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The move comes one day before more than 1,500 Amazon employees are set to walk off the job as part of the global climate strikes.
Suicide rates in Puerto Rico have risen by a third since Hurricane Maria.
With little progress on other avenues to preventing mass shootings, one firm has employed architecture to save students.
The line-in-the-sand was drawn in sharpie, and the time to declare ‘no more’ is now. When you have a question about the physical world, there are a lot of different approaches […]
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Sometimes, academic expression can make people uncomfortable. But this tension is a feature, not a bug.
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Duke University psychiatrist Harold Koenig describes how.
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Objects coming into our solar system have an origins story to tell.
We have a new range of skills coming to Big Think+ this week, including communication, critical thinking, and emotional intelligence.
A new research article states that the obesity epidemic is affecting more than just waistlines.
Forget Copenhagen, Many-Worlds, Pilot Waves and all the others. What you’re left with is reality. When it comes to understanding the Universe, scientists have traditionally taken two approaches in tandem with […]
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The science of learning is decades ahead of the education system. How can we bring education into the present?
yes. every kid.
Some pesticides are about as toxic as table salt.
After China stopped accepting recylables, California was put in a tough place.
Some critics say the move is designed to shield those who profited from the dangerous drug.
The choice of flavor may be up to you, but the number of scoops will depend on your friends.
Employees from Amazon and Microsoft plan to join the global protest, too.
Most of us have heard of Abraham Maslow and his hierarchy of needs, but Maslow doesn't have a monopoly on self-actualization.
Most elderly individuals' brains degrade over time, but some match — or even outperform — younger individuals on cognitive tests.