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Christmas may be Jesus’ “birthday,” but, as any mother will tell you, his mother Mary really deserves the applause. Providing the humanity half to join with Christ’s divine side, Mary volunteered to play a part from the Incarnation to the Crucifixion to the Resurrection as everything from an active participant to an interested bystander, depending on your interpretation of Christian scripture. 

When restaurants post calorie counts, does it help everyone? Research indicates that only the educated and rich may benefit, while the poor and obese will continue ordering cake.

Engineers at Stanford University have created a material that could cool buildings to a comfortable temperature without the use of air conditioning.

Joseph Joubert was a French essayist whose collected works were not published until after his death in 1824.

Sometime over the next few weeks, Planck will release their new results. What will that mean for gravitational waves from inflation? “The paradigm of physics — with its interplay of data, theory […]

When you open your map app, you’re at the center of the world by default. But this perspective may leave your sense of scale of the world a little skewed.

Knowing how to pitch a tent, cook over a campfire, and sell cookies door-to-door are fine community-building skills to have, but so is knowing how to be a digital entrepreneur. 

The takeaway is that to live a better life, one that is fuller and more richly human, we need not rely on having concrete reasons for our behavior but rather ideals which inspire our decisions.

Left-handedness is all the rage in the United States and UK. We’ve cast of our Medieval notions of lefties being of the devil and now see them as predisposed to genius. But this new notion may also be a myth, according to a recent study.

An interview Chris Rock recently gave to New York Magazine demonstrates the comedian’s prescient views on race during a very reactionary time in the media landscape.

Emerging marijuana conglomerates will use the same tactics as Big Tobacco to sell addictive substances to any market it can, including minors, argues former Rhode Island Congressman Patrick Kennedy.

Once simply a countercultural festival in the middle of the desert, Burning Man is now as commercialized as the world it presumes to tune out. Out from this image shift has thrived an innovative, entrepreneurial spirit that resonates in the non-Burning Man world.

One image has had an incalculable effect on policy around the world, but is it even remotely representative of what happens in the real world? Children who have been neglected can look forward to a more positive outlook than this image would suggest.

In a move described as an effort to prevent “cultural and linguistic chaos,” China’s State Administration for Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television has banned puns and other forms of “misleading” wordplay. Critics of this decision say the government is just trying to crack down on jokes about poor leadership.

“Discrimination still exists. Some people feel that their own beliefs are being threatened. Some are unhappy about unfamiliar cultures. They all need to be reassured that there is so much to be gained by reaching out to others; that diversity is indeed a strength and not a threat.”

A Canadian team, currently seeking funding on Kickstarter, has developed Tzoa – a wearable tracker equipped with an optical air quality sensor that can detect harmful particles.

The holiday season affords buyers a plethora of channels for acquiring their Christmas tree. Live or cut? Buy from a wholesaler or chop down your own? Deciding early will help you get the best tree for your needs.

Music may help build the great divide among culturally diverse children, according to a recent study. Researchers have brought hope to schools–a published study that shows playing music together may help integrate elementary-age migrant children into mainstream society

Bill Nye the Science Guy addresses the national risks associated with producing a generation fraught with evolution deniers. He also addresses critics who claim evolution doesn’t exist and attempts to examine why they can’t bring themselves to accept the facts.

For many people, art museums feel like a foreboding foreign nation with a language all its own. Frederick Wiseman’s new documentary, National Gallery, offers an immersion class in how to speak fluent “museum.” 

It’s harder to trace a smoking gun online than it is in real life. Yet with cyber warfare expected to grow in the coming decades, companies and countries alike are attempting to make sense forward strides in identifying the perpetrators of cyber attacks.

After more than two years, we’ve visited all 110 objects. Have a look back at each one! “If you keep your eyes open enough, oh, the stuff you will learn. […]

Don Draper is the king of cool. After a sales pitch, he seems to have people ready to buy, but that’s not how the real world works. It’s about knowing your buyer and asking the right questions.

People are going to extremes to take better selfies and they aren’t climbing to mountain tops to do it. They’re going under the knife and getting plastic surgery.

Getting hired is only the first step. Achieving lasting success in your new position requires a lot of energy and effort in the first few weeks.

Former NBA Commissioner David Stern discusses how diversity forms the foundation of the league’s recent growth and success. At one point, Stern was told the NBA was “too black to thrive.” Now, it’s as popular as ever.

Just because there is more information available doesn’t ensure that we make more informed choices. The modern media provide information in ways that play right into the brain’s instinct to do as little work as possible, including the work of getting that information, and thinking carefully about it.

Hallucinogenic mushrooms are classified as a Schedule 1 drug in the United States, meaning they are considered to have the highest potential for abuse and lack any medical application.

Robots armed with weapons and programmed to act autonomously are already in the hands of national militaries.

PURPOSE: Set Goals, with John Amaechi In this lesson from Big Think+, NBA basketball player John Amaechi shares with you the plan he created as a child to help him […]