Two British economists argue that the plummeting birth rate combined with increased life expectancy worldwide will cause a labor shortage in the upcoming decades.
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This development could lead to resources that may benefit future expeditions.
In a press conference this morning at 11:30 am Eastern time, NASA scientists confirmed the presence of liquid water on Mars.
Astrophysicists contemplate whether “mirror” dark matter causes cancer.
Why take a picture of something you can just as easily Google?
NASA’s Dawn Mission has finally photographed the full world at full resolution. Come see it! “Bringing an asteroid back to Earth? What’s that have to do with space exploration? If […]
Words of wisdom from Simone de Beauvoir: “The curse which lies upon marriage is that too often the individuals are joined in their weakness rather than in their strength, each asking from the other instead of finding pleasure in giving.”
Words of Wisdom from Cuban national hero José Martí: “Liberty is the right of every man to be honest, to think, and to speak without hypocrisy. … A man who obeys a bad government is not an honest man.”
Words of wisdom from FDR: “We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.”
At 104 years old, Grace Brett’s “yarn-bombing” of numerous towns in Scotland is a sight the whole world should see. “Some people become vandals because they want to make the […]
Finding direct links between Buddhism and Western philosophy is a difficult task, but they do play out in strange loops.
Over 700 pilgrims were killed by a stampede en route to Mecca. Why do some choose to celebrate such tragedies?
Even though we can get better, faster, cheaper products elsewhere, the market always goes with Apple.
Before he “jumped ship to the useless, unemployable arts”, young Salman wanted to be a physicist. This and more on Big Think’s weekly podcast, Think Again.
There were two periods of exponential expansion in the Universe: one today and one long ago. Are they related? “What is wild cannot be bought or sold, borrowed or copied. […]
Their hyper-repetitive patterns mean video games vastly outgun older emotech… like movies, or novels. Some emotech helps you be more human. Some reduces your “humanity.” We shape our emotech, and then it shape us.
Despite its many weaknesses, the U.N. has been successful in one of its main pursuits: linking the countries of the world in a way that promotes peace. Could a similar model work for religion?
A senior engineer at Google shines a light on the dystopian possibilities of the online world that we all inhabit.
Researchers transfer quantum data over 100 km of optical fiber.
America’s railway infrastructure brought to you by: China.
Scientific innovation is not only one of America’s greatest successes, but also what makes America great.
Studies show that television shows featuring minorities help us ease our attitudes toward people who are “different.” We look back at the past thirty years and see how that came to be.
Lying is deception. It’s also human: 60 percent of us can’t go for longer than 10 minutes without doing it.
Why the argument that “this idea is absurd” is no argument at all. “He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and […]
The Star Trek computer is close. Phasers can’t be far behind.
Urbanization is increasing rapidly, worldwide. It’s good for innovation, but is it good for people?
But especially for anyone who listened to your “Celebration of Creation” speech. “In science it often happens that scientists say, ‘You know that’s a really good argument; my position is […]
Laughter helps us cope with negative emotions, new research says, and that’s a — comedic — relief.
Painting for Picasso was rule-breaking, serious business, but sculpture was rule-innocent child’s play.