Neuroscientist David Linden sheds light on the biology behind phenomena that medicine has long struggled to explain, from voodoo death and broken heart syndrome to the placebo effect, and why grief shows up in autopsy results

When can a kid play outside alone? Two parents, one stranger, and the state collide.

What’s in a number? Only a vanishingly small slice of your life, it turns out.

Kaizen taught me that tiny, consistent changes can be more powerful than dramatic overhauls.

Elite athletes train their “quiet eye.” What happens if the rest of us do the same?

Health policy expert Ezekiel Emanuel says you don’t have to be obsessed to live a healthy life. Wellness can, and should, be something you enjoy.

Best-selling author Gretchen Rubin emphasizes that achieving lasting change requires not only commitment but also an understanding of habit formation, encouraging us to take initial steps toward a healthier future.

Nir Eyal argues that to become "indistractable," one must first address internal triggers rather than external distractions, emphasizing that effective time management is fundamentally about managing emotional pain.

Modern culture has made us feel like there’s no time to be patient. Sarah Schnitker’s lab at Baylor University is researching how this often-forgotten virtue could improve our overall well-being.

“Because of the efficiency worship that we have developed in our industrial age, we are now seeing procrastination as a character flaw rather than what it is, a signal that is worth listening to.”

You might love your leadership role and inspire fierce loyalty — but what if that comes at the expense of a disastrous balance sheet? Here’s a way forward.

Stuck on a hamster wheel of mindless social media scrolling? Neuroscientist Anne-Laure Le Cunff explains how to consciously redirect your reward system.

“Fraud never sleeps. It's really a global problem. Fraud is a trillion dollar problem, about $5 trillion today, with that number increasingly rising annually.”

“The very same time that’s making you anxious is actually your most valuable asset. You can always create more energy and more money—but you can never create more time.”

A.J. Jacobs looks back at what he learned about religion, himself, and modern American culture during “The Year of Living Biblically.”

Will platforms continue to offer the like button as an all-purpose tool — or will each of the button’s various functions exist in new forms?

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

You got your promotion — but managing the pressure inherent to your elevated role is now a crucial part of your job.

Big Think spoke with author and psychiatrist Elias Dakwar about addiction, rock bottom, and the moment you realize your compass is broken.

Magicians use “change blindness” to delight audiences — and you can use it to become an excellent colleague.

Professional sport is a hotbed of "performance anxiety” — and to start managing pressure in all settings, we need to properly define it.

Today's pseudoscience-ridden wellness industry owes a great debt to its forefathers.

Yondr CEO Graham Dugoni unpacks the technological zeitgeist in this exclusive Big Think interview covering media ecology, leadership, AI, human connection, and much more.

Why the advertising legend — and author of Alchemy — believes that inefficiency can be genius and insects can unlock innovation.

You're a moody person. You have to be — because understanding moods philosophically can be crucial to your work-life.

A CDC survey suggests America’s obesity rate may be falling.

When it comes to behavior, genetics may play a larger role than you think.

This supremely simple hack can help you establish good habits, break bad ones, and guard against failure.

On November 25, U.N. members will meet in South Korea to cap off a series of meetings aiming to reduce global plastic pollution.

From hunter-gathers to desk jockeys, we work best when short, intense sessions are followed by lighter fare.