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The newest essays, interviews, and features from Big Think.

Two moths on a wooden surface in anthropogenic earth.
Without even realizing it, we’ve actually become pretty god-like in our powers.
A rat is floating in front of a DNA screen, exhibiting an autistic behavior.
The study is a solid step toward developing gene therapies against neurodevelopmental disorders.
An captivating image of a jellyfish gracefully floating in a dark abyss.
Lab experiments showed Caribbean box jellyfish are quick studies of their environment.
A group of people sitting at a table in a brave space, working on their laptops.
Take it from teamwork gurus behind Apple and Star Wars — a new kind of psychological incubator will allow your creativity to flourish.
A monkey dressed in human clothes paints a nude human figure in a studio setting, holding a palette and brush.
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Filmmaker Godfrey Reggio, rock icon Steve Albini, and comedian Fred Armisen told Kmele how they make sense of the world — and leave their mark on it.
A diagram of a galaxy with a blue circle representing the first atoms in the middle.
The first elements in the Universe formed just minutes after the Big Bang, but it took hundreds of thousands of years before atoms formed.
A gavel on top of a green and black background, symbolizing the regulation of AI.
Big Think spoke with AI expert Nick Jennings about the future of regulating fast-evolving AI.
A collage of Adam from Michaelangelo's 'Creation of Adam' and Venus from Boticelli's 'The Birth of Venus' featuring red censor bars over the subjects' mouths.
Today, the F-word is enjoying a renaissance the likes of which it hasn’t seen since, well, the Renaissance.
A black and white photo capturing the spirit of excellence, featuring a man and a woman at a table.
By supplementing the "principle of marginal gains” with these practical steps, you’ll be well equipped for the journey towards excellence.
Employees over customers.
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Quiet quitting, The Great Resignation, burnout: there are a ton of buzzwords to describe how modern work culture is broken. Now that we know what the problems are, how do we fix them? Tiffani Bova shares how employers can heal their relationship with their employees.
A mesmerizing starry sky with shooting stars and a majestic tree.
Each December, the Geminid meteor shower puts on a show for skywatchers across Earth. With a new Moon at 2023's peak, it'll be outstanding!
An image of a blue nebula in space.
Your life’s memories could, in principle, be stored in the universe’s structure.
A piece of wood with words written on it, discovered near Vesuvius.
The volcano’s historic eruption preserved an ancient library, but rendered its content illegible. A public competition aims to change that.
Two men smiling in front of a white board.
It’s not just fun: DNA origami has the potential to revolutionize engineering at the nanoscopic scale.
A drawing of a man with chart in the background.
The essential element needed for innovation is creative dissonance — and the keys to unlocking it were forged by bankers in Italy.
A collage featuring detailed illustrations of an eye, nose, ear, mouth with tongue, and a hand against a light background.
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Consciousness isn’t just a problem for philosophers. On this episode of Dispatches, Kmele sat down with scientists, a mathematician, a spiritual leader, and an entrepreneur, all trying to get to the heart of “the feeling of life itself.”
a visualization showing the view from inside the inner event horizon of a Kerr black hole
The brilliant mind who discovered the spacetime solution for rotating black holes claims singularities don't physically exist. Is he right?
A black and white photo of a man with his hands on his head.
Some neuroscientists question whether the body can “keep score” of anything in a meaningful way.
A close up of worms in a liquid.
These nematodes complicate how we understand evolutionary lineages.
A group of people running on a track.
A company can only be as agile as its least flexible team — here’s how to make an effective framework for decision-making.