The Latest from Big Think

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Executive coach Jodi Wellman explains how to “make it to the end with no regrets.”
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Adams was infamously scooped when Neptune was discovered in 1846. His failure wasn't the end, but a prelude to a world-changing discovery.
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The true story of the shot that "reverberated through England" when science collided head-on with religion.
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Big Think Business columnist Eric Markowitz prefaces his new series on long-term thinking with the experience that almost cut his life short.
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The best of all investor attributes is easily attained — and unbeatable in combination with other advantages.
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It's knowledgeable, confident, and behaves human-like in many ways. But it's not magic that powers AI though; it's just math and data.
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Cam Lawrence — CEO of international venture platform Newlab — joins Big Think Business to discuss his strategic vision for climate tech.
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Ryan Condal, who worked in pharmaceutical advertising before Hollywood, talks with Big Think about imposter syndrome, "precrastination," and Westeros lore.
For its 2-year science anniversary, JWST has revealed unprecedented details in "the Penguin and the Egg." Here are the surprises inside.
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As the Sun ages, it loses mass, causing Earth to spiral outward in its orbit. Will that cool the Earth down, or will other effects win out?
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While the concept stretches back centuries, it has garnered significant attention in recent decades.
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The world needs a moral defense of progress based in humanism and agency.
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A new method of mapping migration factors in erratic movements and changing climate.
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Our relationship with chatbots is undergoing a sea change — here’s how the transformation will most affect you and your team.
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Just 13.8 billion years after the hot Big Bang, we can see objects up to 46.1 billion light-years away. No, this doesn't violate relativity.
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We know of stellar mass and supermassive black holes, but intermediate mass ones have long proved elusive. Until now.
Feedback frights
New research from Big Think+ sheds light on why employees can find the act of providing feedback to be intimidating, and how L&D can ease this fear by elevating feedback beyond pure evaluation.
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For most of human history, babies probably picked up language by overhearing.