Israel has become “increasingly isolated” in the Middle East because of its deteriorating relations with Egypt and Turkey, as well as the political tumult triggered by the Arab Spring.
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People who think they can learn from their errors have a different brain reaction to making mistakes than people who think intelligence is fixed. The former group bounces back better.
Children are born curious about the world and their playtime reflects the empirical way they investigate nature. But their curiosity is a fragile thing and stolid teaching can uproot it.
The dietary zeitgeist favors foods that are ‘whole’ over those that are ‘processed’. But omitting processed, packaged foods can make it hard to meet your body’s dietary needs.
As businesses grow, bureaucracy threatens to overwhelm the best efforts of the entrepreneur and his team. How can you keep success from unraveling your business?
Tara Sophia Mohr explains how we can empower girls to silence their inner critic.
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A new theory suggests that the accelerating expansion of the universe is merely an illusion. The false impression results from the way our particular region of the cosmos is drifting in space.
Yesterday marked the day when Earth went into ecological debt, having already used a year’s worth of productivity and resources. It has been dubbed ‘Earth Overshoot Day’.
If you read one article on Yemen today, it should be this one by Charles Schmitz up at Foreign Policy. In concise prose, Schmitz walks us through the summer and […]
A programmer from Nevada is testing the old probability axiom that a million monkeys on a million typewriters would eventually compose the complete works of William Shakespeare.
The point of Facebook has always been to make friends. Now it wants to buy some—so long as they are American politicians—thanks to the company’s new political action committee.
According to psychologist Dan Ariely, Google’s policy of giving employees free reign over 20% of their work week – one full day out of five – makes for happier, more […]
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The Internet may provide a kind of immortality: Numerous websites now offer professional services to make it easier for the bereaved to create an online presence for a departed relative.
After four years of wielding power indirectly as prime minister, former President Vladimir Putin has announced that he will be the Kremlin’s next master, just as some argued he would.
As the world economy shifts from West to East, the rich world is losing some of its privileges like the ability to dominate world affairs thanks to having an industrialized economy.
The growing influence of Arab public opinion on the actions of Arab governments will make it much tougher for the United States to pursue its traditional policies in the region.
Neuroimaging has revealed the neural basis of the intense imagery induced by the “spirit vine”, a hallucinogenic brew long used by rain forest shamans to provoke mystical visions.
You’ve seen the spam. You’ve heard legends. But is there any actual science behind the promise of penis enlargement? Quite a lot, it turns out: Thousands of years worth of trying.
Two English professors have created the Action for Happiness movement which, by following a simple list of activities, aims to increase the amount of happiness in the lives of individuals.
Sean Parker rocked the music world when he created Napster; his vision and paranoia helped to shape Facebook. Now 31 with $2.1 billion, he says he is just getting started.
Would you choose the state of equality and justice envisioned by John Rawls or the state of radical individual liberty envisioned by Robert Nozick?
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In this selection from his Floating University lecture, Professor Steven Pinker deduces the nature of language acquisition by examining the generative use of grammar in children.
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Following up on her first book, renowned physicist Lisa Randall’s newest work explores the cosmos, from the atoms being smashed at the L.H.C. to physicists’ search for dark matter.
A rarity in the era of the rockstar CEO, Fred Hassan’s success seems to be more attributable to his skill at putting out fires than igniting them.
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Sir Brian Urquhart, one of the oldest surviving senior UN staff members, reminded us recently in an article in the New York Times that a former Secretary General of the […]
In August, 2010, Paul Rieckhoff, Founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, told Big Think, “I will put all the money in my pocket right now on the fact […]
Facebook apps and mobile apps on smartphones and tablets have, according to the University of Maryland, given rise to a new industry that it calls the “app economy.”
Weary after two uprisings and years of failed negotiations, Palestinians are taking a sober view of the bid for statehood recognition at the United Nations this week.