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Big Think and the John Templeton Foundation gathered scientists, artists, and storytellers in Los Angeles to explore the power of awe.
Before we can build the future, we have to imagine it.
Reading classic books can teach you as much about the present as the past.
In "That Book Is Dangerous," author Adam Szetela examines the rise of the “Sensitivity Era” in publishing and how outrage campaigns try to control what books authors can write and readers can read.
In "Raising AI," De Kai argues that today's AIs are already more like us than we think they are.
English could settle into a state of "diglossia" where a gulf exists between the written form and its spoken varieties, but the two are bound into a single tongue.
From medieval myths to Shakespeare's plays and modern cinema, British culture kept the Roman Empire alive long after its fall.
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What would the world be like if we focused on “the inherent beauty of math,” rather than its technical aspects? A statistician reflects:
Have you ever noticed how many things you interact with but can’t name? So did we.
If music is a window onto truth, what does screaming reveal?
The fellowship's journey through Middle-earth mirrors the modernization of the English countryside.
Big Think spoke with animator and animation historian Tom Sito about the cyclical evolution of animation.
Various environmental phenomena can play tricks on our brain.
Scientists don't understand why the correlation exists.
China has always been one of the world’s wealthiest nations, but Chinese wealth looks different across the country’s eventful history.
Explore how belief shapes destiny, from Oedipus Rex to modern geopolitics.
On the menu: stews, cheese, and fermented drinks.
The Foo Fighters are at the dead center of the map, so all the other bands are happier, sadder, angrier, or hornier.
One hypothesis: "gossip traps."
The curiosity of children is a national resource. Adults destroy it.
What distinguishes effective from ineffective leadership training? Read on to find out.
"Not my circus, not my monkeys."
"Painfully forced" is how one contemporary critic described Fitzgerald's writing style.
In the West, discussions of 20th-century painting are dominated by Warhol and Picasso, but trendsetting artists are found everywhere.
Is the dumpster in the alley worthy of a poem?
The word “turkey” can refer to everything from the bird itself to a populous Eurasian country to movie flops.
"Oosouji" or "big cleaning" is much more than a chance to tidy up.
Scallop shells have accompanied pilgrims to and from Santiago de Compostela for centuries, for more than one reason
Only have sex with a person you love — a novel concept!