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People can lose their authentic selves when they don’t honestly confront life’s potential, according to the philosopher Soren Kierkegaard.
In the wake of the pandemic, the crystal industry boomed, with customers hoping the stones might relieve a little anxiety.
Be famous within five miles.
Being mortal makes life so much sweeter.
It’s all well and good to discuss how our humanity evolved – but what even is humanity?
The brain is highly plastic — the more we do a particular action, the more we change its makeup. Money is a great motivator for habit-forming actions.
The Universe is expanding, and the Hubble constant tells us how fast. But how can it be a constant if the expansion is accelerating?
The last 70 years have taken us farther than the previous 70,000. But can we accomplish more than creating a record saying, “We were here?”
Non-Western thought is vast and ancient, so why don’t some consider it philosophy?
The body uses its own electricity to repair wounds. Faster healing may be possible with additional electrical stimulation.
The anthropic principle has fascinating scientific uses, where the simple fact of our existence holds deep physical lessons. Don’t abuse it!
What’s the point of all that money?
How the simple act of watching twilight can radically transform our perception of the world and our role within it.
We have a new range of skills coming to Big Think+ this week, including communication, critical thinking, and emotional intelligence.
The first observational evidence showing the Universe is expanding is 100 years old now: in 2023. Here’s the story of its 100th anniversary.
What began as public outcry against Iran’s so-called morality police has snowballed into a mass movement targeting the very essence of the Islamic republic.
Quick! There’s a runaway train on the tracks. Some dastardly evildoer has knocked the driver out cold and tied five people to the tracks ahead. The train is barreling down […]
Godfrey Hounsfield’s early life did not suggest that he would accomplish much at all.
Research shows self-ratings of personality traits like diligence are generally more accurate than ratings from others.
Did you know that shifting to a positive perspective on aging can add 7.5 years to your life? Or that there is a provable U-curve of happiness that shows people get happier after age 50?
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For many years, cosmologists have claimed the Universe is 13.8 billion years old. A new paper says no, it’s 26.7 billion. How do we decide?
The science fiction dream of a traversable wormhole is no closer to reality, despite a quantum computer’s suggestive simulation.
With LEDs bringing brighter nighttime lighting than ever before, and thousands of new satellites polluting the skies, astronomy needs help.
In our Universe, all stable atomic nuclei have protons in them; there’s no stable “neutronium” at all. But what’s the reason why?
Quite a lot, actually, even though it has no identifiable value as a scientific concept.
Our temporal experience of the world is not divided into a series of neat segments, yet that’s how we talk about time.
A study finds prescription medications and dangerous unlisted ingredients in ordinary supplements.