If you had to sacrifice your salary to save a co-worker’s job, would you do it? In Boston higher education, it’s becoming standard practice. The argument started at Harvard after […]
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Nobel-prize winning biochemist Sir Paul Nurse comes to Big Think tomorrow to discuss cancer research and health care policy. Post your questions for the “David Beckham of science” here. Over […]
In case you didn’t catch the story, the newspaper business is in deep trouble. But there’s more to it than the challenge of going digital. Thanks to a last-minute concession […]
You may have heard about Wolfram Alpha, tech savant Stephen Wolfram’s new query-answering search engine. And if you follow gadget and tech reviews, you’ve probably read about what the engine […]
With the country mired in a recession, countless people are looking for a new boomtown. New data indicates one place that, if it isn’t recession-proof, is at least recession-resistant. That […]
Council on Foreign Relations expert Laurie Garrett will discuss international health, infectious disease, bioterrorism and the impact of health policy on international relations tomorrow. Post your questions for Ms. Garret […]
From the Department of Really Cool Gadgets comes a protoype for a mobile phone that will alert us to all the bad stuff out there. It can sense pollen counts, […]
The business world has been blamed for just about everything from the dissolution of native cultures to the exploitation of natural resources. But Whole Foods CEO John Mackey and academic […]
There was a brief moment when it seemed like our perilous red state-blue state divide was closing. It was back when all those gun owners crossed the aisle to vote […]
Short of kidnapping your boss or stealing all the loose executive bonus money out there, what are some ways you can survive this job market? Big Think bucks the recession. […]
Pour another coffee and cuddle up with some material to round out your weekend. Niall Ferguson tells us the truth about financial deregulation, in case you thought it was totally […]
Manufacturing is our vital link to prosperity.
Radio listeners freaked out when Queen’s six-minute magnum opus Bohemian Rhapsody debuted in the 1970s. Now the sprawling rock anthem is proving too much to handle for a new group […]
Web 2.0 has hundreds of sites to help artists collaborate. Sites like Indaba and WeBooks host communities where artists can connect and work on creating music or writing the next […]
Three simple rules that might make “politician” a less dirty word.
GroundReport‘s CEO comes to the Big Think studio today to discuss all things related to the hyperlocal world of citizen journalism. Post your questions for Ms. Sterne here. Prior to […]
Statistician extraordinaire Hans Rosling is back on the presentation circuit with data that suggests reorienting the debate over the success of AIDS prevention could be a wise next move. Unveiling […]
Etched deep into the DNA of the Anglo-Saxon diaspora is a boundless sense of economic entitlement. Such has consistently been the world’s criticism of the west for months now. Some […]
China ranks first, and India comes in a close second. This is how we have long imagined Asia’s two largest countries in all of their superlative categories. However, in a […]
By outlining his near and long-term legislative priorities in a publication read by graying intellectuals and Left Bank expatriates, Arlen Specter may have been trying to tell us something. His […]
Thinking people intolerant of network television newscasting have sought refuge in PBS for generations. Now public television’s flagship news program, NewsHour, is going 2.0. Among the changes set for September […]
Is it possible for blogs to operate without the snark and juvenile potshots that have come to characterize online communication? Probably not, but that hasn’t stopped 15 Congressmen from attempting […]
Rarely has a non-descript box beside your TV been the source of such heated division. While the DVR has provided great convenience for TV viewers unable to watch their favorite […]
In keeping with the notion that alcohol allows ordinary people to do extraordinary things, there is evidence to suggest alcohol can also help creative people find their spark…if they’re lucky […]
Last week Amazon released their new electronic reader, the Kindle DX. With a larger screen and a price tag $130 more than its predecessor, the Kindle DX is positioned to […]
This week BMW and ad agency GSD&M revealed a campaign for the automaker’s new Z4 sports car. “An Expression of Joy” is maybe the first campaign this year that makes […]
If the fine art photography scene is experiencing a rough market, the situation for photojournalists is certainly not far behind. Seems strange at a time when so many ground-breaking stories […]
The forecast for art and culture is partly cloudy this week at Big Think. On one hand the news is grim. Independent films are seeing dark days. Broadway is slashing […]
Human hearing picks up only a limited range of frequencies, and that range diminishes as we age and our ears deteriorate—just think of the high-frequency cellphone rings that high school […]
The destination par excellence for gut-busting dinners and slippery morning-after scrambles has needed to refoot for difficult times. Denny’s found the needed salvation for their afterhours business model in the […]