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

They can be signs of how people feel in their relationship – and may send an important message to potential rivals.
It's the first American news channel to focus on African-American experiences.
Scientists figured out how a certain treatment for skin cancer gives some patients a visual "superpower."
The world's most isolated inhabited island also has some of the world's strangest toponyms.
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Without regulations, implicit bias could shape artificial intelligence into a nightmare for some.
If galaxies are cities in the Universe, how unfortunate that our ‘cosmic country’ is dissolving. On the largest cosmic scales of all, planet Earth appears to be anything but special. […]
The bonding experience is promoted by important neurological changes.
A therapist explains acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT).
A new report calls on the departments of certain scientific fields to double the number of black students by 2030.
A new study at the University of Basel shows how interactive literature has become.
The center of the galaxy is mostly obscure in visible light. But thanks to the world’s most powerful infrared telescope, we can see inside. Throughout history, the sight of the Milky […]
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Ezra Klein offers good reasons to take a skeptical look at automation apocalypse theories.
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How to actually help a person who's ill? Don't be afraid to be funny, says Jeannie Gaffigan.
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Belief systems aren't necessarily dangerous until they're spread by someone with influence.
The highest-energy particles on Earth reach enormous energies, but it’s nothing compared to what the Universe can achieve. Deep underground in Europe, the world’s most powerful particle accelerator lives in a […]
University of Utah research finds that men are especially well suited for fisticuffs.
The spacecraft is set to come closer to the star than any other Sun-facing camera before it.
In 2018, cancer drugs earned the pharmaceutical industry $123.8 billion. Soon, they'll be worth billions more.
The BYP Network is shining light on overlooked talent in certain industries.