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Man-Booker prizewinning author Marlon James in a freewheeling game of verbal ping-pong on African mythology, '80's hip hop, heavy metal, tattoos, and billionaire philanthropy.
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News doesn't sell. That's lethal to journalism – and democracy.
Our motion through space is undeniable. So why can’t we feel it? Our planet isn’t the stationary place we feel it to be beneath our feet, but rather moves in an […]
Can the keto diet really help people combat acne, cancer and "brain fog"?
Less local newspapers are making the populace more uninformed.
The key to Finland's success is to view education not as a privilege, but a right.
About 3.8 billion years ago, the inner planets were bombarded with a cataclysm of asteroids. Could Planet V have been the cause?
The controversial protest tactic has a checkered history.
Climate change is a dire threat, perhaps it is time to put the people who created and denied the problem on trial?
First contact movies had their Golden Age in 1980s America – now they're going global.
Experts say global warming is no longer some future worry. It's already here.
Despite tens of millions of dollars pouring into new technologies, a 'clean' burger remains elusive.
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Looking up big, fancy words won't make your writing better. But a thesaurus can help – if you use it like this.
When two different techniques give two different results, either someone is wrong, or something incredible is happening. Imagine you were a scientist attempting to measure some property of the Universe. […]
A recent test shows SpaceX's Raptor engine is powerful enough to lift Starship and Super Heavy into space.
You won't notice much of a difference unless you're north of the 55th parallel, though.
In Shane Snow’s Big Think+ video, “Harness Your Team’s Mental Toolkit,” he begins by asserting that “two heads are better than one” is a lie. Also — and as long […]
Scientists are highly skeptical, but such “cosmic wanderlust" isn't a bad thing.