Author: Big Think

Exploring the wild and disturbing world of “scienceploitation”

Exploring the wild and disturbing world of “scienceploitation”

Embrace your dark side: A new perspective on negative emotions

Embrace your dark side: A new perspective on negative emotions

Blind optimism is not a cure for blind pessimism

Blind optimism is not a cure for blind pessimism

New findings raise questions about when (and where) life began

New findings raise questions about when (and where) life began

What if we’re alone? The philosophical paradox of a lifeless cosmos

What if we’re alone? The philosophical paradox of a lifeless cosmos

A.C. Grayling: We don’t need to bring back religion, we need to bring back education

A.C. Grayling: We don’t need to bring back religion, we need to bring back education

The unsavory history of the wellness industry

The unsavory history of the wellness industry

Nathan Thrall: How to immerse readers in nonfiction writing

Nathan Thrall: How to immerse readers in nonfiction writing

Is AI eroding our critical thinking abilities?

Is AI eroding our critical thinking abilities?

Choose your temple: How mythology can help you spend the time you have left

Choose your temple: How mythology can help you spend the time you have left

Inside the emerging world of anesthesia “dream therapy”

Inside the emerging world of anesthesia “dream therapy”

A promising (and surprisingly simple) way to detect alien life

A promising (and surprisingly simple) way to detect alien life

The Big 5 personality traits linked to lifelong singlehood

The Big 5 personality traits linked to lifelong singlehood

Is mathematics the empress of science? A physicist weighs in.

Is mathematics the empress of science? A physicist weighs in.

Philosophy has lost its transformative power. Here’s how we can revive it.

Philosophy has lost its transformative power. Here’s how we can revive it.

Your mind shapes how food tastes before the first bite

Your mind shapes how food tastes before the first bite

Everyday Philosophy: Should we ban children from playing dangerous sports?

Everyday Philosophy: Should we ban children from playing dangerous sports?

Will physics ever prove that gravitons are real?

Will physics ever prove that gravitons are real?