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The newest essays, interviews, and features from Big Think.

How do you get the attention of your dream employer when you're currently employed? Alerting them to your availability is not unlike an act of seduction.
As the economy seems to ask for ever-more productivity, coffee's limited ability to keep us concentrated have become clearer.
The billions of dollars spent on new technology have produced data that is "pretty weak", according to Tom Vander Ark, the former executive director for education at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
ABC News correspondent Dan Harris discusses how mindfulness helped him recover from an on-air panic attack.
We do not set out to cause offence. But we go where strange maps lead us.
As its name suggests, Pavlok, a wristband whose creator claims will help you form lasting habits better than any other on the market, was inspired by Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov’s […]
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Jane Hyun explains the importance of changing management style to fit an evolving workforce.
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Jane Hyun explains the importance of changing management style to fit an evolving workforce.
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Robert Davidson describes research he’s conducted that may offer a way of predicting which corporations might commit fraud.
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Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum discusses her work with Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, one of the first LGBTQ synagogues. She goes on to describe how she raised $14,000 from an unexpected donor […]
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Karan Girotra explains how companies can use business model innovation to stay ahead of the competition. Uber, for example, has disrupted the car for hire industry by their clever handling […]
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Jon Iwata, Senior VP of Marketing and Communications at IBM, shares the origins and purpose of IBM's supercomputer Watson.
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Venerable Lama Losang Samten walks us through the symbolism and meaning in The Wheel of Life, an ancient Buddhist sand mandala. Samten is a Tibetan-American scholar, sand mandala artist, former […]
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Journalist Warren Berger discusses how thinking in questions can catalyze innovation and reveal more effective answers.
Sharks are natural marvels that still withhold many physiological secrets from science. Shark researchers hope unlocking these mysteries could mean advancements in ship-building, neuroscience, and the fight against cancer.
“There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.” -Akira Kurosawa, Something Like an Autobiography (1981)
“We went, and by we I meant all of us, we went and built this wonderful Internet thing you’ve heard of…. But what has the government done and what has […]
In general, we all understand that practice improves our ability to play the viola, hit a golf ball, prepare tasty meals, etc. But how does practice work on the brain such that we get better at something just by repeating it?
Researchers in New Zealand have found that people whose diets are rich in fruits and vegetables experience frequent sensations of purpose, engagement, curiosity, and creativity.
A sign that warns you about bumping your head… on the sign itself! Image credit: Matt Groening, the Simpsons, Season 1. “I went down the street to the 24-hour grocery. […]