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Finding direct links between Buddhism and Western philosophy is a difficult task, but they do play out in strange loops.
Over 700 pilgrims were killed by a stampede en route to Mecca. Why do some choose to celebrate such tragedies?
Even though we can get better, faster, cheaper products elsewhere, the market always goes with Apple.
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The trick to producing water for astronauts is to figure out how best to extract it from the soil and atmosphere.
Before he “jumped ship to the useless, unemployable arts", young Salman wanted to be a physicist. This and more on Big Think's weekly podcast, Think Again.
There were two periods of exponential expansion in the Universe: one today and one long ago. Are they related? “What is wild cannot be bought or sold, borrowed or copied. […]
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Dr. James Fallon of UC Irvine explains what a psychopath is, how they work, and what they want from you -- and he ought to know (but you'll have to watch to find out why).
Their hyper-repetitive patterns mean video games vastly outgun older emotech... like movies, or novels. Some emotech helps you be more human. Some reduces your "humanity." We shape our emotech, and then it shape us.
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Learn how to make up for lazy shortcuts made by your brain as well as how to guide other people around their first impressions of you.
Despite its many weaknesses, the U.N. has been successful in one of its main pursuits: linking the countries of the world in a way that promotes peace. Could a similar model work for religion?
A senior engineer at Google shines a light on the dystopian possibilities of the online world that we all inhabit.
Researchers transfer quantum data over 100 km of optical fiber.
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The "poet laureate of hip-hop" is troubled by society's rising reverence for ignorance and prestige. This is a stark departure from pop culture and music from the past, which laid more focus on rooting for the underdog and questioning authority.
America's railway infrastructure brought to you by: China.
Scientific innovation is not only one of America’s greatest successes, but also what makes America great.
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Why is the pope's visit to America a big deal? Aside from the sheer number of Catholics in the United States, Pope Francis inspires people the world over with the way he leads the Catholic Church.
Studies show that television shows featuring minorities help us ease our attitudes toward people who are "different." We look back at the past thirty years and see how that came to be.
Lying is deception. It’s also human: 60 percent of us can’t go for longer than 10 minutes without doing it.
Why the argument that “this idea is absurd” is no argument at all. “He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and […]