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The evidence that pollution causes cancer is weak. Lifestyle factors, like smoking, obesity, and alcohol, matter far more.
Instead of fear, his delusions bring him cheer. His psychiatrist embraces them.
When ancient humans stared into the darkness, they imagined monsters. Today, staring into the future, AI is the monster.
The tonal Native American language differentiates words based on pitch and makes Spanish conjugation look like child’s play.
Stories of child prodigies and the naturally gifted hide the fact that success is built on more than talent alone.
Claims of a sudden infestation appear unfounded.
We rightly celebrate Winston Churchill as one of the world's greatest leaders — but for all the wrong reasons.
Visionaries from Socrates to Steve Jobs have touted curiosity as an essential quality. Here’s how to supercharge your spirit of inquiry.
Cosmic inflation is the state that preceded and set up the hot Big Bang. Here's what the Universe was like during that time period.
After my father died, my journey of rediscovery began with the Czech language.
Your brain is not an obsolete piece of technology. Once properly trained for learning, it’s your ticket to navigating the AI landscape.
In our competitive world, fortune does not appear to favor the humble — but a strong counter-narrative is emerging.
There are many things in life that cannot be improved with greater effort. Sometimes, life requires that you step back.
AIs can imitate but not innovate — for now, at least.
Various environmental phenomena can play tricks on our brain.
In hospice care and hospitals, we prioritize those with more life to live over those who are terminally ill. What is that, if not prejudice?
We are wired to value things more when we work hard at attaining them — even if, objectively, they aren't worth that much.
We need a hypothesis that accounts for both the fine-tuning of physics for life but also the arbitrariness and gratuitous suffering we find in the world.
Antioxidant vitamins don’t stress us like plants do—and don’t have their beneficial effect.
"Precarious manhood" is the belief that manhood must be earned and constantly defended. It has a poor outcome.
“Feedback is a gift,” is an easy bumper sticker to apply, but a harder philosophy to put into execution in your real life.
Morning, afternoon, or night: When is the best time to exercise? Scientists have extensively studied this question. Here's what they found.
By the end, even his mom wanted him gone.
Lucid dreamers may have “privileged access to their inner world,” with “heightened awareness... to the outside world.”
Katie Kermode — a memory athlete with four world records — tells Big Think about her unique spin on an ancient technique to memorize unfathomably long lists of information.
Every successful leader can mine golden knowledge from the works of the Bard.
Survey data suggests that our bodily perceptions of love extend far beyond the heart.
Every opportunity seized is another lost — but not choosing is the worst choice of all.