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While it can often be tempting to unfollow friends who have differing political views than you, one philosopher tells us why we should embrace, rather than shun, such challenges to our worldviews.
A survey of Americans’ views on legalization as AG Sessions restarts nationwide prosecutions.
Did you know the U.S. is actually almost half empty?
With 2017 drawing to a close, many organizations are taking the time to think about how they can improve in 2018. Often, solutions are around finding ways to make the […]
The truth might not be ‘out there’ at all. There may never have been another intelligent, technologically advanced alien species in the entire history of the Universe. When you take into […]
A new study has found a mechanism that links poor sleep with deterioration of brain function.
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 […]
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.