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“Superstar” firms have been lowering labor’s share of GDP in recent decades, a new study finds.
There’s a lot left to understand, ponder, and investigate. And there always will be. For hundreds of thousands of years — nearly all of human history — we had no definitive answers to some of […]
A recent study challenges the conventional thinking that says only young people can dream up successful new businesses.
They say that atoms are mostly 99.99999% empty space. But quantum physics says otherwise. If you were to look at what your body is made of, at smaller and more […]
IT has been one of the fastest growing and most lucrative industries for a long time. But is that going to be true in the future?
Cognitive behavioral therapy has the Stoics to thank for inspiring this field.
Fauna and flora refuse to go quietly into the Anthropocene.
Combining two fabrics is the best way to filter out infectious coronavirus particles according to a new study.
Should we build a more powerful collider? A telescope that probes the Universe as never before? Absolutely. Here’s why. Every time someone proposes that we invest in fundamental science — to push the […]
Research suggests dog ownership may improve heart health, decrease depression, and even help you live longer.
Start building momentum by breaking your new side business idea down into manageable baby steps.
Intrinsic religiosity has a protective effect against depression symptoms.
We all share atoms with every person, living or dead, on Earth. There’s more in common among us than you might think. When you eat food, drink liquids, or even breathe […]
“Doing any sort of creative work takes so much intellectual tussle that if there’s any way you can escape from it, you will.” So says Tina Brown, founder of the […]
How do we combat the roots of these hateful forces?
“Just tell me what you want me to do, and I’ll do it.” In her Big Think+ video, “Empower Your People — Conversational Moves for Engaging Your Team in Creative […]
Stanley Tucci has played a lot of different roles on movie sets, both in front of and behind the camera. As a director, though, Tucci stands in the center of […]
Until the use of prison labor is banned, many stakeholders will be incentivized to prevent felons from being rehabilitated.
State and local governments are hiring contact tracers to contain the spread of novel coronavirus.
You know it. Your employees know it. They’re likely to stay with your company only for just a short while. Two years, four years, seven years max. Yet you both […]
Those who think they’re better at lying than average seem to have a few things in common.
Peer pressure is a powerful thing, even for adults. In his Big Think+ video, “Generate Better Conversations,” economist Tim Harford tells the story of an instructive study done in the […]
Have you ever had the experience of giving up on a problem and coming back to it some time later to find its solution suddenly obvious? According to Barbara Oakley, […]
Business, on every level, is becoming more multi-cultural. Whether it’s embracing diversity internally, expanding to multiple sites around the world, or entering distant markets such as China, never has it […]
Psychologist and author Dan Ariely understands the appeal of rational economics: If people can be expected to behave rationally, life is simple. You can predict their behavior and devise systems […]
It marks another milestone in SpaceX’s long-standing effort to make spaceflight cheaper.
Physicist and author of Einstein’s Dreams Alan Lightman once did a study of 30 of science’s great discoveries. He wanted to learn what he could about the creative process from […]
Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy, is a programmer. When he got the idea to begin posting free online classes, he was able to get the basic infrastructure in place […]