LOVERS of the Big Think will rejoice at hearing about the world’s largest migration of brain: BEIJING – Thousands of philosophers are expected to descend upon China’s capital in 2018 in […]
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NEW YORK – Last month, a remarkable gathering occurred in Medellín, Colombia. Some 22,000 people came together to attend the World Urban Forum and discuss the future of cities. The […]
NEW HAVEN – Thomas Piketty’s impressive and much-discussed book Capital in the Twenty-First Century has brought considerable attention to the problem of rising economic inequality. But it is not strong […]
A network of doctors in Washington DC have begun officially prescribing their patients an ancient form of preventative medicine: exercise.
“Should economists be advocates or engineers?” asks Noah Smith. Tradeoffs reveal how reliably they perform as either. Smith worries that his trade’s “engineering” aspects are being sacrificed for “political advocacy” […]
U.S. and Mexican scientists are beginning to see the first results of their joint venture to restore the dried up Colorado Delta.
Thought you were doing right by buying organic produce, eating fat-free chocolate, and trying vegan mayonnaise? Think again, capitalist dog!
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” – Anne Frank
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” – Albert Einstein
“I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everyone.”
– Bill Cosby
Home may be where the heart is, but a new study suggests it’s also where the stress is for a modern workforce facing more responsibilities than ever.
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
– Winston Churchill
The world’s most famous scientist has withdrawn from an annual conference to be hosted by Israel’s president, Shimon Peres, citing Israel’s mistreatment of neighboring Palestinians as the cause.
“It ain’t over till the fat lady sings.” American sport fans have heard that Wagnerian opera allusion countless times when one team seems hopelessly behind but with plenty of time […]
Perhaps the good among us should get a little tougher, defend ourselves more, and fear negative consequences less.
I was recently (not for the first time) in a conversation where a woman said she never again wants to work for another woman. When I asked how many female […]
Every prediction it’s ever made has been verified, except for one. “These neutrino observations are so exciting and significant that I think we’re about to see the birth of an entirely […]
“All truly wise thoughts have been thought already thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly, till they take root in our personal experience.”
– Goethe
“Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.” – Rene Descartes
Ben Haggerty is having a tough week. The artist known as Macklemore is coming off one hell of a year, however. His breakaway hit ‘Thrift Shop’ has amassed more than […]
If there are aliens out there, they likely passed by our planet, considered it an unsavory galactic truck stop, and kept going, continuing on their hunt for enlightened life. Aliens […]
Every year, millions of patients are told that they have exhausted conventional treatment options. With statistics showing the disturbing increase of cancer cases, it is unfortunately becoming common to have […]
The concept of wearable computing is undeniably compelling. I myself have been totally seduced by the promise that these strap-on computers can and will lead us toward a better and […]
Out with “Dad Jeans” and in with cargo pants: that’s what Smokey the Bear and Ronald McDonald recently decided to do. Their wardrobes aren’t the only thing the 70 year-old […]
An imbalance of gut bacteria may play an important role in America’s obesity problem, in addition to its addiction to innutritious food and sedentary lifestyles.
“Research indicates that higher carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have reduced the protein content in wheat, for example.”
From a certain view, the most probing question Alexis de Tocqueville had to answer in Democracy inAmerica is “Why are the Americans so restless in the midst of prosperity?” Why […]
If you want to win an argument, rather than assault your opponent with your superior knowledge, it is better to listen to him or her and ask follow up questions that require more specificity about the position in question.
Using fossil records to measure cranial capacity through the millennia, researchers have found that as we become increasingly domesticated as a species, the size of our brain continues to shrink.
Is there an origin to time itself, and if so, what did it look like? “In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry […]