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A new study has found a mechanism that links poor sleep with deterioration of brain function.
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"There’s actually a science to why stories matter. So when we hear a good story as human beings our brain lights up. It illuminates the city of our minds...It makes us care. It builds relationships."
Researchers look into the drug's association with pronounced optimism.
Scientific studies have been inconclusive when it comes to the cognitive effects of sugar. Some suggest that sugar has positive effects on brain function while others disagree.
Studies and Facebook creators are seeing social media in a much more negative light.
Finding Opportunity Where Others Think It's Impossible In this video for Big Think+, Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, talks about how opportunity isn’t based on “disruption for […]
The Event Horizon Telescope has come online and taken its data. Now, we wait for the results. Black holes are some of the most incredible objects in the Universe. There are […]
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Want to tax corporations without scaring them off, outsmart a calculating kid, or get rid of the world's nuclear warheads? Think like a game theorist.
Illumination from nanobionic plants might one day replace some electrical lighting.
Married people even do better during the so-called middle-age slump.
The winner of the Royal Statistical Society’s first “International Statistic of the Year” award provides a shocking insight into the real threats Americans face.
Many great minds have plenty of bad things to say about democracy, but what about the people who think it is great?
Employee engagement is an ongoing struggle for many organizations. Numerous studies from employee research organizations have tied the engagement of employees to higher profits, efficiency, retention, and other benefits. However, […]
How did black holes get so supermassive so fast? Astrophysics may be about to find out, thanks to three big 2017 discoveries. There’s a big problem when we look at […]
A brain process called "memory reactivation" can do wonders for your language learning abilities.
Experts assess the strengths and weaknesses of the North Korean military in a potential conflict.
Finding New Year’s resolutions isn’t always easy. To help you out, we’ve gotten ideas from some of the greatest thinkers of all time.
New research from the American Psychological Association states that money doesn't affect if you're happy, but does influence how you find happiness.
From the birth and deaths of stars to the largest structures in the Universe, Hubble shows us what we’d never see otherwise. When it comes to the Universe itself, perhaps […]