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Young workers experience insufficient opportunities for work experience, a mismatch between work and education, a lack of career management skills and scant entry-level jobs.
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Scientists come up with an explanation for the strange dimming of Tabby's star and it doesn't involve aliens.
In 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched, leading to a revolution in astronomy. But for many purposes, Earth is still the best place to be. When you think about what’s […]
There are no punches to pull here. If America believes in science, research, or basic truths about the Universe, we cannot cancel this mission. Last week, the White House released their […]
Employees at 32M, a company based in Wisconsin, now have the option of getting microchipped. Workers implanted with the RFID chip will be able to open doors, store medical info, and pay for purchases. Should this be the future workplace?
NASA is close to testing its next-generation nuclear fission reactors that would power a Mars colony and propel space exploration.
CDP releases its 2017 A-List, that reveals more companies making serious efforts to combat climate change.
If you're not doing relational thinking, you're not really thinking, says psychotherapist Esther Perel. Understanding how complementarity between people and partners works is critical to success.
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Want humans to go to the Moon or Mars? Then let’s stop wasting time and resources and go do it! “We had this whole big beautiful place for discovery, and all […]
Elon Musk's growing relationship with President Trump can result in revolutionizing the country's aging infrastructure.
Researchers in materials science — physics, chemistry, and engineering — are working on new technologies which could solve some of the biggest problems humans currently face.
As president, Donald Trump is uniquely positioned to bring America back to the Moon.
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Big Think teams up with Hyper, a new premium video app that curates 10 videos each day, with no buffering or data depletion.
Which came first, monogamy or the social contract? Evolutionary psychologists and biologists think the latter.
Our reliance on GPS is not only hurting our learning and memory systems, it's changing our ethics.
Google’s DeepMind and the Future of Humanity Institute are trying to find a way for human operators to stay in control if artificial intelligence starts acting out.
A company has received approval to try and partially revive brain-dead patients in India.
As part of Big Think's partnership with 92Y's Seven Days of Genius series, New York Times columnist Carl Zimmer asks Heather Berlin about the research that illuminates our understanding of genius.
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A Spanish collective has transformed an old abandoned church into La Iglesia Skate: a modern skatepark and cultural center, complete with a brand-new paint job by renowned interior artist Okuda San Miguel.
Neuroscientist Joy Hirsch chats with The New York Times columnist Carl Zimmer about searching within the brain for where "genius" resides.
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Neuroscientist Heather Berlin explains current research into creative "flow states," examining what happens in the brain when rappers and jazz musicians improvise.
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Is there a way to bring out the genius within all of us? The New York Times columnist Carl Zimmer asks neuroscientist Joy Hirsch about the nature of neuro-identity.
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Centuries-old mindfulness breathing and meditation practices have become an increasingly popular fad, but do they really have the power to transform lives? A growing body of scientific evidence says they do.
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This year's Winter X Games awarded medals to Halo 5: Guardians competitors and some professional athletes aren't happy about it.
Exploring and mapping the Universe? A great plan. But the math of spending billions on asteroid deflection doesn’t add up. “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the […]
The former chair of the New Zealand SEC discusses the correlation between profitability and having an equal number of men and women on corporate boards.
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