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This week's question arrives via Big Think producer Elizabeth -- What's Bill Nye frightened of? In two words: climate change.
We're not living in the most discourse-friendly age in history. Nowhere is that more clear than in comments sections.
The most spectacular satellite system of any known planet, Saturn’s Rings are a sight like no other. “This then, I thought, as I looked round about me, is the representation […]
So there is a Nazi train hidden in a tunnel somewhere in southwest Poland. Or is there?
Tired of wires, breadboards and the traditional electrical mess? Try drawing your electrical path instead! “Drawing is not only a way to come up with pictures: drawing is a way […]
Neil Young will be speaking at The Nantucket Project, a festival ofideas happening September 24 - 27 on Nantucket, Massachusetts.
For an affluent Western country, the United States has an usually high proportion of its people living in warm-to-tropical climates, which are breeding grounds for parasites.
Researchers at the University College of London think they’ve found a link between human growth hormone and the development of the neurodegenerative disease.
Rupert Murdoch now owns 73 percent of National Geographic. What does this mean for the organization's future?
Pulling an all-nighter and then driving home is like hopping behind the wheel after pounding drinks at the bar.
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One of the classic definitions of mindfulness is that it helps us not cling to what is pleasant and not condemn what is unpleasant.
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How does a couple get past mutual boredom? Behavioral economist Dan Ariely suggests they reframe their perception of the dilemma.
Using technology is like having sex. We like the fun, the feelings, and the connection with others. But if aren’t mindful of downstream consequences like having babies, spreading disease, and dealing with psycho ex-lovers, we can end up in situations that we never anticipated.
Is looking for radio transmissions in space like claiming the lack of smoke signals means there are no modern humans? “[W]hat Fermi immediately realized was that the aliens have had […]
Many of us need to share where we were on 9/11, and telling our story may be the best way for us to heal.
Thanks, New Horizons. You're our favorite deep-space, Pluto-passing probe.
Researchers are looking for signs of life in different places: in their destruction, like that of a nuclear apocalypse.
Mental effort is contagious.
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Eat lean meat, eggs, and seafood, if that's what you want. But remember the bulk of your diet should be vegetables, fruits, whole grains, beans, lentils, nuts, and seeds.
The sleep of reason brings forth monsters. So does the sleep of imagination.