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BriefMe arranges and ranks news headlines in a feed on your smartphone. CEO Max Campion calls the new app "100 percent created for millennials." Will young people buy in?
"The Nobel Prize is fine, but the drugs I've developed are rewards in themselves."
It’s a classic idea in both Psychology and Economics that when things get cheaper or easier to do they get done more often. While this is an idea sculpted out […]
In this 5-part Big Think Mentor workshop Mihnea Moldoveanu teaches us how to systematically analyze the epistemic structure of networks by using a diagramming tool called the epinet. In this […]
If you're in the business of analyzing social networks, it's vital to establish strategies for mapping human interaction. It's also vital to remember that human interactions are dependent on knowledge […]
Many of us turn to familiar standby food items to soothe negative feelings. A new study suggests the rejuvenating value we place on these "comfort foods" may be misappropriated.
Metaphors can be our shortest stories: their compact explanations often shape our view of the truth. But like stories taken out of context, badly mixed metaphors from biology and physics […]
What the first signs of life beyond our Solar System will look like. Image credit: Tanga et al., 2012. “Language… has created the word ‘loneliness’ to express the pain of […]
Two decades after Antioch College, a small liberal arts college in Ohio, was ridiculed on "Saturday Night Live" for its policy of requiring students to obtain verbal consent from potential […]
The website for the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary features an terrific interactive exploration of the region's many wrecks.
Oslo became the fourth city to drop its bid for the 2022 Olympic games after Norway's government, echoing the voices of a majority of citizens, chose not to provide financial backing.
It’s one of the most unforgettable opening acts of any 20th century film. In the midst of a dense jungle, a mercenary pulls a gun on the man paying the […]
In a textbook example of "any publicity is good publicity," rival brands that engage in social media banter can each see a boost in their social ROI.
It's not a surprise that making the most out of your college investment means choosing an optimal field of study. What may be surprising is that smoe seemingly successful majors don't actually pay that well.
Most of us have been advised at one time or another to choose our battles. We know it’s good advice, yet rarely stop and think about the criteria for passing […]
Neuroscientist and best-selling author Sam Harris advocates for a secular form of meditation as a method for making fundamental discoveries about the nature of the mind.
How the Cosmic Microwave Background — the Big Bang’s leftover radiation glow — continues to shed light on the birth of our Universe. Image credit: ESA and the Planck Collaboration. The announcement of the […]
Needing to sneak into a packed venue for a 1963 concert, the Beatles got in with a little help from their friends: the Birmingham City Police.
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Sam Harris says that stress-reductive benefits of meditation are rather trivial compared to the insights one can discover about the nature of the self.
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The stress-reductive benefits of meditation are trivial compared to the insights one can discover about the nature of the self.