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When an artist achieves visibility in popular culture — when they become famous — their work is forever changed.

Harvard Law Professor Jonathan Zittrain dissects the recent FCC net neutrality decision and asks whether it’s nearly as earth-shattering as many of us suppose.

Antivirus software maker AVG has created a new pair of eyeglass frames designed to thwart facial-recognition technology.

To have a Dad Bod, unless it’s truly born of heavy drinking and pizza slices, is to live a busy life in which preoccupation with one’s body image is low on the list of priorities.

“No ruler is ever really dethroned by his subjects. No hand but his own ever takes the crown from his head. … When he ceases to lead … the revolt which casts him from power is only the outward manifestation of his previous abdication.”

Men and women rate the trustworthiness of enhanced profile photos quite differently. Regardless, in either scenario, you’re more likely to get a date.

Google and Fidelity, an international investment firm, will invest $1 billion in Space X in an effort to extend the reach of Google’s Internet services and mapping imagery literally into outer space.

This isn’t the Matrix. Should you wish to face the ugly reality, there’s no red pill you can swallow.

Social media is a place where anyone with a keyboard can shout out their ideals — no matter how controversial. However, researchers are finding that anorexics are taking to these sites and flaunting their unhealthy mentalities toward eating.

Remember when you only went to Amazon to buy books? Or when Netflix only let you watch other companies’ shows? Or when Reddit was just a place to see what was trending online? The sky’s the limit now for these and other brands evolving into media companies.

Author and entrepreneur Andrew Keen points to Uber as an example of an unregulated internet innovation wreaking havoc on customers, communities, and even its own employees.

The Wikimedia Foundation is taking the National Security Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice to court, challenging their large-scale surveillance program.

Author and entrepreneur Andrew Keen recently visited Big Think to discuss his new book “The Internet is Not the Answer,” which explores the negative effects of Silicon Valley innovations on society.

Not to dampen the enthusiasm for all you bracketologists out there, but the odds of accurately predicting the NCAA tournament range from 1 in 128 billion to 1 in 9.2 quintillion. 

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The 2013 Edward Snowden leaks still resonate for tech companies wary of being seen as too aligned with the U.S. government.

The key to making valuable connections involves conveying to others a sense of having truly noticed and listened to them. 

Our tolerance for slowpokes has declined over the past few decades.

Nearly half of Americans are “interested bystanders” who are aware of world events yet refuse to vote. A new survey finds that interested bystanders tend to take civic action only when they have a personal or professional stake.

Is looking for radio transmissions in space like claiming the lack of smoke signals means there are no modern humans? “[W]hat Fermi immediately realized was that the aliens have had […]

UPDATE: This has been solved, thanks to our unbelievably amazing fans. 

A recent study reveals how we can use peer pressure to encourage more sustainable travel.

The internet comments provide a means for researchers to asses people’s uninhibited, inner thoughts and feelings that they may not otherwise express if they weren’t anonymous. So, what do they have to say about women in STEM fields?

Tiny houses have become quite trendy across the web. Design specs and photos have been shared across a number of blogs and social networks, but are these micro-houses becoming the new American Dream?

Chris Anderson, curator of TED Talks, explains how the plummeting price of bandwidth about a decade ago opened opportunities for new innovation to grow.

Babies as young as six months understand how to use a smartphone. But is there some risk in this kind of early media exposure?

The Cricket World Cup begins this weekend. If you’re confounded by the game, yet curious to learn, the internet has your back.

Big Think expert Nicholas Negroponte believes that access to education is a human right. He also believes that the internet is integral to a 21st century education. Therefore, access to the internet is a human right.

Forget the drones, 4K TVs and virtual reality headsets. This year’s Consumer Electronics Show was dominated by devices and services that connect your world.

With services like eBay and Craigslist connecting buyers with sellers, the internet age has been very kind to “middleman” marketplaces. Yet as with all forms of exponential technology, intermediates must adapt if they wish to survive.