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Brian Cox breaks down the most mysterious scale in the cosmos

Don’t fall into the determinism trap. Everything is, in fact, random | Lee Cronin

Don’t hire the smartest job candidate | Tyler Cowen

Our primordial drive for sex and love | Helen Fisher

Master divergent and convergent thinking | Tiago Forte

How music spreads, explained in 5 minutes | Michael Spitzer

The psychology of loneliness

The science of breaking bad habits (and building better ones)

The Fermi Paradox has a potentially terrifying answer: The Dark Forest | David Kipping

Hannah Ritchie: We can solve our biggest environmental problems | Full Interview

How productive arguments can bring us closer together _ Bo Seo, Esther Perel, and Dan Shapiro

Your brain is biased by default. Here’s how to reset it. | David Eagleman

The psychology of persuasion, as told by an Ivy League professor _ Jonah Berger for Big Think+

Grow your brain by moving your body—just 10 minutes a day | Wendy Suzuki

Your reality narrows after trauma — here’s how to expand it | Bessel van der Kolk

How the body keeps the score on trauma _ Bessel van der Kolk for Big Think+

Improve your critical thinking skills in just 6 minutes | Alex Edmans for Big Think+

Can you trust your own brain? A neuroscientist explains | Heather Berlin