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The physical action of handwashing plus the properties of soap is a one-two punch for the virus.
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Most people don’t know what they’re passionate about.
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How can you use new tools, techniques, and technologies to rethink your personal productivity and enhance your future self?
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The lessons we’ve learned here on Earth will affect how we govern a new world.
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Join Big Think’s co-founder and president Peter Hopkins in conversation with Professor Linda Hill on what it takes to be a boss during COVID-19.
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Do space and time really exist? NASA astronomer Michelle Thaller looks at the implications of Einstein’s famous equation E=mc2.
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Should pharmaceutical companies pay people for their plasma? Here’s why paid plasma is a hot ethical issue.
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We wouldn’t want to live without it, so how can we create art that’s durable?
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Why did the dinosaurs go extinct? Because they didn’t have a space program.
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Dr. Kate Biberdorf explains why boiling water makes it safer and how water molecules are unusual and cool.
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Join Big Think Live for a discussion with human rights advocate and best-selling author Shaka Senghor. Learn how the COVID-19 outbreak is affecting the prison population and why it has […]
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The key to raising indistractable kids is to first determine why they’re distracted.
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It’s normal if you’re not productive in your creativity all the time. Even the greats took breaks.
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Rather than trekking up a mountain, a more accurate metaphor for human development involves navigating the waters of a choppy sea.
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Removing the pressure of finding your “dying passion” makes it easier to connect with the “why” of your work.
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Being stuck at home is not as intense as being away from Earth, but there are ways to cope in either scenario.
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All that matters is the here and now.
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The best and worst of yesterday has created the economy of today.
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Here’s how corporations can bring women out from the “leadership pipeline” and into actual leadership.
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Our live stream with Harvard literature professor Lisa New begins at 1 pm ET today.
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The associations of civil society give us freedom to find systems that meet our needs.
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Gravitational wave researchers observe black holes of different sizes colliding for the first time.
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How will leadership and hiring practices be changed by the COVID-19 crisis?
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Good relationship capital can change your business forever, explains Shark Tank investor Daymond John.
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When you stop predicting the future and comparing the present to the past, you can reach a beneficial flow state.
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When everyone knows and plays their role, it helps the team operate at a higher level.
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If you’re right all the time, you’re probably doing something wrong.
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What worked in 2019 is dead, says Chris Fussell, former Navy SEAL and president of leadership consulting firm McChrystal Group.
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Playing it safe and always taking the easy road can be obstacles to happiness, says professional adventurer Erling Kagge.
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Practicing Socratic ignorance, or avoiding certainty of our own knowledge, diminishes inequality and pushes us in our search for wisdom.
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