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A library of interviews with the world’s biggest thinkers.
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Dolphins have the second largest brain-to-body size ratio next to humans, earning them a spot among the most intelligent specidies on the planet.
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The dolphin’s natural language system is so complex that we cannot yet fully decode it, but believe that they communicate in a human-like system of signs and can likely understand […]
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While openness encourages scientific discovery and reduces duplication, in the corporate sphere, it often results in idea theft.
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Vincent Pieribone is most excited about figuring out a way to study the brain without destroying it.
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There’s an important protein in reefs that has allowed all fields of science to see the working of cells that were normally invisible. The only problem: we’re destroying the reefs.
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After his father died of multiple sclerosis, Vincent Pieribone became interested in unlocking the secrets of the brain.
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Vincent Pieribone wonders why the amount of effort that went into building the iPhone has not gone into understanding one aspect of the brain.
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A conversation with the associate professor at Yale University.
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Couples can’t agree to disagree for most of life’s decisions, like whether or not to have a baby. So when there is room for opposing opinions, don’t sweat it too […]
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For thousands of years people have been looking to beat the system. Don’t bother.
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Instead of building up expectations for the evening, couples should engage in one of life’s most intimate acts: mutual gazing.
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Why older couples often have the best sex of their lives.
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A conversation with the director of the Marriage and Family Health Center and the author of “Intimacy and Desire.”
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Some of Big Think’s top experts–including Eliot Spitzer, Elizabeth Gilbert, and Noam Chomsky–weigh in on the nature of love.
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Dr. Laurie Santos’s studies of monkey “economics” suggest that greedy, loss-averse human behavior may have deep evolutionary origins.
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What separates us from the apes may be the human tendency to nudge other humans and say, “Hey, look at this cool thing.”
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Can monkeys reason about what’s going on inside others’ heads? To find out, Dr. Laurie Santos placed them in a position to trick human researchers.
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The Yale psychologist explains why she studies human infants and adult monkeys that are so smart they’re named after James Bond characters.
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A conversation with the professor of psychology at Yale University.
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With all of the focus on Vitamin-C’s ability to strengthen our immune systems, there are a number of other boosters—for instance, olives and red foods—that are also highly effective.