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Less local newspapers are making the populace more uninformed.
The key to Finland’s success is to view education not as a privilege, but a right.
The controversial protest tactic has a checkered history.
Climate change is a dire threat, perhaps it is time to put the people who created and denied the problem on trial?
Experts say global warming is no longer some future worry. It’s already here.
Despite tens of millions of dollars pouring into new technologies, a ‘clean’ burger remains elusive.
You won’t notice much of a difference unless you’re north of the 55th parallel, though.
Millennials, engage! It’s the reason you keep losing to baby boomers.
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If a scientific study was conducted unethically, should publishers retract it?
The Canadian professor takes issue with blocking free speech, but is he part of the problem?
A network of devices called MERMAIDs is taking seismographs where they’ve never been.
Who would’ve thought that never seeing blue sky would bum you out?
A new book about life under communism reveals an unexpected benefit.
To cite an anonymous source, a media outlet must first enjoy a high level of credibility.
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U.S. laws regulating online speech offer broad protections for private companies, but experts worry free expression may be threatened by “better safe than sorry” voluntary censorship.
Want a genuine exchange of ideas? Science proves you won’t get that in the comments section.
Think America would never elect a socialist? Think again.
How activism has led to better data regarding police brutality.
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Being evenhanded with evil ideas is “ridiculous,” argues Martin Amis.
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It may come as a surprise to some to find that anarchism comes in as many flavors as Ben ‘n Jerry’s.
Where is your data now? Follow the money.
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Eric Weinstein suggests institutions need individuals who can pass two famous psychological tests.
China’s export growth model hit a wall. So it reinvented itself.
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Throughout history, hundreds — sometimes thousands — of people have been spontaneously compelled to dance until collapsing or dying from exhaustion. What explanations are there for this bizarre phenomenon?
We’re unearthing the next big idea in post-high school education. Is it yours?
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Lumina Foundation is partnering with Big Think to unearth the next large-scale, rapid innovation in post-high school education. Enter the competition here!
The person whose phone was affected would have been given no indication that others were eavesdropping.
How did psychedelics and computers converge?