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Next week, Big Think will host two groundbreaking panels on pandemic and genomic science. A handful of the world's foremost experts--including Esther Dyson, Francis Collins, Michael Woroby and Boonsri Dickinson--will […]
The Pew Research Center has just released its new polling data on the state of science, and attitudes toward science in America are just as disheartening as you might imagine. […]
In the midst of all the news on ailing financial institutions and Fortune 500 companies, much of the media attention has focused on wealthy states like New York and California. […]
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Healthcare expert Ron Dixon insists technology should be used to enable relationships.
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A conversation with Associate Medical Director, Massachusetts General Hospital, about incentivizing care givers to spend extra time with patients and focus on health outcomes.
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Ron Dixon, Director of the Virtual Practice Pilot at Massachusetts General Hospital, believes patients and physicians should have the same level of access to electronic medical records.
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Medical expert Ron Dixon says we need to eliminate perverse incentives from healthcare and start paying for performance and quality.
The real Tony La Russa had no legal case against the fake Tony La Russa, at least not on Twitter. The manager of the St. Louis Cardinals filed his suit […]
A study published today in the journal Stem Cells and Development renders the male gender, evolutionarily speaking, unnecessary. Researchers from Newcastle University and the Northeast England Stem Cell Institute (NESCI) […]
Life is a series of challenges to be met and mastered, as they say.
Alec Ross is changing diplomacy. The Senior Advisor on Innovation to Secretary Clinton studies the distribution of power from government to the people. And he's noticed something about the relationship […]
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A conversation with the playwright and founder of the Brooklyn Writers Space.
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Writing needs better teachers while theater just needs more stages.
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The playwright on creating the Brooklyn Writers Space.
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"I don’t actually have any expectation to make money as a playwright until I’m really, really old."
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Abolish ordinary health insurance and expand catastrophic coverage.
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The filmmaker shares the trials and tribulations of movie making.
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A conversation with the producer and director of the film "Transcendent Man".
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The filmmaker talks about his future, his desires and his favorite films.
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The filmmaker talks about the futuristic ideas of Ray Kurzweil.