Kevin Dickinson
Kevin Dickinson is a staff writer and columnist at Big Think. His writing focuses on the intersection between education, psychology, business, and science. He holds a master’s in English and writing, and his articles have appeared in Agenda, RealClearScience, and the Washington Post. Follow him on LinkedIn and Twitter @KevinRDickinson.
The Evergreen National Education Prize offers monetary and promotional support to organizations helping low-income youths access education.
Brain plasticity. Mindful superpowers. Pokémon invading our grey matter. Scientists have only begun to learn about the human brain.
A universal basic income is just one of Andrew Yang’s ideas to update capitalism for the 21st century.
From religious wars to French poison conspiracies to the counterculture, we look at the origins of Satanism.
Andrew Yang argues that the Alaska Permanent Fund shows the path to implementing a nationwide universal basic income.
The Flynn effect shows people have gotten smarter, but some research claims those IQ gains are regressing. Can both be right?
New research suggests that a healthy supply of locally-sourced beer helped maintain the unity of the widespread Wari civilization for about 500 years.
Are we witnessing evolution in real time?
New experiments look to the interplay between neutrons and magnetic fields to observe our universal reflection.
New Zealand’s recent budget policy puts the health and well-being of its citizens over economic growth.
Despite the moniker, bedbugs evolved long before mattresses and even survived the K-T extinction.
A 2019 ranking of all 50 states’ education systems shows the Sunshine State serves its college students well.
Despite being free to users, Facebook seems to have a monopoly on our speech, our data, and our lives.
If you don’t want to know anything about your death, consider this your spoiler warning.
Don’t start investing in flux capacitors just yet, though.
One of the world’s deadliest diseases, malaria takes the life of a child every two minutes.
Experts argue the jaws of an ancient European ape reveal a key human ancestor.
Policy advisor Simon Anholt believes the question we should ask is, which country is the “goodest”?
Researchers hope the technology will further our understanding of the brain, but lawmakers may not be ready for the ethical challenges.
A new experiment shows that two observers can experience divergent realities (if they go subatomic).
Polls show that more Americans today define socialism as an ideology of “equality” than one espousing government control of the economy.
Few students will become architects, but architecture may be able teach them more about real-life problem-solving than geometric proofs.
Finland’s educational system was driven by a culture that supports a strong social contract, one the United States currently lacks.
Researchers find that toddlers verbalize and interact more with their parents when reading sessions feature print books, not tablets.
The Oedipal complex, repressed memories, penis envy? Sigmund Freud’s ideas are far-reaching, but few have withstood the onslaught of empirical evidence.
Finland’s recent decline in international test scores has led many to question whether its education system is truly the best.
Saving money doesn’t mean sacrificing quality of life; in fact, it can be a way to improve it.
The fierce debate over participation trophies ignores a crucial fact: Children aren’t idiots.
Finland and the U.S. have chosen opposing answers to the question of how much standardized testing is too much.
The key to Finland’s success is to view education not as a privilege, but a right.