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The true meaning of "mindfulness" and how to practice it
In this week’s Big Think Class, former professor Jon Kabat-Zinn explains the art of mindfulness, beyond the trends.
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A philosopher’s 5 tips on how to become the most likeable person in the room
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It is a privilege to be antisocial.
Let’s go back 10,000 years and check in on humanity. While a few communities around the Fertile Crescent have decided it’s a good idea to stay put...
A neuroscientist’s guide to memory & protecting your brain
Neuroscientist Lisa Genova explains how to protect your brain against Alzheimer's and the science of forgetting.
A retired Japanese engineer once memorized pi to over 111,000 digits using nothing but storytelling and visualization. He also...
Forget Stoicism. Skepticism is the ancient philosophy we need today.
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by Tim Brinkhof
If you haven’t read Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations, you’ve certainly heard of them — if not in school, then on Instagram, TikTok, or a podcast. Composed by the s...
This 11-point scale helps spot UFO reports worth investigating
Credit: NASA / Big Think
by Dirk Schulze-Makuch & Tony Reichhardt
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (or UAPs, formerly known as UFOs) are back in the news, with the U.S. Defense Department’s recent publication of (mostly old) case files...
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Author of the New York Times best sellers RANGE, The Sports Gene, and (newly) Inside the Box: How Constraints Make Us Better
Speaker/writer/student of decision science. Author of QUIT: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away, Thinking in Bet, and How To Decide. Navigating uncertainty.
Writing a book about animals for National Geographic -- SORT OF FUNNY FIELD GUIDES (2025). Science writer with words in Nat Geo, Washington Post, NYT. Project fellow at the MIT Knight Science Journalism Program, National Geographic Explorer.
Medical Doctor, Professor of genetic epidemiology at KCL, best-selling author, director of TwinsUK, and co-founder of ZOE, the health science company.
Author of The Power of Habit and Supercommunicators, and journalist at The New Yorker Magazine (and previously at the New York Times.) Also, for one terrifying day in 1999, a bike messenger in San Francisco.
I explain ideas. I write for Big Think. I run the Mini Philosophy social network.
Explore the cosmos with astrophysicist and author Dr. Ethan Siegel! From the origin of everything to the fate of the universe, Ethan and Big Think are here to answer your biggest questions.
Hypercurious :) Neuroscientist, founder of Ness Labs & author of Tiny Experiments, a guide to living a more experimental life.
A dedicated space for exploring the books and ideas that shape our world.
Executive editor at Big Think
Author of The Explorer's Gene and Endure, Outside columnist, Globe & Mail, ex-physicist, not-quite-sub-4 miler.
Kevin is the books editor at Big Think. He holds a master’s in English and writing, and his articles have appeared in Agenda, RealClearScience, and the Washington Post.
Francesca Tighinean is a psychology educator with over 3 million followers, host of The Francesca Psychology Podcast, and an upcoming Hay House author.
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