What strategies do you use to push through a tough challenge, be it a run on a treadmill or a stressful phone call with your boss? Perhaps you remind yourself […]
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Microbes screened with a new microfluidic process might be used in power generation or environmental cleanup.
Daniel Bryan is a “heel” who might sincerely believe in some of the things his persona is known to say.
Brent Gleeson is a business consultant, author, and former Navy SEAL. In that last role, he’s learned about the importance of resiliency when working through challenges. He’s not just talking […]
Our Universe is full of surprises. This latest one, AT2018cow, has ignited a controversy between astronomers. The Universe is an ever-changing place, particularly if you look at it on long-enough […]
Almost 200 cognitive biases rule our everyday thinking. A new codex boils them down to 4.
“Slight,” applied to large populations, could still mean thousands of more boys.
It increases their brains’ gray matter volume.
What is socialism with Chinese characteristics, and is it just capitalism?
FOIA release sheds light on the DOD’s own struggle to understand UFOs.
The Dr. Data Show is a new web series that breaks the mold for data science infotainment, captivating the planet with short webisodes that cover the very best of machine learning and predictive analytics.
A new study shows promise for epigenetic treatments for humans suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.
Best case: Redrawing borders leads to peace, prosperity and EU membership. But there’s also a worst case.
The Canadian professor has an extensive collection posted on his site.
A rare, ultra-diffuse galaxy is full of stars and not much else. Here’s how to make sense of it. One of the greatest puzzles in the entire Universe is the dark […]
A new study shows how machine-learning methods could examine your friends’ past tweets to accurately predict your future behavior online.
The Oxfam report prompted Anand Giridharadas to tweet: “Don’t be Pinkered into everything’s-getting-better complacency.”
Quoth the parrot — “Squawk! Nevermore.”
Executive coach Alisa Cohn, in her Big Think+ video, “Understand Ownership and Accountability: What It Means to Be In Charge When Things Go Wrong,” uses her experience with a company […]
Sometimes doing nothing means everything.
A new study from Oregon State University makes it clear: it’s you.
The meaning—and range—of “habitable” goes much farther than we once thought.
The ability to instantaneously jump from one location in space to another clearly violates the laws of physics. Or does it? There are a few rules in the Universe that seem […]
In his final years, Martin Luther King, Jr. become increasingly focused on the problem of poverty in America.
Rwanda is pioneering the regulation and use of drones – such as delivering blood
You can use these to get ahead, no matter your age.
Legislators push to keep cursive in their schools’ curricula, but experts seem split as to whether it’s necessary.
A wealthy team doesn’t automatically make for a successful team.