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Since the Republican Party’s historic defeat in the 2008 elections, American conservatives have been seeking new ideas to rally around, new leaders to point the way forward. One year later, […]
For centuries, the dominant image of college in America has been that of a secluded campus, full of 18-22 year-olds educating themselves for the future. Yet, as Big Think’s recent […]
It is becoming increasingly common knowledge that our world is on the brink of an unprecedented environmental crisis. However slow the reaction has been, it is beginning to take tangible […]
How do you know someone’s just caught the jazz bug? According to Village Voice critic and “Jazz” author Gary Giddins, when Ken Burns started loving Louis Armstrong as a fan […]
Paul Auster is associated with two things, both in constant flux: the novel and New York City. The author of “The New York Trilogy,” “The Brooklyn Follies,” and the new […]
A new breed of “super bee” has been bred by government scientists in a bid to tackle the honeybee epidemic.
A new study suggests that forming new brain cells can push out old memories as newborn neurons destabilize established connections.