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Some consumers are hesitant to adopt electric-powered vehicles out of fear that they will become stranded — something researchers are calling “range anxiety.”
In 1931, Norway annexed part of Greenland. It could have been the start of a very Cold War indeed.
In life, the most important skill is communication. It’s the bottleneck to almost every problem in almost every area of our lives. Effective communication is similar to magic, for it […]
Author and entrepreneur Peter Diamandis explains how Uber’s business plan seeks to change the way the public perceives car ownership.
If patients better understood the health risks associated with certain kinds of medical care, they would likely seek less treatment.
On March 4th at 19:30:15 Universal Time, Venus and Uranus will pass within 0.1° of each other. Here’s how to see it. “Since you cannot do good to all, you […]
The technology draws on the concepts established by theatre companies like Punchdrunk that create an immersive world for an audience to explore while the narrative unfolds around them.
Most people have their doctor’s ear for about 10 minutes during a routine examination. It’s vital to prepare a strategy that will get most if not all of your questions answered.
It’s difficult to make friends out in the “real world.” But some people have managed to forge those special bonds through hook-up apps, like Grindr and Tinder.
Teaching Girls to See Themselves as Leaders, with Tara Sophia Mohr In order to guide young women to achieve their full leadership potential, life coach and author Tara Sophia Mohr […]
Researchers confirm the best location to hunker down during a zombie outbreak: go where people aren’t.
Health apps aren’t regulated by the medical industry and there’s little in the way of standardization, making them unreliable and a risky investment for some consumers.
Your handshake communicates subtle social information about who you are, but it has nothing to do with whether your grip is firm or limp, say researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel.
The selfie has become part of our culture of sharing. But should some things, like the ballot, remain private?
Psychologists who were becoming bored with the internet by the late ’90s only had to wait a few more years before the ultimate Petri dish of human thought and behavior emerged.
“To be an artist is a blessing and a privilege. Artists must never betray their true hearts. Artists must look beneath the surface and show that there is more to this world than what meets the eye.”
A specific gene present in human stem cells appears to be responsible for the evolutionary increase in human brain size.
The author of a new book on straightening out bad personal habits recently offered a basic glimpse into her anti-sabotage playbook.
Designers of the new federal system for sending emergency alerts to our cellphones devoted a lot attention to setting up the technical aspects, but not enough to figuring out what the messages should say. Research suggests those messages don’t say enough to keep us safe.
Google wants to stop the spread of misinformation by changing the way it ranks pages — concentrating more on facts rather than links.
Leading a team of experts to reach creative heights may be the mark of today’s genius.
When people are reminded of God, they are more ready to engage in risky behavior, but not morally wrongful behavior.
Over the past 11 years as a hotel concierge, Indira Pun has committed thousands of names to memory. Her trick? She exercises this part of her brain like a muscle.
The Spitzer Space Telescope has imaged our entire galactic plane in the infrared, and it’s a 180,000 pixel spectacular. “Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a […]
Plenty of careers previously thought to be untouchable by automation have already experienced robotic disruption.
PwC’s global talent manager recently visited Big Think to discuss his company’s Aspire to Lead initiative as well as to encourage men to pledge their support for gender equality.
Co-living spaces offer a cheap, all-in-one package: a place where freelancers can live and work with other self-employed individuals. But is this system crossing the boundaries of work and life?
Whether you loved the original series or never saw it, it changed our world. “An ancestor of mine maintained that when you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must […]
Japanese owners of the Aibo brand of robot dogs revere their electric pets so much they hold funerals for them when they break down.