Kids also need to be taught technology habits to get the most out of the Internet.
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It’s an app that creates more fear than love and has more potential to ruin lives than boost them.
There are apparently some high-stakes moral implications to taking selfies.
The picture is real, but the UFO explanation? Surely we can do better. “It’s almost like I feel I’m just moving there, and I’m not coming back.”–Scott Kelly On his 233rd […]
Futurists never imagined the humble bicycle would be the transportation trend of the 21st century. Nor that our smart devices could be making us dumber.
Response to the passing of Antonin Scalia has been truly bipartisan: No one’s mourning and everyone’s demanding.
Propaganda is nothing new — it’s as old as politics itself — but adding the connective power of the Internet to the equation reveals an entirely new level of media that ISIS is all too happy to exploit.
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The snake oil salesmanship that is Lumosity.
The internet now plays such a large role in daily life that it’s difficult to imagine many people getting by without it.
From MySpace and Hi5 to Facebook and Twitter, our relationship with social media has evolved over the past 15 years. Unfortunately, this may have led to the loss of curiosity and the devolution of our bonds with the people these platforms were built to connect us with, beyond the boundaries of time and space.
Facebook has released information on the first full-scale drones designed to deliver Internet services to underserved populations across the globe that lack developed infrastructure.
I assume France will be cutting out the “liberté” part of its “liberté, égalité, fraternité” motto?
Jim Gilliam tells how the Internet saved his life — literally! — and how unprecedented connectivity is shifting the global community in chaotic, exciting ways.
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A new study reveals who is searching online for ADHD drugs, and the relaxed attitude toward “study drug” abuse.
An ill-timed, tone-deaf tweet is excusable. An ill-timed, tone-deaf ad campaign isn’t.
Seeking to right past wrongs and bring privacy back into the hands of the people.
Before he “jumped ship to the useless, unemployable arts”, young Salman wanted to be a physicist. This and more on Big Think’s weekly podcast, Think Again.
A senior engineer at Google shines a light on the dystopian possibilities of the online world that we all inhabit.
The online experience is changing rapidly, explains Harvard Law professor Jonathan Zittrain, and not necessarily for the better. We should act to make sure certain norms such as web surfing persist as they are.
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How do you win a cyberwar against an Internet-savvy enemy like ISIS? One prominent researcher has suggested a troll-based battle strategy. That’s right: internet trolls. Could World War III be fought with memes?
The U.K. plans to phase out coal power by 2025, but how will renewable energy factor into the equation?
There are many different levels, but one key difference separates science from the rest. “I cannot help fearing that men may reach a point where they look on every new theory […]
Warhol may be dead, but Pop Art is not—it’s more international, relevant, and alive than ever.
We’re not living in the most discourse-friendly age in history. Nowhere is that more clear than in comments sections.
The Black Mambas regularly face unpredictable safari animals and heavily armed poachers.
When was the last time you could talk about a show everyone had seen?
The next wave of retirees will be more tech-savvy than ever.
It’s a brave new world.
“Print this map. Get off the internet. Take to the streets.”
