Guest Thinkers — October 16, 2009

The G-Spot Guru

Dr. Beverly Whipple is widely recognized as the scientist who popularized the G-Spot. She came by Big Think today to speak for a special series we’ll be launching in November. Whipple talked about everything from female masturbation to ejaculation, and answered questions about the anatomy of an orgasm. Is is true that women have the ability to climax from mental imagery alone? Stay tuned for Whipple’s interview at the beginning of November.

NASA solar dynamics observatory view of the sun

Starts With A Bang

What was it like when the first elements formed?

In the early stages of the hot Big Bang, there were only free protons and neutrons: no atomic nuclei. How did the first elements form from them?

Life

How many animals get slaughtered every day?

Hundreds of millions of animals get killed for meat every day.

13.8

The physical and philosophical problem of time

Our intuitive understanding of time is very different from a physicist's understanding of time. How do we reconcile these views?

Health

How a fetus can save its mother’s life

Stem cells from a fetus can live within the mother for decades — and help her heal.

President Barack Obama delivers a persuasive speech from a podium.

The psychology of persuasion, as told by an Ivy League professor

It just takes one “yes.” Wharton professor Jonah Berger shares his three tips for getting what you want from others.

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Technology & Innovation

Building Global Economies: From the Schoolhouse to the Workplace

Schools need to be globally competitive. The best graduates from New York City's schools are not competing for jobs with the best graduates of Boston's schools; but with the best graduates in the world. If we look at most of the world's problems (poverty, disease, AIDS, hunger) the root cause is the lack of education. Nations need to improve their educational systems in order to improve their economies.