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Innovation training encourages the kind of creativity and problem solving that can lead to breakthroughs in business.

Einstein’s most famous equation is E = mc², which describes the rest mass energy inherent to particles. But motion matters for energy, too.

Are people are more likely to act less emotionally and more rationally when speaking their second language?

According to the legendary investor, the best method is a blueprint for “extreme success.”

Studies suggest that meditation can quiet the restless brain.

Even if a leading theory of consciousness is wrong, it can still be useful to science.

When your passion becomes your day job, sometimes the day job becomes a chore.

Misinterpreted data may be distorting Western predictions about the future of China’s economy.

There’s a link between dark personality traits and breaches of battlefield ethics.

Yushiro Kato — the 32-year-old co-founder and CEO of manufacturing platform CADDi — offers his most valuable leadership learnings.

“We should be informed and educated about the risks of AI, but we can’t be afraid,” Khan Academy founder Sal Khan told Big Think.

And why you, a non-expert, should absolutely not consider “explaining what you know” to an actual expert in the field.

Really smart people don’t just demand intellectual engagement — they need the opportunity to learn and create something special.

A photographer captured Bern’s eclectic and charming feline structures.

There are four money personality types. Which are you?

The science fiction dream of a traversable wormhole is no closer to reality, despite a quantum computer’s suggestive simulation.

Taking the floor is all about connecting authentically with your audience. Here’s how.

Admitting that we know little about our future selves can radically improve our decision-making.

Denmark’s 10 Jante Laws are grim, and yet they bring so much happiness. 

Though over three billion people speak an Indo-European language, researchers are not sure where the language family originated.

Talking to yourself seems to yield real benefits, from boosts in cognitive performance to improved emotional regulation.

With crisis management training, organizations can develop the agility to recover from crises with as little disruption as possible.

On New Year’s Eve 1899, the captain of this Pacific steamliner sailed into history. Or did he?

Learn to spot the scientists who are searching for the truth rather than money, ego, or fame.

Ideal models of family life have been broken by societal, technological, and cultural shifts — and we need to rethink our options.

From Hogwarts to hashtags, kids’ reading habits have changed drastically in recent decades — but data suggests cause for hope.

Whether you run the clock forward or backward, most of us expect the laws of physics to be the same. A 2012 experiment showed otherwise.

What are we supposed to do when experts look at the same data yet reach starkly different conclusions?

Ryan Condal, who worked in pharmaceutical advertising before Hollywood, talks with Big Think about imposter syndrome, “precrastination,” and Westeros lore.

Just being a pessimist, cynic, or apathetic doesn’t make you a nihilist.