“We know that as little as 10 minutes of walking can improve your mood, getting that bubble bath with the dopamine, serotonin, endorphins going. Anybody can do that.”

A paradigm should be elastic enough to accommodate new data and broad enough to explain the world. For Rupert Sheldrake, ours does neither.

Having a vision isn’t enough to be an effective leader.

Neuroscience supports the notion that mindfulness and meditation should become essential assets in our workspaces.

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

"Nobody expects a computer simulation of a hurricane to generate real wind and real rain," writes neuroscientist Anil Seth.

“The voice in your head is not you. You are listening to that voice. It’s a heckler, trying to make you feel bad.”

Many, from neuroscientists to philosophers to anesthesiologists, have claimed to understand consciousness. Do physicists? Does anyone?

Harness the power of “respectful engagement” to make sure everyone in your team feels like they matter.

Curiosity is often considered a personality quirk. Neuroscience paints a different picture.

“The very same time that’s making you anxious is actually your most valuable asset. You can always create more energy and more money—but you can never create more time.”

Nurture your passions instead.

A.J. Jacobs looks back at what he learned about religion, himself, and modern American culture during “The Year of Living Biblically.”

In nature, business, and life, survival doesn’t belong to the optimized — it belongs to those with a built-in buffer.

"I think happiness is not a smiling face, it's more a smiling soul."

It's time to invest in your rest.

Want to know how to handle work-life pressure? Big Think asked Warfare co-directors Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza.

Locked inside their minds, thousands await a cure. Neuroscientist Daniel Toker is racing to find it.

Grandmasters and drug dealers have one thing in common: They are many steps ahead of their rivals.

"Being aware of your mindsets is the difference between living a conscious life, where you're making choices in accord with what you actually want and going where you actually wanna go, versus being on autopilot and having those mindsets subconsciously drive all of your decisions."