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Civil engineer Martin Lebek has a brilliant plan to redress the world’s phosphorus imbalance.

While the concept stretches back centuries, it has garnered significant attention in recent decades.

Inside the metaverse, your emotions and physical responses will be monitored, and AI will use that data to influence you in real time. Is that essentially mind control?

Big Think recently spoke with Nick Bostrom about how humans might find fulfillment in a post-scarcity world.

Scientists don’t understand why the correlation exists.

Can we learn to always look on the bright side of life?

The technology could yield “made-to-order resistance genes” to protect crops against pathogens and pests.

Virtual instructor-led training is easily scalable and convenient for remote learners. Here’s how to orchestrate it effectively.

Spiritual experiences can be explained in terms of a highly evolved brain. But they also can be extremely meaningful.

Conversational AI agents will have a major advantage over human salespeople.

The latest from Peter Leyden’s “The Great Progression: 2025 to 2050”, an essay series published by Freethink.

To be successful, leaders would be wise to remember that AI isn’t a replacement for people; it exists to enhance their capabilities.

It’s nearly 20,000 miles long.

In “Moral Ambition,” Dutch historian Rutger Bregman argues that all would benefit from a collective redefinition of success.

Dennis Klatt developed trailblazing text-to-speech systems before losing his own voice to cancer.

Digital analyses of Enlightenment-era letters are teaching us a thing or two about Locke, Voltaire, and others.

Immersive learning creates an interactive environment in which learners have the power to customize their experience. 

The separation of pleasure from procreation may occur throughout the cosmos, providing an explanation for the Fermi Paradox.

Some physicists are besot with the multiverse, but if we can’t detect these other universes, how seriously should we take them?

Meet the scientist mixing mentalism with principles from positive psychology and the science of human potential.

This map samples some of the digits that make up the DDC system, invented by the brilliant but flawed Melvil Dewey.

The time to begin exploring VR training is now. Here are the pros, cons, and different ways this technology can be utilized. 

The major transformation in the where of modern workplaces is about to collide with a transformation in who is doing that work.

Quantum mechanics has taught us that even empty space contains energy. “Negative energy” is the state of having less energy than empty space.

Katie Kermode — a memory athlete with four world records — tells Big Think about her unique spin on an ancient technique to memorize unfathomably long lists of information.

Brands like BMW, Walmart, and IBM are seeing big wins from the use of gamification in corporate training. Here’s how.

The cat-and-mouse game between China and the world’s semiconductor companies is already having enormous consequences.

The tonal Native American language differentiates words based on pitch and makes Spanish conjugation look like child’s play.

Philosophy isn’t stuck in the past. Here are five texts to connect you with its ongoing dialogue.