The Latest from Big Think

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baby universe
The inside of every black hole leads to the birth of a new Universe. Could our Universe have arisen from one?
Why does creative flow feel so good?
Flow occurs when a task’s challenge is balanced with one’s skill.
learning and development
More and more business leaders are starting to lean on learning and development for support in facing essential challenges. 
alien abductions
From succubi to aliens, stories of abductions or other unsettling encounters have been with us for millennia. What explains them?
Admit it: you have no idea why a group of crows is called a murder. Here's why.
California condor
Once numbering just 27 birds, the global population of California condors is now in the hundreds.
big bang
There are an estimated two trillion galaxies within the observable Universe. Most are already unreachable, and the situation only gets worse.
The language you speak plays an important role in how you evaluate truth.
ultrasound ocd
OCD and addiction may result in part from improper “reward” pathways in the brain. Ultrasound can disrupt those pathways.
place cells
Your brain is remarkably good at mapping out physical spaces — even if it's an imaginary space like Hogwarts. But how does the brain do it?
Scientists ranked countries on their end-of-life care. The U.S. fared poorly.
James Webb Hubble
Hubble's deepest views of space revealed fewer than 10% of the Universe's galaxies. James Webb will change that forever.
personality tests
The first personality tests revolved around assessing people’s reactions to ambiguous and often unsettling images. Today, the gold standard is a barrage of questions.
city syndromes
Stockholm Syndrome is the most famous of 10 psychological disorders named after world cities. Most relate to tourism or hostage-taking.
Are we close to the end of poverty? Two people look over a neighborhood in Bogota.
The decline of global poverty is one of the most important achievements in history, but the end of poverty is still very far away.
flying cars
This flying car — more properly called an "electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicle" — will seat five and fly up to 135 mph.