctor have the right to choose not to help you if they oppose the procedure you request? Several schools of thought offer differing answers.
A synchrotron has just unlocked the writing inside ancient Herculaneum’s incinerated scrolls.
The work of Kremlin-approved philosopher Alexander Dugin provides key insights on the longterm strategy behind Russian hacks of the American elections.
Rob Bell examines the two responses to our rapidly changing world, covering politics, the internet, tribalism and race relations.
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Only in 1992 was science able to calculate the remotest part of the ocean
Geobiologist Hope Jahren: studying the natural world of plants helps us transcend our human form, find joy and meaning in life, and feel more at home in this world we all journey through.
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With gift ideas from as little as $11, there might be something to tickle anyone’s fancy. “It is worthy of notice that in Table VI the brighter variables have the longer […]
A group of expert geologists declared that a new epoch influenced by human impact has begun.
Pascal’s Wager has been betted on for three-and-a-half centuries. Was he asking the right question?
Some within the autism community take issue with seeing autistic people as having a disorder, decrying the “cure culture”.
James Brown was the godfather of American soul music, yet despite leaving specific instructions that his estate be used to education poor children, funds remain tied up in South Carolina courts.
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How our dream of exploring the stars might actually someday come true. “We are what we are, and we’re doing the best we can. It is not for you to […]
Writers beware, an AI-written novel just made it past the first round of screening for a national literary prize in Japan. The novel this program co-authored is titled, The Day A Computer Writes A Novel.
It’s incredible to think that Saturday Night Live and Google, given their very different goals, create teams of people similarly. But as reporter Charles Duhigg discovered, they very much do.
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The best way to solve a big problem is to think small.
One study looked at how antibiotics affect the bacteria in our gut and how this, in turn, affects our brains.
Google has announced final design plans for the first modular smartphone, the project Ara. However, Dave Hakkens, who nurtured this idea for a modular device, isn’t happy with the final product.
Waverly Labs has developed a universal language translator that sits in your ear. It’s called the Pilot.
Hulk Hogan’s Gawker lawsuit is a classic freedom of the press case dressed up as a soap opera.