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Flow Research Collective COO Rian Doris explains how to harness the power of your nervous system to find your flow during a pandemic.
One woman's viral roadmap from fear to learning to growth.
A thorough understanding of anxious personality traits could lead to targeted therapies.
It's likely the most complete skeleton that's ever been discovered of the strange Gondwanatheria mammal group, which roamed the ancient supercontinent of Gondwana alongside dinosaurs.
Join Big Think Live for a discussion with human rights advocate and best-selling author Shaka Senghor. Learn how the COVID-19 outbreak is affecting the prison population and why it has […]
Young people could even end up less anxiety-ridden, thanks to newfound confidence
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The Space Force will soon launch its X-37B spacecraft on a classified mission.
A new study finds evidence of an important neural speech pathway in macaques.
Over the past 30 years, we’ve revolutionized what we know about the Universe. But we couldn’t have done it without these lessons. On April 24, 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope rocketed […]
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The key to raising indistractable kids is to first determine why they're distracted.
Ultrarunners scored significantly higher on the resilience questionnaire than non-runners.
Sheltering at home is anti-instinctual behavior. Yet doing so saves lives.
In order to gain more from spending time alone, it is important to be open to the benefits that solitude can bring.
U.S. Army maps show how Western and Eastern Fronts met by May 1, 1945.
Despite being raised in a screen-lit world, today's children make and maintain friendships as well as past generations.
The dream of an ‘Earth-like’ planet showcases our astrobiological ignorance. Over the past decade, our understanding of what planets exist around stars other than our own has exploded. The number […]
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It's normal if you're not productive in your creativity all the time. Even the greats took breaks.
Prior to COVID-19, 45% of people with intellectual disabilities reported feeling lonely.
How does the COVID-19 pandemic affect relationships? One study aims to find out. If you have 20 minutes, take the survey!
Some purveyors of "wellness" sure are sounding like right-wing conspiracy theorists.