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Bill Nye answers the big one: Can faith and science can co-exist, or is religious belief dependent on ignoring science?
The infrared reveals stars — and a surprising population of failed stars — we’ve never seen before. “…innumerable stars, thousands of double and multiple systems, clusters in one blaze with their tens of thousands of […]
NASA has given its Mars rover Curiosity the ability to “decide” which rocks to zap with its laser in the recent AEGIS software update.
How do we know governments and hackers aren't surveilling our smartphones? The answer is we don’t. Edward Snowden is here to fix that.
Modern detective work reveals the haunting story behind one of the most important rock records ever: Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel."
Modern terrorism has roots in a mythical sect of assassins from the time of the Crusades.
It takes a certain ability to shut off the outside world if you want to write more than a few sentences. John Irving sums it up in just over 1 minute.
Think Again – a Big Think Podcast With Experimental Philosopher Jonathon Keats on Buckminster Fuller, Vicarious Sex, Taboos and How to Get Around Them
If everything is relative, as Einstein says, then how do cosmologists measure these quantities in ways everyone can agree? “A human being is part of a whole, called by us the […]
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Executive Recruiter James Citrin highlights how job applications are evaluated by companies, and offers inside tips from building a resume to impressing at an interview.
An old fight between philosophy and science has flared up again. Fortunately we have Rebecca Newberger Goldstein to help us sort out what's going. 
Doctors ran a typical a brain scan on an epilepsy patient. As they were watching, the patient saw God. Here's what happened next.
Studies confirm that having experiences makes us happier than material possessions.
Why, even with infinite magnification, we’d never view the first stars. “Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.” –Marcus Aurelius Imagine the […]
Neil deGrasse Tyson compares our actual progress in space to what was predicted in the 1968 movie 2001: A Space Odyssey.
The last Japanese manufacturer of VCRs stop production, marking the end of a technological era.
A new study examines the behavior of seven species of marine animals around the dead.
Having studied the ancient philosophers and their ideas of the virtues required to be an ideal man, Benjamin Franklin created his own list of thirteen virtues.
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Ex-FBI crisis negotiator Chris Voss explains the golden question that will give you the upper hand in a negotiation.