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For 40 years academics were duped into idolizing the idea of unfettered markets, says Cornel West, and now our society is paying a terrible price.
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The President’s failing is that he is "mesmerized" by brilliant men who are too cozy with Wall Street.
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His third-grade teacher slapped him when he didn’t salute the flag, and he hit her back.
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Big Think sits down with the author and University Professor at Princeton University.
Sometimes the best insights into the human mind can be found by poking about in odd places. This week Psychology professor and "Snoop" author Sam Gosling revisited Big Think to […]
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With the recession and a greater sense of failure among men, a bizarre phenomenon called "familicide" has been on the rise.
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The Dean of UPenn’s School of Social Policy argues that universal healthcare is basic human entitlement.
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In a free-market society, distinguishing between rights and privileges has become a murky and often quarrelsome decision. Here the Dean of Penn’s School of Social Policy, pinpoints our key misconception […]
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Big Think sites down with Dean of the School of Social Policy & Practice at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Human development expert Elizabeth Debold taps into the psyche of post-modern women.
Recreational intercourse isn’t anything new. But wouldn’t you think that today’s women are more in touch with their wants and desires in the bedroom? Gender expert Elizabeth Debold begs to […]
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Now that women aren’t necessarily expected to raise a family, they are less sure what they want out of life.
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A conversation with the Senior Editor of EnlightenNext magazine.
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The relation between the mind and sexual response is still fertile ground for investigation.
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It’s a mystery that Rutgers psychology professor Barry Komisaruk is trying to solve. Men seem to be immune from the problem.
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Rutgers psychologist Barry Komisaruk says that men and women use the same language to describe climaxing.
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A conversation with the Rutgers psychologist and author of the upcoming book, "The Orgasm Answer Guide."
The top United Nations authority on climate change said that a binding treaty aimed at reducing the world's carbon emissions is no longer a possible outcome of the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference.
The world’s most powerful particle accelerator was shut down after a bird dropped some bread in it.
An evangelical Christian who teaches kindergarten has refused to give her fingerprints on religious grounds, saying that fingerprinting is the “mark of the beast.”