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Even when they suffer costs in doing so.
Celebrating five years since Grain Brain was published, David Perlmutter doubles down on his warnings.
The relationship between our genotypes and our psychological traits, while substantial, is highly indirect and emergent.
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The countdown continues! Our 8th most popular video of 2018 cuts through the political fray.
The Universe began almost perfectly uniform, while today, it’s anything but. Here’s how we grew up. One of the strangest facts about the Universe is how dramatically its changed over time. […]
New psychology research suggests people get more lasting joy from giving gifts.
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The countdown continues! This is the 9th most popular video of 2018 — and great fuel for starting a new year.
The most surefire, easily-seen signature of life on Earth might be a cosmic red herring around other worlds. In our quest for life beyond the Solar System, it makes sense to […]
Renowned scientists and technologists who've passed away in 2018.
Nurturing several relationships at once can empower us to build a life so rich that when we lose one love among many, we don't feel as if we've lost 'everything.'
A new study may change the face of astrophysics.
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Let the countdown begin! History and science (and danger) come together in our 10th most popular video of 2018.
For generations, planet formation was only a theory. As 2018 comes to an end, here’s the evidence of what’s going on. The theory of planet formation has been around for a […]
Was Jesus a real historical figure? Here's what we know.
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This is the most talked about Big Think video of 2018! What's your take?
Going mad with Christmas cheer? Try one of these alternatives.
About a quarter of victims' lost time was avoidable.
Americans must choose the middle path, away from the fundamentalist positions on both the right and the left, argues a Washington think tank.
30 years later, a new investigative documentary on Bob Lazar's claims about Area 51 raises some ghosts, some hell, and some unsettling questions.