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The more hours you put in at the office, the more likely you are to become obese, according to a new paper from the US Census Bureau.
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Dr. Madhav Chavan describes how technological innovations are inherently non-linear, and therefore don't easily transpose to the linear world of education.
The way our political parties approach freedom risks producing individuals who are slovenly free and in pursuit of their most base passions.
Researchers working on a new project at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University have begun tracking, in real time, cases of false news and the stories debunking them […]
It may be that by increasing the already substantial blood-flow to your brain, exercise can help build your IQ and work to keep you safe from neurological conditions that result from old age.
It may surprise you to learn that the entrepreneur behind dating sites like OKCupid and Match.com got his start by creating SparkNotes.com and Edonkey, a video-sharing site.
When cultural commentators remark on the dangers of technology, they are not all Luddites by trade.
150, 50, 15, 5. Those are the magic numbers in the sociology of friendship, according to University of Oxford professor Robin Dunbar.
On a recent flight over the Netherlands, I found the landscape stare back at me
Theoretical physicist, best-selling author, and all around cool guy Michio Kaku returns to Big Think to discuss the science of dreaming, as well as everything Freud got right about our subconscious.
Let me start by saying that I love this month's Atlantic cover story, "The New Science of Old Age." I'm not raising it up just to knock it down. The piece, […]
A peek at Manhattan before the skyscrapers (though not before the relentless hustle-bustle).
"The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of nonviolence has been the organization of violence."
A new piece in Car and Driver details the awful corporate situation that birthed one of recent memory's most spectacular automobile industry failures.
"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown."
Businesses that stand out on Facebook are in a better position to grow and succeed. John Rampton, in a piece over at Forbes, explains how to optimize your business page for Facebook search.
Perhaps the most spectacular example of rebirth in our galaxy, this cavernous nebula is giving rise to the next generation of stars! Image credit: ESO, via http://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0925a/. “For in the […]
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Michio Kaku describes how our prefrontal cortex disengages as we dream, thus suppressing the fact-checking component of our consciousness.
Favorite sports teams become outlets for fans' personal frustration. Sometimes this can be seen as a healthy way to channel dissatisfaction. Too often though, this channeling gets ugly.
Trace a page with your finger and Finger Reader will read it out loud for you. The device, currently in development by the MIT Media Lab, fits on your index finger […]