Measurements of the acceleration of the universe don’t agree, stumping physicists working to understand the cosmic past and future. A new proposal seeks to better align these estimates — and is likely testable.
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With change management training, learning and development leaders can help their talent avoid the common pitfalls that stall transformation.
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From persuasion lessons to objection clinics, these sales training ideas have proven successful for a variety of organizations.
The insanity of the academic job market laid out in numbers.
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Finding a tiny planet around bright stars dozens or hundreds of light-years from Earth is extremely difficult.
Tips from neuroscience and psychology can make you an expert thinker.
Is immortality a tantalizing possibility or a philosophical paradox?
Overwashing is bad for skin health, but many people do it anyway. One reason is that our brains intimately associate stink with disgust.
Dominique Crenn, the only female chef in America with three Michelin stars, joins Big Think Live.
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Everyone has pondered what they would do with an extra hour a day. Would they get more sleep or spend more time with family? Spend time on a side project […]
Atomic nuclei form in minutes, atoms form in hundreds of thousands of years, but the “dark ages” rule thereafter, until stars finally form.
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Where do you place precious brain resources?
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Big Think’s co-founder and CEO, Victoria Montgomery Brown, offers six pieces of advice to founders in her forthcoming book.
From smartphone envy to life dissatisfaction, the root cause of much unhappiness is that we are wired to imagine how things could be better.
As improving biotech offers us longevity, we can prepare to live much better as we age.