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Working memory is the workhorse of cognition. Having less of it has side effects.
What responsibility should government authorities and Big Tech take in policing the spread of sedition-oriented content?
Astronaut company Virgin Galactic will become first to be publicly traded.
Richard Lyon’s visionary plan for the future of innovation at Berkeley.
This space expansionist ideology marked the beginning of what Arendt called “earth alienation.”
Clinical trials by Janssen Pharmaceuticals showed troubling results.
Big Think’s co-founder and CEO, Victoria Montgomery Brown, offers six pieces of advice to founders in her forthcoming book.
It’s estimated that $68 trillion will pass down from Boomers to millennials. Here’s how ultra-rich families can do the most amount of good with what they inherit.
Study finds that a colony’s exposure to pesticides impairs offspring.
Maybe it’s time to show this report your employer?
A critical thinking framework developed by psychologists can help teach mental skills necessary for our times.
Europe is divided on whether films should have subtitles or different audio tracks.
How did the Antarctic explorers survive tedium in the early 1900s?
Australia’s beloved and bizarre egg-laying mammal could start vanishing in coming years if current trends continue.
On May 4, 1970, the National Guard shot and killed four students during an anti-war protest. The massacre went on to change American culture forever.
Those ancient Chinese philosophers earned their insights.
We’ve known this virus was coming. We just didn’t do anything about it.
Does a person still get to be “the honorable” if they are tossed out for not being honorable?
Half a billion people were infected.
Expert opinion is divided on how effective riots can be on causing social change. However, these five examples show they can do something.
We all know somebody who avoids meat. These schools of thought suggest those people are onto something.
From gun control to immigration, Americans remain split on a handful of contentious issues.
Experts’ thoughts on this unique emotional state.
The university model needs to evolve.
Your cat thinks your taste stinks. Also that you’re mingy with the laser pointer.
The stereotype of the unfeeling researcher in a lab coat just isn’t true.
Researchers say further research is needed, though.
Edinburgh University project geo-locates victims of Scottish ‘witch-prickers’ in the 16th and 17th century.