The holy grail of blood research, man-made blood, will soon be tested on humans. Within a decade, it could supply much of the world’s need, saving countless lives around the globe.
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A growing body of research suggests that laughter can really benefit your health. From improving immune function to lowering blood pressure, a good guffaw is good medicine.
Are you a Big Thinker? Are you a Serial Thinker? Are you always the first person to offer your opinion? Then there’s a good chance you’re an Ice Breaker. You […]
To be a successful investor, you don’t want to be jumping from one company to the next. Instead, William Ackman says, pick a company that you can own forever.
The technologies that contribute to automation are likely to follow an exponential pattern, which means that more industries will start to lose jobs at an astounding rate as machines get […]
It’s always exciting news for us at Big Think when one of our own has published a new book. Today we are excited to spread the word about Mark Seddon’s […]
How can individual employees as well as managers create a more pleasant work environment? Thinking positively and giving to others are two good places to start.
–Guest post by Sarah Merritt, American University doctoral student. As we begin to look back at the Iraq war in hindsight, it is clear that more scholarship needs to focus […]
Listening to Mozart won’t make your child a mathematician, but Shakespeare can help make her more social.
The next Scientific Revolution is already underway. And it may make it possible for you to celebrate your 150th birthday, says Sonia Arrison.
Born in Moscow, Teichberg moved with his parents to Queens and later attended Princeton. After trading derivatives on Wall Street, he now spends his resources fighting the industry.
The principle of presidential campaigns run by Ross Perot, Steve Forbes and now Herman Cain is that politics are broken and only a business leader can repair them. True?
While WikiLeaks had the ability to transform political institutions, its creator’s personality often overshadowed the information it released. Is Assange simply too rebellious to lead?
German Chancellor Angela Merkel proved instrumental yesterday in brokering a deal with banks to write down Greek debt and create a continent-wide bailout fund.
What is the link between innovation and the science fiction imaginary?
Like many urban rivers, the South Platte in Denver is not always easy to get to. City officials have done a fair job of creating walking and biking paths along […]
If one walks into any school in the United States, it is obvious that digital technologies are pervasive. It is impossible not to see students using laptops or netbooks, tablets […]
Note: This blog was co-written by Asher Edelman and Stewart Waltzer. Yea for Europe (we hope)! On October 27 the European community announced the “solution” to sovereign debt and European […]
Occupy St Paul’s! This isn’t the slogan of those who have followed in the wake of the Wall Street protestors, but London’s eponymous cathedral is now surrounded by a tent […]
Occupy Wall Street is becoming a meaningful movement these days, with large numbers of people out on the street in several major cities and manymoreengagingcautiously, curious about what the movement’s […]
Last Friday, I posted a piece in The Stone at The New York Times suggesting the work of philosopher John Rawls as an intellectual touchstone for the Occupy Wall Street […]
Beyond wind and solar, a variety of carbon-free energy sources—biofuels, geothermal and advanced nuclear energy—are seen as possible ways of meeting rising global demand.
Software has enabled one utility company to cut power consumption by up to 50 percent by more intelligently managing the delivery of electricity to homes and businesses.
I love watching visions of the future from technology companies. Not only are they usually thinking ahead of most of us, they also are trying to actually create the future […]
In addition to demotivating talented workers, an opaque and dictatorial leadership style can silence innovation from below, leaving the leader in charge of coming up with all the great ideas.
Apple’s patent war rages on against Samsung and Google but in what sense has something been stolen from Apple? Timothy Lee says strict patent laws harm the common good.
From former iPod chief Tony Fadell comes a smart thermostat that adjusts the temperature in your home according to your lifestyle while saving substantial amounts of energy.
Nokia has released a new smartphone which uses the Windows operating system. Its technical specifications and design have received positive reviews but is it too little too late?
“I don’t have students,” Man Ray allegedly told Lee Miller when she finally tracked the Surrealist down in a Parisian bar after he eluded her visit to his front door […]
When I tell people that I’m an atheist, I’m often asked if I think that fiery rhetoric and sharp critiques of religion, like the kind found in the writing of […]