If an asteroid hadn’t killed off the dinosaurs, humans would almost certainly have never walked the Earth.
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Features & Reviews
How the cult hit sci-fi show imagines a “techno-realist” future.
Tim Brinkhof is a Dutch-born, New York-based journalist reporting on art, history, and literature. He studied early Netherlandish painting and Slavic literature at New York University, worked as an editorial[…]
These books helped build the empirical case that life’s origins differ from those described in myths and legends.
Scotty Hendricks is a graduate student and long-time contributor to Big Think. He resides in Chicago.
By weaponizing the global economy, the U.S. initiated a new era of economic warfare and transformed how major powers compete.
Kevin Dickinson is a staff writer and columnist at Big Think. His writing focuses on the intersection between education, psychology, business, and science. He holds a master’s in English and[…]
Interviews
Science writer Matt Ridley joins us to discuss how “Darwin’s strangest idea” makes us all a bit feather-brained (in a good way).
Steven Ross Pomeroy is the editor of RealClearScience. As a writer, Ross believes that his greatest assets are his insatiable curiosity and his ceaseless love for learning. Follow him on[…]
In his new book, the popular science writer tells the story of how scientists discovered the “gaseous ocean” we all swim in — and the trillions of invisible life forms we share it with.
Steven Ross Pomeroy is the editor of RealClearScience. As a writer, Ross believes that his greatest assets are his insatiable curiosity and his ceaseless love for learning. Follow him on[…]
When your life’s truth and the reality you live become out of sync, you risk falling into an “anxiety spiral.”
Saga Briggs is a freelance journalist. Her articles on interoception and psychedelics have been published by Scientific American, Aeon+Psyche, and DoubleBlind Magazine. She is the author of How to Change[…]
Wordcraft
While death-bed utterances are more famous, baby’s first words have influenced us too.
Michael Erard is a linguist and author who writes about language, languages, and the people who use and study them. His work has appeared in The Atlantic, Science, The New York[…]
Have you ever noticed how many things you interact with but can’t name? So did we.
Scotty Hendricks is a graduate student and long-time contributor to Big Think. He resides in Chicago.
Next Reads
In his book, “Birds, Sex and Beauty,” Matt Ridley explores why learning isn’t always nature versus nurture.
Dr. Matt Ridley’s books have sold over a million copies, been translated into 31 languages, and won several awards. His books include The Red Queen, The Origins of Virtue, Genome,[…]
“Personality isn’t based on what we say we’ll do. It’s rooted in what we actually do, which becomes what we think about.”
Olga Khazan is a staff writer for The Atlantic. Prior to that, she was The Atlantic’s Global editor. She has also written for the New York Times, the Los Angeles[…]
Cognitive neuroscientist and AI researcher Christopher Summerfield explores the differences, and similarities, of how AI and humans make meaning of the world.
Christopher Summerfield has one foot in the field of cognitive neuroscience — studying the brains of humans as a professor of cognitive neuroscience at the University of Oxford — and[…]