The Bosco Verticale by Stefan Boeri Architects will have the same ecological impact as 10,000 square meters of forest.
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The original observation was effectively a lack of an observation. The conclusion was dinosaurs.
You should be willing to do something that will take 5 minutes or less for anybody. This simple notion is not only important for the purpose of being altruistic. It turns out that givers get good karma.
Here’s a good article that offers six explanations for why “median-income men in America” are “in distress.” Their incomes are dropping. Lots of “prime-age men” have been “dropping out of […]
Not humans, but computers, are endlessly trading parts of companies, and even generating hundreds of thousands of fake orders to fool other computers so that high frequency traders can take advantage of the confusion.
When the iPhone 5 went on sale users complained that it was too light. This was an odd objection. We prefer light products to heavy ones, especially devices we carry […]
This is a tremendous opportunity for you, a young person, to be altruistic because desperate people are scared.
False coloring is used in this image to reveal greater detail. The image here depicts mystery martian morphology.
The people behind the “Half-Life” series and the Steam platform are now looking at biometrics — specifically, the acidity of a player’s perspiration — to help create more vivid game experiences.
If there’s one thing Abercrombie and Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries doesn’t want, it’s non-skinny women. The company won’t make clothes in larger sizes because they want to attract the “cool […]
At a time when nanoparticles are literally spreading across industries, the study is the most comprehensive yet that explores the effects of certain types on the lungs.
Since 2003, a group of experts has been working to connect computers and the Internet to the vast majority of Asia-Pacific residents who lack proficiency in English. The impact of their efforts is just now starting to be seen.
In response to my recent post, “The Bright Side of Globalization,” my friend and colleague Jean Houston sent me an excerpt from her book Jump Time entitled, “Wok and Roll in […]
With all apologies to Neil Young, this is the story of Johnny Rotten, or at least the story of his clothes. PUNK: Chaos to Couture, which opens today at the […]
Created partially in response to sedentary work environments, lunch-hour dance parties are growing in popularity in New York and around the world.
The spread of automated license plate readers has privacy advocates concerned because although the majority of photos taken are of non-offenders, they can still be used to create individual mobility profiles.
Anyone on planet Earth can submit a haiku to be sent to Mars on the MAVEN mission.
Nocebo effects pose a particular conundrum for doctors who, while they have an obligation to be honest with their patients about the possible effects of a drug, also want to avoid unnecessarily increasing the risk of symptoms
We at Big Think are thrilled to join the YouTube partner program with the launch of Big Think Mentor, a subscription channel designed to meet a growing demand among our audience to see the world-class ideas on Big Think transformed into actionable tools to improve their lives.
Handwritten as in “no bubbles”: Next school year, copier giant Xerox plans to roll out its Ignite software to interested schools. It can grade almost any kind of paper, including essays.
After thousands of years, including two centuries of industrialization, steelmaking methods are reaching their physical limits. A group of scientists suggests a cheaper, cleaner alternative using electrolysis.
Whether you’re aware of it or not, your unconscious insecurities hold you back, and you need to be able to construct your failure narrative if you hope to reach your true potential.
This spectacular event occurs every year when the Moon nears the farthest point from the Earth making it appear too small to cover the sun, creating a ring of fire effect.
The constant posture of disbelief of the current is what makes science great.
Here’s what F. Scott Fitzgerald thought about his classic American novel “The Great Gatsby.”
Big Think Mentor connects world-class mentors with a global community of smart, driven users to teach the habits of mind and people skills we need to live happier, healthier, more productive lives.
Mary Roach takes us on a tour through the alimentary canal to explain our biology from the perspective of bacteria.
Seventeen-year-old Jennie Lamere’s Twivo beat out the competitors to claim “Best in Show” at a recent TVNext hackathon.
Mastery is accessible, in fact, much more so today than ever before due to the explosion of the information economy.
Not just clean, but cheap: Researchers in India say that for less than US$3 per year, a rural family could have at least 10 liters of safe water each day using their device.