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To put it mildly, North Korea has had a complicated relationship with the world. In chronological order, here are five of North Korea’s most incredible plots.
NASA’s 28-year-old workhorse is still lighting up our knowledge and imagination of the Universe. A generation ago, Hubble opened its eyes on the great cosmic abyss: viewing the depths of […]
Neural network learns speech patterns that predict depression in clinical interviews.
The biggest questions about cryptocurrency, answered.
Daydreaming is good. But if you’re doing too much of it, you might have a totally different brain.
Although the scope of the strike isn’t clear yet, the strike organizers claimed that they anticipated inmate demonstrations in as many as 17 states.
The buildings of the future will be fluid, impermanent, and in constant transformation. But will human nature catch up?
Infographics present data about how much we commute, how much time and money we spend in traffic, and what we think should be done about it.
General The Big Think, Inc., (“Big Think”) strives to ensure that its services are accessible to people with disabilities. Big Think has invested a significant amount of resources to help […]
The most massive star in the known Universe is 260 times as heavy as our Sun. But viewing the early Universe will shatter that record. Place enough mass together in one […]
A new study suggests that switching to a Mediterranean diet in the later years can prolong your lifespan.
It now moves to a full hearing in front of the arbitrator.
Senator John Sidney McCain III, who died Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018 at the age of 81, is lying in state in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol.
50 years ago the city of Chicago erupted in a legendary police riot.
Videos for “Baby Shark,” a diabolical earworm, have been watched 3.3 billion times in a viral children-song craze that spans the globe. But why?
Our Universe may not be all there is, was, or ever will be, after all. There’s been a lot of speculative ideas put forth about the Multiverse, and I dare say […]
The less that parents “walk the walk” about religious beliefs, the more likely their children are to walk away.
Think you make moral judgments objectively? Think again.
We don’t need the many-worlds of quantum mechanics to have more Universes than we know what to do with. “The Universe is all there is, or was, or will be.” That […]
By the late 18th century, up to 70% of the soldiers manning the ships of the Dutch East India Company came from outside the Netherlands
Swirling in the Pacific Ocean is a loose patch of garbage that measures 1 million square miles—about three times the size of France. Now, one organization is beginning to clean it up.
Researchers find the “neural clock” that orders and timestamps experiences and memories.
LEGO folks built an actual, full-sized replica of the Bugatti Chiron—and drove it. What’s next, a Mars rover?
Facebook allowed advertisements promoting gay conversion therapy to be targeted to users who had ‘liked’ pages related to LGBTQ issues, according to a recent investigation by The Telegraph.
A new study of 12,000 overweight patients shows that lorcaserin does not cause heart problems. But does that mean we should be taking it?
These ten characters have all had a huge influence on psychology. Their stories continue to intrigue those interested in personality and identity, nature and nurture, and the links between mind and body.
Researchers have just discovered a new type of neuron that may be something unique to humans. It’s called the rose hip neuron, and its in our cerebral cortexes.
As organizations become increasingly digital and include remote teams or people working a few hours — or even time zones — away from the office, it can be challenging to […]
Central Europe is so dry that grim warnings of famines to come are rising out of the Elbe.