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The “primacy/recency effect” is used by celebrated movie-makers, Broadway composers, and restaurateurs — it can work for you too.
The true story of the shot that "reverberated through England" when science collided head-on with religion.
Is hope more realistic than despair? Aquinas thinks so.
The smart toilet can analyze urine and stool samples for disease markers and can even recognize an individual user's "analprint".
A judge in Florida ruled this week that the entire Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional. According to political scientist and Supreme court-watcher Scott Lemieux, that’s probably not the end of […]
"It's just a joke," right?
Philosophers once prophesied that evolution would lead to minds far greater — and stranger — than our own.
Why some of philosophy’s strangest scenarios are more than mental games.
Experts and Big Think writers recommend their favorite reads for diving deeper into the history and perspectives found in the Book of Books.
Long before the search for biosignatures, scientists imagined a cosmos teeming with intelligent life.
Whether we should tear down philosophy’s Berlin Wall and let East and West finally merge depends entirely on what we think philosophy is—and what it’s for.
New research challenges old assumptions about the evolution of the human brain.
If humanity lives in an otherwise barren Universe, we'll have to forge philosophy that fills the void.
An evidence-based policy movement is arming the fight with tools and programs that are more effective than ever before.
What if the barrier to a fulfilled life isn’t technology but culture?
By looking back at future dreams we can see our current hopes and visions in a whole new light.
"The movement is much bigger than Sam Bankman-Fried, or any one person, no matter how wealthy," philosopher Peter Singer told Big Think.
During the industrial era the cost of artificial light fell off a cliff — and the road to illumination was paved with ingenuity and slaughter.
Explore how QBism reframes science by placing the observer at the heart of quantum reality.
Instead of fear, his delusions bring him cheer. His psychiatrist embraces them.
Borrow the same technique that produced McDonald’s, the Hawaiian pizza, the Beatles’ greatest hits, and Shakespeare’s rhetorical flair.
Discover how the threads of myth, legend, and artistry have been woven together by storytellers to craft history.
If you find yourself on one of these roads, it might be a while before you see another fellow traveler.
Technology goes in directions we can never predict — so we must be prepared to limit the spread of unintended consequences.
The anxieties underpinning the Great Resignation were simmering for a long time. Here’s a solution.
Life in the supremely vast cosmos is incredibly rare. We need a new vision for our living planet and for ourselves.
The author of Frankenstein had an obsession with the cemetery and saw love and death as connected.
Philosophy can focus on some dull topics. Luckily, some thinkers have spent lots of time on the philosophy of sex
A philosophical debate spanning creation, free will, and a sneaky teapot.
Is blood the key to anti-aging, or just another lucrative biotech opportunity?