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

Math trauma can follow people beyond grade school to harm their prospects well into adulthood.
In his book, Earth Emotions, Glenn Albrecht coins "psychoterratic."
It’s a great scientific opportunity of modern times, but we won’t get there with our current observatories. One of the holy grails of modern science is to find a world, […]
De Beauvoir finds that the ‘strong woman’ is actually just bound to housework
Japanese physicists devise technology to discover axion dark matter.
A NASA robot on Mars sends back unusual findings, including timed magnetic pulses.
Fears and discoveries in translating an intimate world to the big screen. How experience helps you deal with people yelling at you. Why 21st century audiences love to be transported to Edwardian England, in spite of all the class hierarchy…
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Understanding cognitive development and stress in children can add context to systems of education.
yes. every kid.
The week-long global protest, which is calling for an end to the age of fossil fuels, is taking place in more than 160 countries today.
Are tiny homes just a trend for wealthy minimalists or an economic necessity for the growing poor?
An unexpectedly revealing find in Mongolia solves a longstanding riddle.
As more data comes in, the puzzle gets deeper and deeper. Whenever you set out to solve a problem, there are a series of steps you have to take in order […]
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These questions can help us think more critically about new developments in artificial intelligence.
Can Impossible Foods beat other brands — like Beyond Meat and Tyson — in the war to dominate the alternative meat industry?