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All American and European eels originate in the same place.
Over the past 50 years, 27 leap seconds have been added to our time.
Science and philosophy seem to be separate fields, but philosophical advancements have made the world more accepting of debate and unorthodox ideas.
David Novak — the cofounder, and former CEO and chairman, of Yum! Brands — celebrates the benefits of active, lifelong learning.
In a major advance, scientists have found a new and groundbreaking way to force electrons to flow only in one direction in a superconductor.
You can’t throw a DART at everything in space.
China has always been one of the world’s wealthiest nations, but Chinese wealth looks different across the country’s eventful history.
Looking back on our planet’s early history offers a new (and less crazy) meaning for the idea of a “flat Earth.”
“Carpe diem” was only one part of Horace’s poem Odes 1.11.
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Ancient humans may have evolved to slumber efficiently — and in a crowd.
Big Think interviews Angie Westbrock, CEO of Standard AI, to learn the secrets of adapting to the winds of change.
Tardigrades can completely dehydrate and later rehydrate themselves, a survival trick that scientists are harnessing to preserve medicines in hot temperatures.
According to Harvard career advisor Gorick Ng, this time-saving system can help us reclaim our work-life sanity.
If you give yourself and others space to tinker and experiment, then you might create something incredible. Here’s how to do it well.
Even if you aren’t in the path of totality, you can still use the solar eclipse to measure how long it takes the Moon to orbit Earth.
Even before birth, our brains are taking note of the languages we hear.
There are many things in life that cannot be improved with greater effort. Sometimes, life requires that you step back.
Compared to people who took a placebo, the brains of those who took caffeine pills had a temporarily smaller gray matter volume.
In a citizen science project, thousands of pet dogs are helping scientists to understand what happens to memory and cognition in old age.
Hundreds of these cannabis-related chemicals now exist, both natural and synthetic, inspiring researchers in search of medical breakthroughs.
An experiment in rats suggests that gene editing may be a treatment for anxiety and alcoholism in adults who were exposed to binge-drinking in their adolescence.
Neuroscientist Tali Sharot recently spoke with Big Think about a two-step method for escaping the dark sides of habits.
Female physicians tend to practice medicine as it should be practiced: with care and compassion.
On Earth, carbon can form millions of compounds, while silicon is largely stuck inside rocks. But elsewhere, silicon could form the basis of life.
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