The Latest from Big Think

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The Universe is precisely dated at 13.8 billion years old, but astronomers claim the Methuselah star is 14.5 billion years old. What gives?
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Ancient currents seemed to move in concert with a 2.4 million-year dance between the Red Planet and Earth.
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Big Think interviews Angie Westbrock, CEO of Standard AI, to learn the secrets of adapting to the winds of change.
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The preservation and celebration of life, and not greed, should be our primary decision-making value. 
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How (not) to end up in the ash heap of history.
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Lynda Gratton, a professor of management practice at the London Business School, explains how business leaders can navigate a future in constant flux.
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Wharton professor Ethan Mollick explains why “co-intelligence may be the future of AI.
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It's 2024, and we still only know of the fundamental particles of the Standard Model: nothing more. But these 8 unanswered questions remain.
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Because of their large and unfriendly neighbor to the east, the Baltics would rather be Scandinavian.
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Veteran investor Sujal Patel, co-founder and CEO of Nautilus Biotechnology, helps us sift golden nuggets from the loose shale of entrepreneurship.
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Predicted way back in the 1960s, the discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012 completed the Standard Model. Here's why it remains fascinating.
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7mins
Are you convincing everyone you’re smart, or accidentally alienating them? Here’s how to find out.
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Acclaimed writer Mauro Javier Cárdenas used AI in his latest work to surprising effect.
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Over-reliance on experts with quick fixes has taken us too far from reality — it’s time to dispel the fairy tales.
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For well over a century, engineers have proposed harnessing the ocean’s tides for energy. But the idea hasn’t seemed to register in many places.
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The threats Mars astronauts face — and how NASA is working to solve them.
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We will believe in AGI when it calls on Facetime.
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A new technique that can automatically classify phases of physical systems could help scientists investigate novel materials.
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If music is a window onto truth, what does screaming reveal?
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23mins
Feeling lonely? So is everybody else. Here’s how to change that, according to three experts.
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