The “dystopian” biotech imagined in these novels is now changing real lives for the better.

Technology, shifting rules, and human ambition push athletes beyond biology’s perceived limits.

Books don’t just stimulate the mind — they trigger physiological changes throughout the body.

Sixty years ago, a little-known philosopher challenged how science understands life. His perspective is finding new relevance in the age of artificial intelligence.

By treating the human body as an information system, scientists are using AI to simulate cells, visualize hidden biology, and detect disease at its earliest — and most preventable — stages.

"I call it a tyranny of attention because there's so many demands on our attention coming from so many different directions that we are simply overwhelmed and we don't have the mental bandwidth to cope with it."

Moltbook is a social media site built for conversation — but not for humans.

“Our conscious awareness is everything. And the fact that it's still so mysterious to scientists and to all of humanity, the fact that it's still one of the great unsolved mysteries makes it something that everyone can be excited about and that inspires awe in everyone.”

Why social media is the perfect recipe for kids to become addicted to their smartphones.

Many top performers start behind — and overtake the early leaders later.

Elite athletes train their “quiet eye.” What happens if the rest of us do the same?

The Stoic philosopher argued that most of life is outside our control — but the little we do control defines who we are.

Researchers built a model that behaves like a brain. Without being trained on neural data, the model produced a peculiar signal — one that was later discovered in actual brain activity.

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Health policy expert Ezekiel Emanuel says you don’t have to be obsessed to live a healthy life. Wellness can, and should, be something you enjoy.

Emily Mendenhall traces the medical myths, gender bias, and neurological truths behind hysteria, one of history’s most damaging diagnoses.

Neuroscience isn’t dissolving philosophy’s hardest problems — it’s forcing us to rethink where they live.

By tracking brain activity as primates move freely in the wild, neuroethology could reshape what we think we know about our own minds.

Big Think and the John Templeton Foundation gathered scientists, artists, and storytellers in Los Angeles to explore the power of awe.

Rituals serve psychological functions that go far beyond mere habit or tradition.

As we crank up our search for more powerful AI, maybe we should slow down and reimagine the shape and language of intelligence itself.

Our brains weren’t built for the amount of info we deal with now. That’s why scientists have made the case for a “second brain” — a place to dump ideas so you can actually see how they connect later.

Ninety million years after our lineages split, humans are beginning to listen to whales in a new way. Marine biologist David Gruber shares the work that has become his life’s pursuit: learning how to hear the planet’s largest mammals.

“Psychedelics crosscut so many interesting domains. They've been used for time immemorial by indigenous cultures. In our own Western cultural history, they really exploded on the scene in the 1960s, and were associated with radical changes to society.”

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“Consciousness is fundamental. It's a fundamental property of the world that we inhabit, a fundamental property of the universe.”

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