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Big Data is a big deal. Not only is it a major asset in today’s tech-driven economy, it also has the ability to tell stories about who we are as […]

Economic theorist and author Jeremy Rifkin explains his concept of The Internet of Things. Rifkin’s latest book is The Zero Marginal Cost Society: The Internet of Things, the Collaborative Commons, […]

Businesses and residents of Chattanooga, Tennessee, enjoy faster Internet than any other city in the country thanks to the Gig, its tax-payer funded fiber-optics network.

The Uniform Law Commission supports a plan that would grant loved ones access to a deceased person’s social media accounts unless otherwise specified in a will. Opponents of the plan say it infringes upon privacy rights.

Today’s feminist movement–the Fourth Wave–is best characterized by an increasing diversity of voices that, in reaction to the Third Wave of the 1990s, want to establish a bedrock of feminine values rather than follow male ones.

Factory farming, eating meat, Internet porn, overprescribing antibiotics, obesity, the maintenance of nuclear weapon stockpiles: these are just some of the reasons that future generations may criticize the morals of our present society.

RadioShack is on death’s doorstep and public response seems to exist steadily in the “well, it’s about time” camp. In this difficult time for brick-and-mortar retailers, there are lessons to be learned from RadioShack and other fallen companies about reinvention and adaptation.

Is theage of climate change deniers over? Let’s hope so. Because we’ve got serious work to do. If we no longer need to debate whether the Earth is flat, then […]

Paul Taylor is the executive vice-president of special projects at the Pew Research Center and author of the book The Next America. An expert in demographic, social and generational research, Taylor recently visited Big Think to discuss the millennial generation.

At a time when we threaten to tip the Earth’s scales, possibly causing irreversible damage to its ecosystem, the actions of a single individual seem more ineffectual than ever.

Incorporating different devices for various tasks can help boost your productivity and focus.

CAMBRIDGE – There is nothing better than fuzzy language to wreak havoc – or facilitate consensus. Ludwig Wittgenstein argued that philosophical puzzles are really just a consequence of the misuse […]

The dire results of Senator Claire McCaskill’s survey pave the way for new legislation aimed at protecting victims of sexual assault on college campuses.

A new study suggests that taking notes by hand, rather than with a laptop, helps lecture attendees remember more.

After displaying disappointment in the lack of diversity among its workforce, Google has launched a number of initiatives to help women and minorities become qualified for jobs in the tech sector.

Private companies AT&T and Udacity are teaming up to create what may become the future of higher education by offering 6-12 month online courses to teach vocational programming skills.

How one Polish cartoonist uses his medium and the power of satire to raise awareness of injustice in the world. Image credit: Useful by Pawel Kuczynski; http://www.pictorem.com/Useful. “Everybody wants peace. […]

The Nantucket Project sees art + commerce as “the new convergence” that defines our world today.

The rebirth of bicycle ridership has been a triumph for some, a curse for others. While bicycle infrastructure has been found to save cities money, not all urban dwellers appreciate what it means for the state of civic transit.

The business world today bears little resemblance to that of 40-50 years ago. Yet for some reason many companies still clutch to the archaic dogmas of strategy developed during that […]

Yusuf Omar of eNews Channel Africa reports that there are over 1 million more televisions in South Africa than refrigerators. But now, more South Africans rely on newer means of accessing media.

On my company’s intranet each employee has a profile that includes a photo as well as general information such as location, phone number, job title, and who a specific person […]

What you know about the world and what you know about yourself practically determine your outlook on life, and the ability of social media to transmit digital information instantly has changed all that.

Students learn more by taking notes with pen and paper than they do on a laptop, according to research done on campuses at UCLA and Princeton.

“We are just beginning to glimpse the bare outlines of an emerging new economic system–the collaborative commons,” explains economist Jeremy Rifkin

Following in the footsteps of other health-monitoring devices, a new internet-connected lighter is designed to help you quit smoking by measuring your tobacco intake.

Turkey’s highest judicial authority has ruled that shutting down Youtube–a policy advocated by the current Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan–is a violation of freedom of expression, a right guaranteed by the Turkish constitution.

A study in the news last week perfectly captures why it’s getting harder and harder to figure out what’s risky. Maybe you heard about it…findings that suggest potential health benefits […]

Technology innovator Stephen Wolfram argues that the universe may function less like a math equation and more like a computer program, demonstrating extremely complex behavior which could be based on relatively simple lines of natural code.

All the questions about the meaning of life, Plato found, belonged to the same area of knowledge, which we now call philosophy. Plato made the quest for understanding life one […]