Nietzsche had some harsh things to say about the worldview of the masses, but what did he really think?
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The fans supporting their teams at the World Cup in Russia are overwhelmingly white. Their teams? Not so much.
A new study on virtual embodiment explores the “surprising plasticity of the brain’s body representation,” and suggests that virtual reality representations can improve cognition.
As temperatures rise, your brain’s processing power declines.
13.8 billion years ago, our Universe as-we-know-it came into existence. Here’s what it was like. Looking out at our Universe today, we not only see a huge variety of stars and […]
The Thai boys soccer team rescued from underground caves was helped in survival by meditation practices led by its coach – a former Buddhist monk.
NASA recorded an interplanetary exchange. And it sounds not entirely unlike the beginning to a certain Daft Punk song.
The killer whale involved in the incident, Tilikum, has been involved in three deaths of humans while in captivity.
For millions of years, this popular color dominated the world.
Hannah Gadsby claims “Nanette” is her exit from the stage. But she can change her mind.
Animal extinction is, after all, inevitable in the natural world — some have even called it the “engine of evolution”. So why should extinction matter to us?
President Trump has placed retaliatory tariffs on the U.S.’s closest allies. His justification for this policy is national security and the protection of America’s businesses. But history has shown us that trade wars don’t put America first.
Researchers at Princeton engineer a new type of diamond with silicon and boron that solves past issues with quantum data storage and retrieval.
The 12 boys and their soccer coach who were trapped in a flooded cave in Thailand have all finally been rescued, ending an 18-day ordeal that gripped local and international onlookers.
President Donald Trump on Monday nominated 53-year-old Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to replace Justice Anthony M. Kennedy’s seat on the Supreme Court, a pick that could establish a solid conservative majority in the court for years to come.
The Big Think+ team is thrilled to present 20 brand new videos! How does an astronaut bridge cultural divide? This month, take new perspectives on the interesting world we work […]
There is a reason why anti-vaxx attitudes are hard to shake, explains a new study.
There’s a halo of dark matter permeating every galaxy, and that means its particles pass through us, too. The Universe, despite all the planets, stars, gas, dust, galaxies, and more we […]
Basketball is the exception, which leans very left.
The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has been working for years to preserve the estimated 10,000 videos of nuclear bomb tests made by the U.S. government during the Cold War.
When crows and ravens fight, it’s the smaller crows being the aggressor about 97% of the time. It may be them being protective of their nest or it may be competition, but ravens are the ones being bullied.
From a developmental perspective, lying in young children is rarely cause for concern. In fact, lying is often one of the first signs a young child has developed a “theory of mind.”
Aura will attempt to become a frequent flyer’s go-to airline.
By 2020, recyclable lids that look like sippy-cups will be de rigueur.
Tech inventor Elon Musk has developed a “tiny, kid-size submarine” that could help rescue the four boys and their soccer coach who remain trapped in a flooded cave in Thailand.
Virtually all young Danes have left the parental home by the time they’re 34. Yet in Slovakia, almost 57% of young adults still reside in the Hotel of Mum and Dad.
Practical philosopher Andrew Taggart talks about what is an excellent human life, what are the first steps to achieving it and what a society without work looks like.
Forget the spectacular explosions we create here on Earth. The Universe outdoes us in every way imaginable. Forget mere chemical reactions; in space, matter-energy conversion creates unprecedentedly powerful explosive events. […]
The heatwave scorching Britain is revealing the outline of ancient buildings – some previously unknown to archaeologists