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The way you are advertised and marketed to is about to change, in a very big way.
A team from Cornell University looks to shut down the ongoing flamewar that has taken over, well, pretty much every public area of the internet.
The EIC is likely to deepen our understanding of the universe in ways we can’t fathom.
AI is the way of the future. And you can teach yourself how to master this incredible new technology from some of the top schools around the globe. In some cases, for free.
It’s ironic that although we’re more connected than ever before, we’re lonelier than ever, too.
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A sobering thought to anyone laughing off the thought of robot overlords.
Artificial intelligence has so far replaced more menial labor, but could it one day soon come for the more analytical positions in the economy like writers and reporters? What will become of journalism?
Nye has spent almost his whole career teaching kids, but he's hated by right-wing ideologues for spreading the word of science.
What, exactly, do they do with your DNA?
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Voting. It's important. But we don't exactly make it a priority, do we? Other democracies have outshone the United States when it comes to innovating ways to encourage democratic participation.
And if their conclusions will be different from ours, how can we be certain we’ve got it right? One of the greatest dangers in all of science is jumping to false […]
A new paper published in the journal American Psychologist shows how NASA is using personality research to learn what makes the best team of astronauts.
Q: How long would it take the average Walmart employee to earn as much as its CEO?
A: 1,000 years.
It’s tempting to think of the mind as a layer that sits on top of more primitive cognitive structures. We experience ourselves as conscious beings, after all, in a way […]
Every professional organization of scientists has a code of ethics and/or conduct. Why not apply it to their journals? When it comes to exploring the Universe, many young people get […]
Artificial intelligence continues to tackle jobs traditionally performed by humans. However, our cognitive biases will challenge our ability to effectively integrate AI into human teams.
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Miki Agrawal—the entrepreneur behind Thinx, Tushy, and Wild—explains how to turn your #1 gripe into an industry-disrupting idea.
A new study echoes a body of prior research showing that men tend to outperform women in a variety of navigational and spatial tasks.
Big Think speaks with the American who’s spent the most time in space, astronaut Peggy Whitson, looking back on what she learned during life in orbit.
MIT researchers have designed a fleet of autonomous boats that offer high manoeuvrability and precise control.