The ultimate psychedelics explainer Johns Hopkins professor Dr. Matthew Johnson answers 24 huge questions about psychedelics. ▸ 02:09:03 min — with Matthew W. Johnson
Business Why the timing of your startup exit should never be undervalued So many of the conditions for a sale or IPO are outside your control — which is why preparation is everything.
Why your brain thinks you’re Matt Damon Futurist Ari Wallach shares how to become future-conscious. ▸ 4 min — with Ari Wallach
The Future Get back in the sky for cheaper than ever with flights up to 90% off These prices are too good to pass up on.
Health You are not what you eat. It’s time to dispel this diet cliché "We are what our bodies do with what we eat."
Smart Skills How video gaming could boost your career Are you a video gaming master? Put it on your résumé.
The Past The oddly interesting history of boredom What we can learn from our complicated relationship with boredom.
Neuropsych A polyglot explains the tips (and myths) of learning new languages Arieh Smith, a New York City-based polyglot who runs the YouTube channel Xiaomanyc, talks language-learning with Big Think.
Thinking How to choose which scientists to trust Learn to spot the scientists who are searching for the truth rather than money, ego, or fame.
Business 6 innovative and effective approaches to upskilling Slack’s recent radical upskilling booster week highlighted the urgent need for new approaches to L&D: here are some of the most groundbreaking.
Starts With A Bang How to prove Einstein’s relativity for under $100 Particles are everywhere, including particles from space that stream through the human body. Here's how they prove Einstein's relativity.
The Present Cryptocurrency and the “greater fool” theory of economics An analogy explains the greater fool theory: You don’t have to run faster than the bear to get away; you just have to run faster than the other guy.
Business 7 essential strategies for adopting new technologies New tech is a double-edged sword. Integration can be expensive and perilous: Mess up the adoption and jobs are on the line.
The Past Genius and blood: How cheap light transformed civilization During the industrial era the cost of artificial light fell off a cliff — and the road to illumination was paved with ingenuity and slaughter.
High Culture “Peaky Blinders” was really about learning how to live with PTSD The Netflix show about a Birmingham crime family and their personal demons concluded earlier this month.
High Culture French writer Annie Ernaux wins the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature Many were expecting extremism survivor and free speech advocate Salman Rushdie to take home the Nobel Prize in Literature, but Annie Ernaux beat him to it.
The Future How to be a techno-optimist Technology will not save the world, and it is inherently neither good nor bad. But, when tech is coupled to human virtue, good will prevail.
The Future Finally, a sex robot that wants to be your friend The AI remembers that you are 32 years old and like to eat sushi, except on Thursdays.
The Future Tapping into the million-year energy source below our feet “I thought, why not direct these high-power beams, instead of into fusion plasma, down into rock and vaporize the hole?”
Neuropsych Inside the brains of aging dogs In a citizen science project, thousands of pet dogs are helping scientists to understand what happens to memory and cognition in old age.
High Culture Oscars: the most controversial acceptance speeches in the history of the Academy Awards Far from being inappropriate, many of the most controversial acceptance speeches highlighted important issues in the film industry.
Starts With A Bang Colleges should include standardized testing in admissions There are many problems with relying on SAT and ACT scores for college admissions. But removing them entirely creates less opportunity.
Neuropsych The lasting anguish of moral injury Psychologists are finding that moral code violations can leave an enduring mark — and may require new types of therapy.
The Future Airspeeder’s ‘flying car’ racers to be shielded by virtual force-fields Welcome to the world's newest motorsport: manned multicopter races that exceed speeds of 100 mph.
The Present The power of group identity: 22 percent of Americans remain skeptical of vaccines According to this research, eight percent of Americans always refuse vaccines. Why?
Hard Science Physicists push limits of Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle New studies stretch the boundaries of physics, achieving quantum entanglement in larger systems.
The Future Machines that see the world more like humans do A new “common-sense” approach to computer vision enables artificial intelligence that interprets scenes more accurately than other systems do.
Hard Science Physicist discovers the explosions that will end our universe A new study sheds light on the final supernovae of the Universe.