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Working memory is the workhorse of cognition. Having less of it has side effects.
Maybe it’s time to show this report your employer?
What responsibility should government authorities and Big Tech take in policing the spread of sedition-oriented content?
It’s estimated that $68 trillion will pass down from Boomers to millennials. Here’s how ultra-rich families can do the most amount of good with what they inherit.
Study finds that a colony’s exposure to pesticides impairs offspring.
Clinical trials by Janssen Pharmaceuticals showed troubling results.
This space expansionist ideology marked the beginning of what Arendt called “earth alienation.”
A critical thinking framework developed by psychologists can help teach mental skills necessary for our times.
Big Think’s co-founder and CEO, Victoria Montgomery Brown, offers six pieces of advice to founders in her forthcoming book.
Australia’s beloved and bizarre egg-laying mammal could start vanishing in coming years if current trends continue.
How did the Antarctic explorers survive tedium in the early 1900s?
Does a person still get to be “the honorable” if they are tossed out for not being honorable?
Few could match the famous physicist in his ability to communicate difficult-to-understand concepts in a simple and warm fashion.
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Europe is divided on whether films should have subtitles or different audio tracks.
Experts’ thoughts on this unique emotional state.
We’ve known this virus was coming. We just didn’t do anything about it.
On May 4, 1970, the National Guard shot and killed four students during an anti-war protest. The massacre went on to change American culture forever.
Those ancient Chinese philosophers earned their insights.
We all know somebody who avoids meat. These schools of thought suggest those people are onto something.
Half a billion people were infected.
From gun control to immigration, Americans remain split on a handful of contentious issues.
Expert opinion is divided on how effective riots can be on causing social change. However, these five examples show they can do something.
Researchers say further research is needed, though.
Your cat thinks your taste stinks. Also that you’re mingy with the laser pointer.
The university model needs to evolve.
The stereotype of the unfeeling researcher in a lab coat just isn’t true.
Dr. Joel Smithers was recently sentenced to decades in prison for the numerous illegal prescriptions he gave out.