“History is always written by the winners,” goes the saying. It’s also true that history is continually being made, and the identity of the “winner” continually shifts. In his Big […]
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Anastasia lives alone in perfect harmony with nature – or so the story goes – and nature serves her devotedly.
Chairman of JetBlue Joel Peterson considers trust, “smart” trust, a key element in a successful organization. Where there’s trust, a company is free to become a whole greater than the […]
Being a specialist used to be the way forward, but the future belongs to people who can adapt to any given scenario on a dime.
Some experts may worry that AI will depersonalize health care, but others see its potential to deepen relationships.
Gail Bradbrook, co-founder of Extinction Rebellion, called for a mass psychedelic act of civil disobedience in protest of drug criminalization.
Want some crazy space phenomena? You don’t have to leave the neighborhood for it.
Maybe you’ve heard the term “self-actualization” bandied about at a party or by an inspirational speaker? Popularized by psychologist Abraham Maslow, the theory argues that we can realize our full […]
New research from MIT is unintuitive but could lead to a better system.
Pandemic-inspired housing innovation will collide with techno-acceleration.
Parenting could be a distraction from what mattered most to him: his writing.
Sophists used rhetoric and debate to arrive at practical truths.
You can practically see them slipping away. Yes, they’re still in the conversation with you, at least physically, but you know: The other person has disengaged. Who knows where their […]
The Evergreen National Education Prize offers monetary and promotional support to organizations helping low-income youths access education.
For a startup, growth is a straightforward matter of scaling up: adding employees, setting up distribution channels, and so on. But, says David Butler in his Big Think+ video “Design […]
Let noted cognitive psychologist and linguist Steven Pinker introduce you to psychology.
Everyone wants to predict who will win the 2020 presidential election. Here are 2 misconceptions to bust so people don’t proclaim the death of data like they did in 2016.
That question is at the heart of the new documentary, “Medicating Normal.”
Young people could even end up less anxiety-ridden, thanks to newfound confidence
“Self-talk has been the biggest thing in my life,” says former Navy SEAL David Goggins. He knows he’s not alone. He also knows it’s largely, to use his words, “a […]
They said the “missing half” of the Universe’s matter was just found. But what they found barely makes a dent to the big picture. When we look up into the great […]
How many abortions are actually performed? Survey dat reveal the complexity in the raging debate.
The virus is unlike anything many people have ever experienced.
The multifaceted cerebellum is large — it’s just tightly folded.
Here’s why you might eat greenhouse gases in the future.
American homes are big and polluting. Here’s how to fix that.
After his breakout performance as Breaking Bad’s Walter White — and after playing dad Hal in Malcolm in the Middle — it might seem that Bryan Cranston’s always been as […]
Non-avian dinosaurs were thought terrestrially bound, but newly unearthed fossils suggest they conquered prehistoric waters, too.
Disagreements are inevitable — we all have different experiences that lead us to be who we are and to what we believe. Almost as inevitable are distrust, suspicion, and even […]
Clinical studies are underway. How we treat them moving forward matters.