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Scotty Hendricks
Contributing Writer
Scotty Hendricks is a graduate student and long-time contributor to Big Think. He resides in Chicago.
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A new study suggests that hunting dogs' barks convey emotional information about the animals they see.
AI tried to write music. It wasn’t exactly The Beatles.
Cryptocurrency “news” is dominated by enthusiasts and haters. Surely, an intellectual discussion can be had.
American and French troops turned capturing Hitler’s chalet into a game.
How do you recover after an economic apocalypse? It is not what you know, but who you know.
Objective reality exists, but what can you know about it that isn't subjective. According to some neuroscientists, not much.
Life finds a way — particularly if it has a moon.
A study reports that people think those with similar personality traits look alike and vice versa.
Once limited in range, mass hysteria can now spread across the globe in an instant.
Technology designed to listen for atomic bombs can also hear tornadoes.
Water is vital for life. Luckily for spacefaring humans, the solar system is full of it.
Bitcoin is often derided as volatile, but a new report suggests there is a method to the madness.
Longevity gets a new motto: location, location, location.
A new model addresses a longstanding problem: where do quasars get the fuel they need to outshine entire galaxies?
Medical science can save lives, but should it do so at the cost of quality of life?
Galaxies can die if their star-making stuff is lost. But now it can find its way back.
The universe's largest seismometer reveals clues about the Gas Giant's interior.
A program in Brazil both helped and harmed. What can we learn from it?
Betelgeuse, the tenth brightest star in the night sky, mysteriously dimmed last year. Now researchers know why.