The Latest from Big Think

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Biochemist Paul Nurse says that if you make incorrect assumptions in analysis, things can go bad quickly for public health.
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Prevention is very important, but scientists often don’t focus on it because it’s quite a difficult subject to study and often requires very long-term trials.
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The founder and CEO contemplates the wider relevance of GroundReport.
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A conversation with the Nobel Laureate and President of Rockefeller University.
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GroundReport came out of the founder’s time at the U.S. mission to the U.N.
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The founder of GroundReport shares her company’s strengths and weaknesses.
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Unlike many of its competitors, GroundReport is paying for itself.
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GroundReport depends on the best efforts of citizen reporters.
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The founder discusses her inspiration, methods and goals.
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A conversation with the CEO and founder of GroundReport.
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Dr. Ross Donaldson is a physician, teacher, and author who has worked in hospitals from Los Angeles to Iraq. In this video, he shares his most important medical insights from […]
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Science teaching jobs should keep pace with advances in technology, according to the scientist.
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In the Moody’s Challenge, the assignment was to mathematically prove how the stimulus plan will be a boon for the country.
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If you have a passion, you can achieve great things, whether you are gifted or not.
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The scientist notices a parallel between his parents’ careers and his own interests.
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There is much room for bringing Eastern approaches into Western medicine.
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Pilots in particular need to remain alert over long periods of time.
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The scientist describes what happened in the experiment which won him first place in the MIT THINK competition.