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Although human beings arrived on Earth just ~300,000 years ago, we’ve transformed the entire planet completely. Here’s how we did it.

According to neuropsychologist Julia DiGangi, no one can live a life free of emotional pain. We can only choose how those emotions empower us.

What if the barrier to a fulfilled life isn’t technology but culture?

When all your teammates fall for “the emperor’s new clothes,” the results can be disastrous — here’s how to bust the groupthink.

“The Big Map of Who Lived When” plots the lifespans of historical figures — from Eminem all the way back to Genghis Khan.

Get rid of the notion that the best employees come from Harvard, Yale, and Princeton.

13.8 columnist Marcelo Gleiser reflects on his recent voyage to Earth’s last wild continent.

The rhetorical fallout is greater than the radioactive fallout.

Lord Kelvin is thought to have said there was nothing new to discover in physics. His real view was the opposite.

Alex Edmans, professor of finance at the London Business School, warns us to be mindful of the incentives surrounding misinformation — including our desire to believe it.

The US needs 28 million EV chargers by 2030. Here’s how it can get there.

American students are being compelled to specialize earlier and earlier. Here’s what it takes to build a successful physics foundation.

In numerous cultures worldwide, women were just as involved in bringing home the prehistoric bacon as their male counterparts.

More than a third of Americans don’t get enough sleep. Diet is an important, under-recognized culprit.

Big Think spoke with animator and animation historian Tom Sito about the cyclical evolution of animation.

A prolonged strike could cost the economy between $500 million to $4.5 billion per day.

How black and white is your thinking?

Exoplanet LP 791-18d is likely to have an atmosphere and liquid water.

The rise and fall of Josh Harris — the genius who anticipated the digital revolution just a little too soon.

If you eat a diet full of refined grains, high-sugar drinks, and sweets, there’s a good chance you have too much insulin.

And can we run the grid of the future without AI?

Lab experiments showed Caribbean box jellyfish are quick studies of their environment.

If you guessed “staying up all night to play video games,” you’d be right.

David Novak — the cofounder, and former CEO and chairman, of Yum! Brands — celebrates the benefits of active, lifelong learning.

Hunger rates are rising. These technologies could turn the tide.

We see objects whose light only arrives just now. But we see them as they were in the past: when that now-arriving light was first emitted.

There are nearly 100 towns named “Troy.”

“The Tao of the wise is to work without effort.”

We were not born to stagnate — the point of life (and work) is to go somewhere.

The TRAPPIST-1 system is a treasure trove of possibilities and questions. Observations by JWST have just begun.