Dinosaurs and other beasts were once thought to be the “undisputed masters” of Venus.
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Big Think guest writer Rory Stewart — former UK Secretary of State for International Development and co-host of The Rest Is Politics podcast — made a profound discovery about leadership while working with GiveDirectly.
Big Think talks to Konrad Feldman — founder of advertising tech innovator Quantcast.
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Tardigrades can completely dehydrate and later rehydrate themselves, a survival trick that scientists are harnessing to preserve medicines in hot temperatures.
Digital analyses of Enlightenment-era letters are teaching us a thing or two about Locke, Voltaire, and others.
2023 will see an “arms race” in mixed reality hardware and software. This truly will revolutionize our society.
Its creators hope the technology will help people meaningfully connect with the external world.
Whole Foods Market founding CEO John Mackey synthesized the counterculture with capitalism and drove a food revolution.
The annual rite of passage has always been more about the ambivalence of adults than the amusement of children.
The threats Mars astronauts face — and how NASA is working to solve them.
Without the time to mentally disengage from work, people can slip into burnout.
We all know assholes. Perhaps, you are one. Now, psychologists are trying to answer one of life’s biggest mysteries: What, exactly, makes someone an asshole?
When Star Trek’s Captain Picard and The Office’s Dwight Schrute channel philosopher Karl Jaspers, we can all benefit.
Big Think recently spoke with sleep psychologist Dr. Jade Wu about the surprising consequences of forgoing sleep.
The Industrial Revolution changed music forever, thanks to a combination of technological advances and clever entrepreneurs.
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The most celebrated genius in human history didn’t just revolutionize physics, but taught many valuable lessons about living a better life.
Prolonged and repetitive tasks rewire us in profound ways – which can be a force for good at work.
Cal Newport explains how you and your teams can accomplish more while improving quality and supercharging workplace morale.
“Burke’s the butcher, Hare’s the thief, and Knox the man who buys the beef.” Read the story of 19th-century Scotland’s corpse dealers.
By the end, even his mom wanted him gone.
Is there a force keeping humanity in check?
Just a small gesture or a thoughtful comment can often alter a situation, or people’s perceptions of it, in ways that relieve tensions and make them feel appreciated and included.
A-list lessons for better work-life collaboration — direct from the movie set.
You can’t throw a DART at everything in space.
Everyone has to learn about sex somehow. Today, billions of people are learning about it from porn.
Former spacewalker Mike Massimino tells Big Think how NASA missions shaped great leaders.
