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Big Thinkers join us to ruminate on a great question that they may — or may not — have pondered before.
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The truth about supplements, from a doctor
“The truth is there are very few supplements that have good evidence-based medicine to support them.”
4mins
“In our current social and physical climate, there's a sense of fatalism, a fear that bringing someone new into the world might be a bad thing.”
5mins
“While society's been humming along and enjoying all these advances in agriculture and medicine, in the last 50 or 60 years, ecologists have learned a lot about how nature works. I've codified these into a set of rules called the 'Serengeti Rules.'”
9mins
"Humans, like most mammals, tend to shut down in really frightening situations for which they have no training or prior experience. Researchers call it negative panic. People do nothing. They shut down."
7mins
“The problem with conspiracy theories is they're not just telling you a story, they're telling you a really good story. There's a hidden cabal behind everything that's happening, there's a secret pattern that you just have to be smart enough to detect.”
5mins
“If we didn't find helping other people pleasurable, we wouldn’t be altruistic.”
5mins
Who decides what’s “normal” and why? As social norms increasingly dissolve, here’s how to find true guidance.
6mins
“You’re not meant to understand what I just said, because I don’t understand what I just said…” Physicist Brian Cox on one of the most complex theories in space science.
5mins
60% of people feel disconnected. Harvard professor Robert Waldinger addresses the science behind humanity’s loneliness epidemic and suggests ways to solve it.
6mins
Humanity is a type 0 civilization. Here’s what types 1, 2, and 3 look like, according to physicist Michio Kaku.
4mins
Can AI and animals coexist? Philosopher Peter Singer gives us a nuanced take on the issue.
6mins
If Einstein couldn’t solve the theory of everything, could anyone? Physicist Michio Kaku explains what it would take.
3mins
More CPAs are retiring than are joining the field. What’s going on? Forensic accountant Kelly Richmond Pope explains.
3mins
Exercise neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki explains how your brain can age gracefully and optimally — and it starts with just a 10-minute walk.
5mins
Our one-size-fits-all approach to sex education hasn't worked for a long time. Sex educator Emily Nagoski explains what we know (and don't know) about the role neurodiversity plays in intimacy.
6mins
University College London professor Brian Klaas exposes the ugly truth about world leaders.
4mins
Former Yale professor Dr. Morgan Levine shares 3 ways to change your diet to extend your life.
4mins
Everyone commits this rationality error.
6mins
Why marriage is thriving — and dying — in different American classes.
5mins
Expert Michael Spitzer explains how culture can “tune” your musical taste.
5mins
Do humans have souls, or are we just particles? Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder explains.