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A new book by a practicing physician details the extent to which pharmaceutical companies determine what the public sees as the medical profession in action.
"The 400 richest Americans are worth almost $1.4 trillion, while record numbers join the poverty rolls and Democrats punt the tax-cut vote." Robert Reich on wealth disparity.
"European Union officials are furious with a new US fee mandatory for most travelers from Europe. The EU is now considering introducing a similar fee for American travelers."
"Although we currently assume that the only way to improve is to constantly practice, research demonstrates that we can also improve through mere exposure."
"When it comes to the big questions, why should we have to either deny God or believe? Surely good science doesn't so restrict us." The New Scientist's David Eagleman explains.
"So-called geothermal power has been around for more than a century. What will it take to heat up this energy source?" Scientific American on the promising power source.
"A federal law is needed to cover threats against free-speech rights. Across media and geographies, Islamic extremists are increasingly using intimidation to stifle free expression."
Who gets to say who owns our libraries, and what are the risks embedded in making a library profit-driven? The New York Times choice to give Library Systems and Services […]
GOP senate hopeful Sharron Angle will see your lunacy and raise you. These days it's fashionable to claim that vaccination is a Big Pharma/Big Government conspiracy to cause autism. Angle […]
Design and innovation powerhouse IDEO is known for using design thinking and keen behavioral insight to reinvent object, products and systems that touch our daily lives. Most recently, they envisioned […]
The United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) has announced that it will consider drafting protocols for what to do when we finally make contact with extra-terrestrial civilizations in […]
Borders are to maps what icing is to cakes. Tracing their course between countries and across continents is a source of great enjoyment for the cartophile, as is contemplating their […]
As the world grows more interconnected, support for developing countries should be an even bigger concern, says former Irish President Mary Robinson. A failed state like Somalia, which lacks any […]
Did Harvard Business School contribute to the financial crisis that stunned the world for the past few years? Former dean Jay Light says it's possible that HBS—and business schools generally—may […]
Big Think today features a new set of interviews with NIH director Francis Collins, perhaps best known as the former director of the Human Genome Project and for his books […]
Sometimes I think "entitled" is the new "uppity." It's the new all-purpose put down for anyone who seems too aware of their own power. By way of backstory, college journalism […]
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One of the great myths is that doctors are over-medicating the children of America. Koplewicz says nothing could be further from the truth.
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New research by Xavier Castellanos suggests that the key to diagnosing mental illness might have to do with how the brain communicates with itself during sleep.
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Though it is a sensitive issue, the former President of Ireland says leaders of churches, mosques, and temples have a responsibility to counter religious practices that subjugate women.
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Women are more inclined towards a modern style of leadership that encourages collaboration, though there are some women who feel they need to mimic traditional male leadership styles.