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It’s officially the new year, and you’ve probably set a goal. Perhaps you’ve decided on the classic New Year’s resolution: Buy a gym membership and get in shape. Fueled by […]
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What is the hive mind? Turns out there are antisocial and prosocial dimensions to it.
The Eagle Nebula, complete with the Pillars of Creation, tells a mini-version of the story of how all the Universe’s stars formed. The Eagle Nebula, found 7,000 light-years away, demonstrates how […]
Just point the Nix at your surface of choice and within seconds, this eagle-eyed sensor analyzes the pigment and points you to the closest color matches from all the biggest paint brands.
An astrophysicist proposes new designs for stellar engines that can move a solar system.
Is feeling wretched actually helpful?
What if patience, and maybe other personality features too, are more a product of where we are than who we are?
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There are several levels of comedy plagiarism, says Paul F. Tompkins.
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What areas of the brain are activated when you feel a cosmic connection with someone?
It’s not a question we know enough to know the answer to, but to dismiss the possibility is scientifically baseless. There’s one question that most of us ask at some […]
An ongoing experiment aboard the International Space Station aims to find out more about the fundamentals of combustion.
The Mars 2020 rover is set to launch in July of the same year, setting the stage for years and years of science on the Red Planet.
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What's key to successfully expanding your team? A leader who can hire smarter, not faster.
If you’re wondering whether the blast wave or the radiation would kill us first, you’re asking the wrong question. As far as raw explosive power goes, no other cataclysm in […]
Few career moves can make as immediate an impact as adding some advanced certifications to the resume. Meanwhile, the right certifications can increase your salary by as much as 40%.
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More than ever before, we're aware of the tragedy and suffering that goes on in the world. But does that mean we can do more about it?
For years, astronomers have been puzzled by an excess of antimatter particles. Unfortunately, dark matter is probably not the solution. When you look out at the Universe, what you see […]
We catalogue seven more board games to teach children science, problem-solving, and even foster their creativity.
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We have arrived: Big Think's most popular video of 2019 tells us light exists outside of time.