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How do you win a cyberwar against an Internet-savvy enemy like ISIS? One prominent researcher has suggested a troll-based battle strategy. That’s right: internet trolls. Could World War III be fought with memes?

Well, nothing new happens without some blood being spilled, I suppose. 

A look at the techniques the show’s producers use to whip the contestants into a superstitious frenzy, and the host’s own bizarre beliefs.

Most amusement parks like Disney and Six Flags pride themselves on being family friendly attractions. These parks do not.

I attacked a famous artist for no apparent reason. 

You have been predicted — by companies, governments, law enforcement, hospitals, and universities. In this lesson excerpt from Big Think+, Eric Siegel, author of Predictive Analytics: The Power to Predict Who Will Click, Buy, Lie, or Die, explains why these entities not only have the power to predict the future “but also to influence the future.” rn

We all want to be financially stable and enjoy a well-funded retirement, but we don’t want to squander our hard-earned money on poor investments.

Researchers are here to assure you that memory doesn’t go all at once as we age. Some parts strengthen as other parts give way.

“30 years after, Hiroshima and Nagasaki are bustling cities. 30 years after Chernobyl, abandoned city. What’s the difference?”

Researcher Christin L. Munsch breaks down how being economically dependent on a spouse may cause some men and women to stray.

Our successes and failures are similarly linked to others, though we may feel their effects only personally. Every choice you make, every behavior you exhibit, and even every desire you have finds its roots in the social universe.  

Khan Academy founder Salman Khan explains how always dreaming big and setting audacious goals got him to where he is today.

Successful presenters understand that it’s not about them; it’s about their audience, so says Chris Anderson, the curator of TED Talks.

Words of wisdom from public intellectual Noam Chomsky: “One of the problems of organizing … is that people tend to think — even the activists — that instant gratification is required. You constantly hear: ‘Look I went to a demonstration, and we didn’t stop the war, so what’s the use of doing it again?'”

When big companies put their brand on stadiums, does it change consumer behavior?

Walter Martin sings about art history in his new album Arts and Leisure and makes music for your eyes.

So-called structured procrastination could help you be as productive as your go-getter peers.

One of the world’s foremost psychiatrists specializing in PTSD recently visited Big Think to discuss the diagnosis and treatment of traumatic disorders. 

How we’ll directly take pictures of Earth-like planets in the future! “We stand on a great threshold in the human history of space exploration. If life is prevalent in our neighborhood […]

Students may need to sleep on a lesson before they are able to fully comprehend and apply the new information they’ve learned.

How do you increase the chance that a user will comment on your photo? Researchers say use a warm filter.

Professor Michio Kaku delivers a glimpse of where science will take us in the next hundred years, as warp drives, teleportation, and time travel converge with our scientific understanding.

Kip Tindell, featured today on the Big Think homepage, is CEO of the Container Store. He’s also an evangelist for integrity-based sales and brand-building through sales rather than marketing.

Words of wisdom from one of the 20th century’s most fascinating polymaths: “The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is more important than the eye … The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.”

In the 10 years since it went public, YouTube has been a hot topic for cultural critics and experts on innovation. We take a look at the site’s past and the promises for its future.

Chinese activist Ai Weiwei is the most political artist on Earth. Did he just sell his soul to a department store?

By examining our minds at a quantum level, we change them, and by changing them, we change the reality that shapes them.

In case you missed it from earlier this week, Bill Nye visited Big Think to discuss dog evolution and what it teaches us about race.

From a personal tutoring service for his young cousin, Salman Khan’s company Khan Academy has grown exponentially into a massive, global, online engine for learning.

An incredible live-blog of an incredible event. “It’s becoming clear that in a sense the cosmos provides the only laboratory where sufficiently extreme conditions are ever achieved to test new […]