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Here’s a problematic new study: Women looking for marriage still find narcissistic traits alluring.
Massive data centers in the world require massive amounts of energy, not just for processing power, but also for cooling. While big companies like Google, Facebook, and Microsoft are looking into a variety of ways to make the cooling process greener, one particularly clever solution is coming from a Dutch startup called Nerdalize.
The study of when too much of a good thing can kill you — about 16 glasses every day.
No matter how much animosity you hold against your future former employers, making a spectacle is never worth the risk of backlash.
We instinctively feel safer about anything natural and more worried by anything human-made, but instincts may not lead to choices that do human or environmental health the most good.
Despite the apparent rise in people with no religion, the overall percentage of non-believers is expected to decline as a share of the world’s population, according to a new survey from the Pew Research Center.
Smiling changes how the brain processes other people’s emotions. As the Louis Armstrong song goes, “When you’re smilin’, the whole world smiles at you.”
NASA is considering the moon as a kind of galactic pit stop for astronauts to refuel before they go to Mars.
Exercise — not diet — has the greatest impact on our waistlines as we age. So, while foregoing the bacon cheeseburgers of your youth is a good step, you’ll need to go further to stay fit.
It burns so hot and intense, it’s probably already gone. But what a sight! “The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.” –Lao Tzu Image credit: NASA, […]
Incredible canvases, created with the burning ends of incense sticks. “Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.” –Pablo Picasso When it comes to the art we make, […]
Some well-placed eyeliner can make a look, but put it on the waterline of your eye and, well, you might as well be drawing it onto your cornea.
Some people believe generous welfare benefits make people more dependent — not so, according to researchers.
Independent bookstores aren’t able to compete with Amazon on price, but they do offer something the online giant can’t — a beloved community space.
This past week, the Colima volcano in Mexico erupted spectacularly.César Cantú captured it like never before. “It’s tempting to go to the throat of the volcano to get the data, […]
No one likes it when resources are rationed, but Californians may force the state or federal government’s hand if they don’t voluntarily cut their water usage.
New research out of Johns Hopkins University suggests babies whose expectations are challenged by surprise tend to learn more efficiently.
Could humans someday live to be 1,000 years old? Life extension and radical longevity are rising topics of conversation among futurist circles… and wealthy tech entrepreneurs are listening.
The 2013 Edward Snowden leaks still resonate for tech companies wary of being seen as too aligned with the U.S. government.
Many experts — including Big Think expert Bill Nye — argue that the greatest extent threat to human survival is an asteroid collision.
Four states are currently in the process of approving measures to allow high school students to fulfill foreign language-learning requirements with a computer language instead.
Developing repeatable reading habits will allow you to block out the distracting noise of the outside world and focus more intently on your calming activity.
Thanks to Big Think’s favorite experimental philosopher Jonathon Keats, our great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandchildren will have a photographic record of how Tempe, Arizona, in 3015 ended up that way.
“It’s always better to leave the party early,” said Bill Watterson, author of the beloved comic strip “Calvin and Hobbes.” Watterson famously chose to end “Calvin and Hobbes” in 1995 after only 10 years of syndication.
If you’re lucky enough to have a professional colleague take you under their wing, you have to identify ways to nurture that relationship from the receiving end.
Don’t believe any caller who claims they work for the IRS. The IRS will never call or email you. The best course of action you can take is to spread the word to help stop the success of these scams.
Dr. Tesia Marshik who is an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse walks us through the extensive evidence that learning styles don’t exist, before looking at why the belief is so widespread and why the belief is such a serious problem.
The possibilities were almost limitless, so why does everything line up? “Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless […]
Introducing a performance aspect to your job interviews will help you identify which candidates possess the most acute learning skills.