The Latest from Big Think

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A new game called Factitious aims to help people determine real from fake news online. Will this work? Exploring ways to be more media literate. 
Funnily enough, some humans carry one of the very same genes.   
Hyperloop One announces completion of first successful full-system hyperloop test.
Every year, companies strive to acquire and retain top talent. The cost of recruiting a new employee compared to retaining a current one varies from one business to the next, […]
Nutritional science has increasingly begun to discover that the optimal diet should be an individualized solution, determined by many factors.
If all we had were hydrogen and helium after the Universe were born, we wouldn’t be here today. “The discovery of deuterium and the marked differences in the physical and chemical […]
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RIP pessimists, we barely knew you. Carnegie Mellon University's Professor Michael Scheier explains the impact your outlook has on the world inside of you, from your cells to your psychology.
The arts and crafts retailer Hobby Lobby was recently forced to forfeit thousands of illegally imported artifacts.
A lot goes into classifying a drug, not only it’s effects but how it alters the brain.   
New research suggests that Tyrannosaurus Rex could only walk, not run, a big change in its ferocious image.
After a generation, we’re finally getting another close-up view. With the science we’re learning, we just might solve its mysteries. “Jupiter instead cooled down below the threshold for fusion, but […]
How do great ideas happen at the workplace? Often when good workers are left alone. 
With quantum teleportation now occurring from Earth to satellites, how long is it before we can teleport a human being? “There would be no Star Trek unless there were transporter malfunctions.” -LeVar […]
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The most make-or-break aspect of job automation? How policy makers handle your transition into a new career.
Businesses have been adopting more diversity programs since the 1990s, but do they actually work?
A programmer was able to automate his remote job; collecting a full-time paycheck while working for two hours a week. The employer, none the wiser, is satisfied with the completed work. But is it ethical?
In How Emotions Are Made psychology professor Lisa Fedlman Barrett considers the role of emotions in health. 
Is logic an immutable, unchangeable set of rules? Or has it it evolved with time - and will it continue to do so?