The Latest from Big Think

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In today's political world, building a campaign team that is dedicated to a digital presence is key to winning.
Scientists find common chemicals can negatively impact pregnant women.
The achievement is an important milestone in quantum computing, Google's scientists said.
How do you say "spiel"? Whether you say "shpeel" or "speel" may have to do with how you vote.
Adult recess and other apparently ridiculous activities may be one of the best ways to feel, work, and be better.
What do companies like Hilton, Salesforce, and Wegman’s Food Markets have in common? First, they all have some of the happiest employees in their industries. These three companies made the […]
Traveling interstellar distances in human lifetimes is an amazing dream, but it won’t ever be achieved like this. For centuries, ever since we realized that every star we can see in […]
The view from way out there really puts things in perspective.
Philosopher Nick Bostrom's "singleton hypothesis" predicts the future of human societies.
To prevent torturous experiments on organoids, some are calling for clearer definitions of consciousness.
In Talking to Strangers, Malcolm Gladwell discusses the concept of coupling.
As the American loneliness epidemic reaches alarming new heights, one artist theorizes on what connection might look like in the future.
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A review of the multifaceted questions we'll ask to determine whether robots have a felt quality of experience — an "inner feel."
Researchers evaluated the best and worst ways to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere in a recent report.
Simply getting into grad school isn’t enough. The answers to these three questions can make all the difference. It’s time. You’ve done all your research into schools, completed your undergraduate […]
The team seems to have found a way to extend animal lifespan without genetic modification.
We should care about constitutional rights for all, says lawyer and religious freedom scholar Asma T. Uddin. If they are denied for some, history demonstrates how they may be at risk for us all.
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Scientists from John Hopkins find a material for quantum computing.
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Can a shift in the way we treat death and dying improve our lives while we're still here?
When we look at some of the companies with notoriously bad customer service, like Comcast, Bank of America, or United Airlines, it could be tempting to say that good customer […]