We are living through another gilded age, but unlike the late 19th century, extremely high income inequality has failed to stoke popular fervor.
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Sick of yogurt winding up stuck to the underside of the lid? Problem solved. “My love for you would blot out the sun like a cloud made out of yogurt. […]
Words of wisdom from Thomas Hardy, English novelist and poet, author of Tess of the d’Urbervilles.
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.
Architect (and Big Think expert) Marc Kushner argues our current age of architecture will be remembered for experimentation and technological influence.
The World Health Organization warns that Ebola survivors are more susceptible to various health issues related to vision, joints, and fatigue.
The Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program features classes comprised of both incarcerated and non-incarcerated students. It is offered at over 100 universities.
A participatory budgeting system in which neighborhood residents vote on projects is getting a trial run in America’s largest city.
An ideological battle over diversity, inclusion, and ownership is being fought over sci-fi’s most prestigious awards.
It’s the question most job seekers dread: What are your salary requirements? The key is to offer the employer a range without shortchanging yourself.
If our “standard candles” aren’t so standard, is dark energy still real? “Some say the world will end in fire,Some say in ice.From what I’ve tasted of desireI hold with […]
There’s a lot of pressure on millennials to start buying homes despite the fact that social norms have shifted in ways that discourage early home ownership.
Originating from kanuka flowers and processed naturally by bees, the resulting product has powerful antiseptic properties that have been brought to bear against the stubborn skin condition rosacea.
Researchers now believe a sudden spike in atmospheric carbon dioxide 252 million years ago led to abnormally acidic ocean conditions, which in turn killed nearly all of Earth’s marine species.
Beating a polygraph test is as simple as understanding its psychological facets and turning them in your favor.
South Korean researchers are serious (and seriously working hard) to bring the woolly mammoth back to life using cloning techniques that have already produced identical copies of dogs, cows, and, famously, Dolly the sheep.
Young kids are unaware of such social constructs as “pleasantries” and “lying.” But when do we start bending the truth to spare someone else’s feelings?
Considerable pressure is being mounted on the United States government, the United Nations, and the European Union to establish standards and regulations for limiting airplane emissions.
If the question of life or death resides in the hands of a deity, then the death penalty is a sin against that god. Yet if it’s in our own hands, a woman deciding whether or not to bring a child forth should not be made to feel guilty, or worse, that she herself has sinned.
Computer simulations of crash tests help car companies save money and meticulously examine the intricacies of high-speed destruction.
As NASA researchers strive to create training programs for future Mars missions, the lessons they learn have implications for other forms of training here on Earth.
The Universe contains black holes billions of times as massive as our Sun. “It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you […]
Google’s Project Oxygen recently vindicated those who refute the claim that managers don’t matter. Now the search giant’s researchers want to dive deeper and explore the building blocks of team chemistry.
Comparing “astronaut” to “cowboy” ethics can show that Locke’s limits on liberty need to be revised. We once could see that pitting self-interest against collective self-preservation wasn’t rational. Me-opic and logically unworkable ideas that economics sometimes encourage have made that harder to see.
You’re not broken. I promise. I can understand why you would think you are, though. After all, you’re an expert in yourself. Like a fine painter, you’re so familiar with […]
Researchers report that comparing your life to your friends’ lives, paired with a lot of time spent on Facebook, leads you to feel depressed.
It’s the only thing separating real knowledge from ignorant misinformation. “The first duty of every Starfleet officer is to the truth, whether it’s scientific truth or historical truth or personal […]
One of the most common mistakes in the back-and-forth trading of favors at work is that of showing insufficient gratitude. Now, it can be difficult to figure out what someone […]
There are some weak arguments against marriage equality. Then there’s this one.
If you knew nothing, Jon Snow, here’s what it’s doing in five simple steps. “Let them see that their words can cut you and you’ll never be free of the […]