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In a free-market society, distinguishing between rights and privileges has become a murky and often quarrelsome decision. Here the Dean of Penn’s School of Social Policy, pinpoints our key misconception […]
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Big Think sites down with Dean of the School of Social Policy & Practice at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Human development expert Elizabeth Debold taps into the psyche of post-modern women.
Recreational intercourse isn’t anything new. But wouldn’t you think that today’s women are more in touch with their wants and desires in the bedroom? Gender expert Elizabeth Debold begs to […]
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Now that women aren’t necessarily expected to raise a family, they are less sure what they want out of life.
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A conversation with the Senior Editor of EnlightenNext magazine.
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The relation between the mind and sexual response is still fertile ground for investigation.
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It’s a mystery that Rutgers psychology professor Barry Komisaruk is trying to solve. Men seem to be immune from the problem.
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Rutgers psychologist Barry Komisaruk says that men and women use the same language to describe climaxing.
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A conversation with the Rutgers psychologist and author of the upcoming book, "The Orgasm Answer Guide."
The top United Nations authority on climate change said that a binding treaty aimed at reducing the world's carbon emissions is no longer a possible outcome of the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference.
The world’s most powerful particle accelerator was shut down after a bird dropped some bread in it.
An evangelical Christian who teaches kindergarten has refused to give her fingerprints on religious grounds, saying that fingerprinting is the “mark of the beast.”
The use of shamans, spiritual priests said to have a direct link to dead spirits, is making a comeback in Mongolia.
Fourteen people have been charged with illegally purchasing 77m cigarettes.
President Obama tells tribal leaders that he knows what it is to be ignored and forgotten.
Republican Michael Steele warns moderate Republicans that intra-party fighting “is the first way to screw yourself.”
A production of Hamlet starring Jude Law is a commercial success after recouping its $2.5m costs in less than three months.
Penelope Trunk explains why she updated her Twitter feed with the news that she was having a miscarriage.
Senator Charles Schumer has criticized plans to government fund a Texas wind farm project because it will create jobs overseas.