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A library of interviews with the world’s biggest thinkers.

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9mins
Your chronological age and your biological age aren’t the same thing. This ex-Yale professor explains how to tell the difference.
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42mins
Sabine Hossenfelder talks about Albert Einstein, dead grandmothers, the physics of aging, and more in this full interview with Big Think.
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7mins
Nobel Prize-winning scientist Paul Nurse defines the 5 core principles of life.
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7mins
This network physicist is mapping the world's most significant data to create the most beautiful visualizations of information we have ever seen.
John Templeton Foundation
A figure stands beneath a tree with a serpent coiled on the branches, in a dense, shadowy forest clearing.
6mins
Aimless wandering is essential for understanding yourself. Here’s why.
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4mins
Science has opened so many doors to humanity’s understanding of the world. Scientism shuts them. Here’s how to tell the difference.
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1hr 25mins
Richard Reeves explains the big problems facing men today — and why no one is talking about them.
A pair of scissors appears to cut through a black and white illustration of a DNA double helix.
4mins
Forget AI. Gene editing is still our most powerful — and dangerous — technology.
Two abstract human figures stand next to each other on the left, while a pair of white eyes emerges from a dark, textured background on the right.
6mins
From DMT elves, to God, to the figures in our dreams — why are humans so obsessed with the supernatural?
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4mins
Asking the wrong questions can hold you back. Natalie Nixon explains how to ask divergent questions to become a great thinker.
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5mins
Humans, like animals, are driven by instincts. But we also have wants. Here’s what that means for our lives.
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5mins
Why do the worst people rise to power? University College London professor Brian Klaas responds.
A realistic illustration of a smoking pipe with the French text "Ceci n'est pas une pipe" written below it on a plain background.
6mins
This scientist made an algorithm to predict which artists succeed — all without even looking at their art.
8mins
Educator Irshad Manji emphasizes that diversity is a fact of life, and it should be harnessed to unite society rather than divide it. Recognizing that humans tend to react defensively […]
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5mins
How World War II codebreaker Alan Turing invented modern AI.
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8mins
How America became a fragile nation — and how it can get its resilience back.