The Latest from Big Think

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Some people naturally believe they’re thinner than they really are. Here's how to tell if you're susceptible. 
Street names can cause diplomatic offence - and sometimes, that's exactly why they're there. 
Comments. Kids love them, parents love them. But what were the best ones this week on our Facebook? 
A top-secret government airline that flies to locations like Area 51 is put in a spotlight by a recent ad and an unexpected connection to the Las Vegas shooting. 
How much genetic diversity is actually needed to keep a population healthy?
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The famed author and public intellectual has a bone to pick with the American legal system.
A new study highlights how blockchain technology can be a game-changer in education.
They’re the fastest rotators of all. So how distorted are they? There are very few objects in the Universe that stand still; almost everything we know of rotates in some way. […]
Comprehensive new study of economic history paints a frightening future.
Girl babies may have one distinct advantage over boy babies. But what is it?
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Consider stress junk food for your brain, while meditation is the gym that can repair and reshape you after years of a bad brain diet.
Given the premium placed on slender, lightweight mobile technology, the removal of speakers could free up space inside Google devices. No speakers necessary. 
The social media behemoth wants you to use their platform less, not more, than before. 
Imagined memory palaces are still used by memory champions and the few who practice the memory arts, but they are best known from Greco-Roman times.
While the unchecked ego might be popular at parties, it can get us into all kinds of trouble. Mark Epstein, MD combines psychotherapy and Buddhism to help people live with the self. 
The thick sheets of ice at these eight sites could provide the reservoir of water necessary for human expeditions to Mars. 
If nature makes equal amounts of matter and antimatter, how are we here? When you look out at the vastness of the Universe, at the planets, stars, galaxies, and all there […]
Bell Helicopter has just premiered its electric, self-piloting air taxi design at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. 
Combining nanotechnology of two different varieties might be the game-changer we’ve always dreamed of. For as long as human beings have been writing about fantasy, myth, and science fiction, the dream […]