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The recent discovery of a large cave on the Moon highlights the importance of caves not just for future space explorers but astrobiology as well.
He peppers his sentences with words like “neat” and “cool,” he’s not great at working the room after dinner — oh, and he's a peerless visionary.
Like ultra-hardy plants that thrive in harsh conditions, businesses that see crises as opportunities are likely to win in the long run.
The original principle of relativity, proposed by Galileo way back in the early 1600s, remains true in its unchanged form even today.
Manipulating a signaling pathway in mice reversed their anxiety — and offers hope for a new class of anti-anxiety medications for humans.
Hospice nurse Julie McFadden shares three examples where people hold off death, just for a bit.
Vijay Tella — CEO of enterprise orchestration unicorn Workato — joins Big Think Business for an exploration of our “agentic” future.
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These 5 human development principles could completely change the way we think about learning and potential.
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Challenging the loneliness stigma can change your life. Here’s how to start.
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Most stars in the Universe are located in big, massive, Milky Way-like galaxies. But most galaxies aren't like ours at all.
These missions will put us one step closer to the ultimate goal: crewed trips to Mars.
His $1 million ARC Prize competition is designed to put us on the right path.
How do you cope when joining a team shatters your confidence? Albert Camus and Harry Stack Sullivan can help.
Unraveling the subtle mechanics of luck can help us better steer the wheel of fortune.
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“You can find examples of really big environmental problems that we've already solved.” Climate change is solvable, argues Hannah Ritchie.
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Don’t fall into the determinism trap. Everything is, in fact, random, says chemist Lee Cronin:
The largest particle accelerator and collider ever built is the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. Why not go much, much bigger?
With our new Analytics feature, you can easily identify trends and success metrics to maximize your learning program’s effectiveness.
Meg LeFauve and Dave Holstein drew inspiration from psychologists as well as their own children, becoming more understanding parents in the process.
Welcome to the Big Think debut of The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.