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Researchers attempt to distill the science of dirty talk, submissive sexual activity, and the overall nature of arousal.
It’s not just leaps and breakthroughs, but a way of thinking and a way of life. Are you in? “When I say, ‘I love you,’ it’s not because I want […]
The ethics and realities of autonomous cars.
The science behind selfish behavior has been revealed, and it's pretty disturbing.
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Theoretical physicist Lawrence Krauss explains his main gripe with organized religion: "It implies things about the real world that are just not true."
From “Border Walls” to “Anchor Babies,” the immigration debate heats up every American presidential election. An art instillation challenges the cruelty of much of that rhetoric and questions the very idea of borders.
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Big Think's chief economist discusses the fledgling Chinese shadow banking system that national leaders want to regularize.
Researchers track thousands of healthy honeybees to figure out what's leading to their decline.
Mental illness is not one-size-fits-all. Just look at the state of mental health in the black community, which is replete with unique and systemic issues.
Why Banksy's dystopian vision of the future might be the kind of shock we need to realize the problems humanity faces.
As far as health risks go, sleep disorders tend to fly beneath the radar. Researchers are trying to change that.
According to relativity, there’s no universal frame of reference. But the Big Bang gave us one anyway. “The slow philosophy is not about doing everything in tortoise mode. It’s less […]
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Author and entrepreneur Jerry Kaplan offers an interesting crash course on computational ethics, the idea that robots and machines will require programming to make them cognizant of morals, decorum, manners, and various other social nuances.
On August 14th, an 11-year-old Paraguayan girl gave birth to a baby girl. She had been impregnated after being raped by her stepfather; the pregnancy only became evident when she […]
Carter said he was "surprisingly at ease" when he received his diagnosis. Perhaps part of that serenity comes from the knowledge of the good works he has done in his life.
This company promises to not only improve your showering experience, but also help you use 70 percent less water.
Words of wisdom from A. Philip Randolph: "Men often hate each other because they fear each other; they fear each other because they do not know each other; they do not know each other because they cannot communicate; they cannot communicate because they are separated.”
Open borders would lead to a massive wave of immigration and probably the collapse of American constitutional democracy... though one economist says that's not a bad thing.
And having network of social support is great medicine.