Students may need to sleep on a lesson before they are able to fully comprehend and apply the new information they've learned.

How much does a free app cost users in memory, data usage, and battery life? Turns out the ads within those free apps can consume 16 percent more energy and 22 percent more memory, and that's just the tip of the iceberg.

What sort of greenery are these galaxies smoking? “The illegality of cannabis is outrageous, an impediment to full utilization of a drug which helps produce the serenity and insight, sensitivity […]

As yoga reaches the mainstream, there are many who seek to use it as a control device, says author Shahram Shiva. He argues that young people are usually smart enough to see through the ruse.

As Sesame Street Head Writer Joey Mazzarino notes, every parent should have a puppet. It's important for moms and dads to be unafraid of sometimes being silly.

By equipping chefs with sensor-fitted gloves, robots can easily learn the specific ways they prepare meals, opening the door to professionally prepared home meals.

We're thrilled to be bringing The Floating University to Big Think. Here's number two on our list, featuring Harvard linguist Steven Pinker.

We're thrilled to be bringing The Floating University to Big Think: It's some of the most vital, timely, and mind-changing video content anywhere on the Web.

Just open your eyes, full-screen it, and watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD2XgQOyCCk “Exploring this set I certainly never had the feeling of invention. I never had the feeling that my imagination was rich […]

Dr. Christian Jarrett points out that neuroscience is helping us understand how negative feedback is essential to helping others improve.

Gain some ground before an interview by thinking about your best negotiating skill. Research has shown it helps boost performance.

Philosopher Slavoj Žižek points out several hypocrisies of political correctness while addressing how contemporary totalitarians construct social boundaries to control the population.

Ambition, goal-setting, and I are awkwardly dating. 

A new book explains why individual humans are notoriously bad at assessing how others perceive them.

Before the first star ever formed, the Universe was filled with light. But how? “Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light […]

Tolstoy is the sort of author that requires deep reading for full appreciation. If you don't have the time for that, there's always the War and Peace quick-read strategy.

We as a society are conditioned to love Fridays and hate Mondays. This is outdated, argues best-selling author Jon Acuff. There's no reason why we can't rescue Monday and make our jobs as awesome as they can be.

Marathon runners tend to forget how painful their experience was months after the race, provided that they had positive feelings toward the accomplishment.

Many organizations are reluctant to share important information across national borders. Astronaut Ron Garan, whose time in space helped him see the world in a whole new way, argues that these apprehensions fail to take into account the big picture: We're all in this together.

Too many people continue to die in hospitals, often in pain and hooked up to machines, when they'd much prefer to die at home in peace surrounded by family and friends. Dr. Angelo Volandes' new book helps guide families to understanding end-of-life scenarios and to take control over their fates.