The Latest from Big Think

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The "first cause" problem may forever remain unsolved, as it doesn’t fit with the way we do science.
Although human beings arrived on Earth just ~300,000 years ago, we've transformed the entire planet completely. Here's how we did it.
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Well-preserved ancient plants and other finds at the Clarkia fossil beds hint at what kind of evidence any Martian life may have left behind.
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From before the Big Bang to Voyager 1, particle physicist Harry Cliff takes us on a whiz-bang tour of the Universe's evolution.
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Kahneman was a world-changing psychologist — even with his lesser known ideas on life satisfaction.
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The technology is not a replacement for human labor — it's a way to complement existing human tasks.
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Despite billions of years of life on Earth, humans first arose only ~300,000 years ago. It took all that time to make our arrival possible.
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Some physicists are besot with the multiverse, but if we can't detect these other universes, how seriously should we take them?
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Lord Kelvin is thought to have said there was nothing new to discover in physics. His real view was the opposite.
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According to Harvard career advisor Gorick Ng, this time-saving system can help us reclaim our work-life sanity.
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Although mammals may be the dominant form of life today, we're relative newcomers on planet Earth. Here's our place in natural history.
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On the morning of April 20, 1961, all conditions were "go" for an attempt at free flight. A man was on standby with a fire extinguisher. Just in case.
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In the infant Universe, particle physics reigned supreme.
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Sam Smith — founder and former CEO of finnCap Group — argues that a culture of empathy will help superscale any business.
For billions of years on Earth, life was limited to simple unicellular, non-differentiated organisms. In a mere flash, that changed forever.
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A deep dive into the chaotic journey of star formation.
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Known as the Great Oxygenation Event, Earth froze over as oxygen accumulated in our atmosphere, nearly driving all life extinct.
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Google’s “Genie” could be used to create a wide range of interactive environments for more than just games.
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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder has been a controversial diagnosis since it was first described, back in the 1940s.
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More than 90% of ticks that bit treated volunteers were dead within 24 hours.