Sean Curry takes aim at the rapidly evolving “gourmet” food industry that is warping our expectations, mindsets and first-world privilege to a scary new level.
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Just like alcohol, nicotine and other narcotics, sugar tickles our dopamine receptors in just the right way, inspiring our brain’s reward system. How will this end for us?
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Any story we tell of our species, any science of human nature, that ignores how important stories are in shaping what and how we think and feel is false. We evolved to be ultra-social (and self-deficient), so we care deeply about character and plot.
Bob Dylan finally presents his Nobel prize acceptance speech.
A new study explains why and how people choose to avoid information and when that strategy could be beneficial.
Did they perform their analysis sub-optimally? Maybe. But gravitational waves were seen no matter what. “We hope that interested people will repeat our calculations and will make up their own minds […]
So far, 549 separate paraphilias have been officially identified.
A new generation of tabletop physics devices may be the next forefront for breakthrough discoveries.
Scientists release observation data from 1,600 stars in hopes the public can help find planets that orbit stars outside our solar system.
The idea that reality is comprised of atoms and space goes way, way back.
A new study says there are two main categories of politically correct people – PC egalitarian and PC authoritarian.
What we think of as our average region of the Universe might not be average at all. “No matter what technique you use, you should get the same value for the […]
On this week’s episode of Think Again, poet/rapper/novelist Kate Tempest talks passionately about art and the human heart in our “tragic and troubling times”.
A live-blog event of an incredible public lecture by a scientist on the inside of James Webb’s team. “The [James Webb] telescope is basically designed to answer the big questions in […]
Anxiety can be a force for good, writes Tibetan Buddhist nun Pema Chödrön.
As president, Donald Trump is uniquely positioned to bring America back to the Moon.
The most elusive naked-eye planet is downright impossible to view for billions of us on Earth. “I long ago abandoned the notion of a life without storms, or a world without […]
The Middle Ages see a resurgence of interest among the alt-right and some conservative thinkers.
Which came first, monogamy or the social contract? Evolutionary psychologists and biologists think the latter.
We take for granted how much the Moon does for Earth, but not all of the changes would be bad. “If we get rid of the moon, women, those menstrual cycles […]
Neuroscience suggests that we have limited free will, but there is a model of freedom that even neuroscientists support; “free won’t”.
Subscribe on Google Play, Stitcher, or iTunes Come talk to us on Twitter: @bigthinkagain In this episode: Why do so many of us choose to remain in a state of “sedentary agitation” about […]
It’s time to stop thinking of just five human senses, since neuroscience is revealing we have many more.
Super-recognizers are people with an extraordinary gift for remembering faces, and researchers are trying to find them.
An affectionate sendoff for popular beloved global-health statistician Hans Rosling.
If you think federal funding for science is expensive, wait until you see the cost of not funding it. “For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as […]
Female political aides in the White House have banded together and are using a combo-technique of amplification and ‘shine theory’ to make sure their voices are counted.
Don’t believe everything Google tells you. Facebook and Google are taking measures against fake news, but it’s becoming clear that it’s a symptom of a bigger problem.
Our reliance on GPS is not only hurting our learning and memory systems, it’s changing our ethics.