Paper could be used to power your laptop according to scientists who have developed a high tech battery from the standard writing surface by coating it in special materials.
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The soot emitted when fossil fuels are burned, known as “black carbon”, could have a bigger impact on climate in some parts of the world than greenhouse gases, new research reveals.
Who killed Caravaggio? Or what killed Caravaggio? Four hundred years later, who cares? To “celebrate” the 400th anniversary of the demise of the demented genius of the Renaissance, Italy’s National […]
With the American health care debate in full force, Big Think thought it an opportune time to put together a package on the subject. Today we roll out two interviews […]
There is a legal vacuum when it comes to robot interaction with humans so ethicist and scientists weigh in as robotics technology speeds up.
A new report from the University of California, San Diego, suggests that the average American household consumed a staggering 3.6 zettabytes of information in 2008.
“You know what the greatest talent in the world is?” asks the Hollywood bigshot in John Guare’s terrific play The House of Blue Leaves. “To be an audience. Anybody can […]
Internet viruses are known for being pretty sinister – but what if they could make you an unsuspecting collector of kiddie porn?
A law suit has been brought against computer chip giant Intel alleging it dominates the market through dodgy dealing and bribery.
Unidentified authorities have reportedly removed the Nobel Peace Prize medal and diploma from Iranian human-rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi’s bank safety deposit box.
Wikileaks is today releasing over half a million US national text pager intercepts from the 24 hour period surrounding the September 11, 2001 attacks.
An artist has been recreating masterpieces using rubik’s cubes instead of paint.
Stanford scholars are considering the legal implications of using robots – with issues extending beyond personal injury and property damage to criminal and civil rights.
An internet romance that ended in the disappearance of a woman has left police with a homicide investigation but no evidence and no body.
When I was a kid, I was an avid reader of just about anything between two covers, but I had a special place in my heart for encyclopedias. Back in […]
Building on the studies of Joseph-Louis Lagrange, a picture of coherent structures in fluids is emerging using advanced technologies.
A nasty virus has been hitching a lift on Facebook’s password reset confirmation email, posing a risk for users.
Nearsightedness has become ever more common in rich nations, most dramatically in Asia–80 percent of young adults in Taiwan and Singapore are myopic, where a couple of generations ago only […]
You don’t need to leave a carbon footprint (plane ticket to Copenhagen) or submit to the press pass racket ($250 to declareyourself a journalist) to get access to the political […]
Remember when we made a big deal about Microsoft’s monopolistic abuse of the computer desktop? In hindsight, that was silly.
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Calvin Trillin is one of America’s most versatile authors—from poetry, to humor, to important investigative journalism, his work stirs envy in every type of writer. Trillin sat down with Big […]
The ethics of more than 30 lawmakers and their aides have been under scrutiny, according to a leaked report.
Melissa Franklin never had any intention of becoming one of the world’s leading particle physicists. She says went into the field because “she wasn’t smart enough” to do anything else, […]
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Google has announced that it will work to help companies, such as news producers like Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, to limit the access that general readers and data aggregators such […]
When you hear the name Leonardo da Vinci you automatically think “Genius” with a capital “G.” Such Genius that he seemingly came from nowhere to walk among us. Science fiction […]
“Free,” to Chris Anderson, is a magic word. It’s the future of business. It’s something we all need to start wrapping our heads around. Anderson chatted with Big Think’s co-founder […]
Technology and media bloggers have been quick to declare the death of print, both in newspaper and book format. The bold new future will come to us through e-readers like […]
The looming menace of widespread chronic disease is a lot like the prospect of major climate change. Both future crises are expected on the basis of imperfect projections which don’t […]
I came home from Sunday night’s thrilling Major League Soccer championship game sure that I would finish my weekend by writing about the explosive aftermath of the World Cup qualifying match between Egypt […]
Batten down the hatches, people who work in tech support from Bangalore to Bangor. Google’s tribute for today celebrates the invention of the bar code. Replacing those playground-friendly letters with […]