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Photo by Big Think on July 09, 2026. May be a graphic of magazine, poster and newspaper.Pinned

Comment "print" for a link to get the magazine. / Our summer issue is here! Inside are stories of opting out…

Video by Big Think on September 25, 2026. May be a graphic of poster and text.Video

How did the universe begin? | Big Think Explainers @popchart.co @marvinliyanage The first video from our new…

Video by Big Think on September 25, 2026. May be an image of one or more people, beard, eyeglasses, magazine, poster and text.Video

Why AI feels alive | Adam Frank

Video by Marvin Liyanage on September 24, 2026. May be an image of one or more people, microphone and text.Video

The truth about back pain | Rachel Zoffness Dr. Rachel Zoffness is a pain scientist and the author of "Tell…

Video by Big Think on September 23, 2026. May be an image of text.Video

How to predict if a couple will break up | John Gottman @gottmaninstitute

Video by Big Think on September 21, 2026. May be an image of one or more people, people standing, poster, magazine and text that says 'BI I How to analyze your own beliefs So there's often a'.Video

How to analyze your beliefs | Jonny Thomson

Video by Big Think on September 18, 2026. May be an illustration of blueprint, floor plan and text.Video

The problem with UFO videos | Adam Frank

Video by Marvin Liyanage on September 18, 2026. May be a meme of one or more people, beard and text that says 'Review Pain. 2015 Dec:156(12):2616-2626. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.O000O00 1097. 0000003 3. Increasing placebo responses over time in clinical trials of neuropathic pain S. Alexander Tuttle Sarasa Tohyama, Tim Ramsay, Jonathan Kimmelman, Petra Schweinhardt, Gary Bennett, Jeffrey S Mogil placebo Why the placebo effect is increasing @ Curiosity Lab'.Video

The placebo effect is increasing | Rachel Zoffness @therealdoczoff

Video by Big Think on September 16, 2026. May be an image of standing, poster, magazine and text that says '3I T The #1 requirement for a relationship is40% 40% is'.Video

The #1 requirement for loving a woman | John Gottman

Video by The Well on September 15, 2026. May be an image of eel, xray and text that says '"BUILD AN EYE"'.Video

Michael Levin’s lab tells tadpoles where to grow their eyeballs, and — to everyone’s surprise — they listen.…

Video by Big Think on September 14, 2026. May be an image of one or more people and text that says 'BI I B Why stress is actually good goodforyou for you muscle in the gym, I'.Video

Why stress is actually good for you | Lisa Damour

Video by Big Think on September 11, 2026. May be an illustration of planet, poster and text that says 'BI I K2-18b K2 Exoplanet A year yearorsoago, or so ago,'.Video

Why we are finding more potential alien planets | Adam Frank @adamfrankscience

Video by Marvin Liyanage on September 10, 2026. May be an image of one or more people, microphone and text that says 'BT a story stor Where does pain come from? ੴ Curiosity Lab'.Video

Where does pain come from? | Rachel Zoffness @therealdoczoff

Video by The Well on September 10, 2026. May be a meme of one or more people, beard and text that says 'WHAT IS A HUMAN?'.Video

If half your body were replaced with technology, would you still be human? Michael Levin says the answer…

Video by Marvin Liyanage on September 09, 2026. May be an image of text that says 'BI B T Pain Pain_ana and tissue damage'.Video

How we think about pain is wrong. We assume pain = tissue damage. Something in our body is broken — that’s…

Video by Big Think on September 09, 2026. May be a black-and-white image of text that says 'BI I "When you do it makes me feel'.Video

How to express your needs (without conflict) | John Gottman

Video by Big Think on September 04, 2026. May be a graphic of one or more people, beard and text that says 'BI I Why we measure tempurature Everybody has a feeling'.Video

Why do we measure temperature? | Adam Frank @adamfrankscience

Photo by Big Think on September 03, 2026. May be an image of text. 10 items, carousel

Machine learning is helping us investigate the intelligence of plants and fungi.

Video by Big Think on September 02, 2026. May be a graphic of one or more people, people standing, magazine, poster and text that says '3I I The biggest relationship myth is that you can't have isthatyoucan'thavelove love'.Video

What people misunderstand about love | Julie Gottman

Video by Big Think on August 31, 2026. May be an image of poster and text that says 'René Descartes Philosopher Philosopher&mathematician & mathematician'.Video

Why you should question everything (according to philosophy) @philosophyminis

Photo by Big Think on August 31, 2026. May be an image of text. 6 items, carousel

5 of our favorite nonfiction books from 2026 (so far). Selected by Kevin Dickinson.

Video by Big Think on August 28, 2026. May be a Twitter screenshot of microphone and text that says 'HAJNTIN แทย ትዋክ 일이 II 野 早 The most important election of our lives always alwaysbeentrue? been true?'.Video

The most important election of our lives | Dan Carlin @dancarlinhardcorehistory and Kmele Foster @kmeleanthony

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