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For the third time in U.S. history, the House of Representatives voted to impeach a sitting U.S. president.

What good is a conspiracy theory you can't profit from?

For democracy to prosper in the long term, we need more people to reach higher levels of education.

Is it true that half of disaster relief is motivated politically rather than by need?

Alexandre Dumas' famous anecdote about Fake News in the 1800s has a surprising twist.

The U.S., China, and Russia are in a "vaccine race" that treats a global challenge like a winner-take-all game.

We are tearing ourselves apart over gender issues, with the result that the problems of boys and men are left untreated.

There are ways to engage with someone with whom you don't agree.

More than 300 years ago, a Spanish ship laden with unspeakable treasure sank after a battle. Because of greed, the treasure remains on the sea floor.

Everyone wants to predict who will win the 2020 presidential election. Here are 2 misconceptions to bust so people don't proclaim the death of data like they did in 2016.

This year’s Nobel Peace Prize ceremony sends yet another strong message to Russian president Vladimir Putin.

Is 2022 the year the economy recovers?

In a recent study, researchers examined how Christian nationalism is affecting the U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

"We made America great," one Russian operative joked as Trump's victory became clear.

In "Off the Edge", journalist Kelly Weill dives down the strange rabbit hole of the flat-Earther community.

Research shows that bone fragments of Jesus's (possible) brother belong to someone else.

Cognitive psychologist Steven Pinker reminds us that innuendo and euphemism yield better quid pro quo results than an "or else" ultimatum.

Earlier this month, Big Think sat down with filmmaker Jason Sussberg of Structure Films to discuss We Are As Gods, a new documentary produced by Jason and fellow filmmaker David […]

The negative associations of introversion help to explain why loneliness now carries such social stigma.

Protest music is a natural feature of humanity.

In each of our minds, we draw a demarcation line between beliefs that are reasonable and those that are nonsense. Where do you draw your line?

The tech billionaire Elon Musk releases a song where he performs himself.

Numerous U.S. Presidents invoked the Insurrection Act to to quell race and labor riots.

This medieval-themed meme highlights a shady yet all too common rhetorical move people make in arguments.

The most feared sexually transmitted disease (STD) of the last half-millennium was usually named after foreigners, often the French.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has already changed the world. AI algorithms have been incorporated into everyday applications—such as social media, web mapping, facial recognition, and virtual home assistants—to make them more […]

We negotiate throughout our lives in a lot more ways than we realize. Learning how to reach an agreement is a valuable skill to have, and one great way to […]

Recent geopolitical turning points, like Brexit and the 2016 U.S. presidential election, were chapters in a story that extends decades back in world history.

From gun control to immigration, Americans remain split on a handful of contentious issues.

There are good historical reasons why Germans are suspicious of surveillance.