Today, and over the next two days, Big Think will be posting a series of videos called “What Do Women Really Want?” Of course, there is not just one answer […]
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It was a mystery: how does the chromosome replicate itself precisely during repeated cell divisions without degrading over time? Structures called telomeres (the “caps” on chromosome ends) seemed to provide […]
It’s unbelievable, really. The US military is holding up Iraq as a model for Afghanistan. They’ll tell you it took a few years to get right but by golly, Iraq […]
Google and copyright holders’ proposed digital library settlement has outraged its competitors.
A new film about a hopeless ghetto teen is actually fresh and interesting – not just “another brick in the wall for African Americans”.
The appearance of an expensive mosque in impoverished and predominantly Catholic Nicaragua has got the rumour mill turning.
A deer was fatally injured after it jumped into the lion’s den at the National Zoo.
The US government is suing a defense contractor for allegedly substituting sophisticated warhead ignition devices for unsafe equivalents.
Some claim the light hearted tone of new film “The Men who Stare at Goats” belies the steely complexity of the real-life figure the central character is based on.
Defense contractor KBR has been accused of exposing 100,000 people, including US troops, to cancerous toxins in Iraq.
A gene thought to be responsible for causing deafness in the elderly has been discovered by scientists – and the discovery could prove cure.
A tongue in cheek look at an alternative universe – “what if Germany hadn’t won the War?”
An agent for a covert secret society has been accused of “torturing” a French aristocratic family for whom he was acting as a guru.
What just passed through the House of Representatives? Will it help relieve the century-long constipation that has plagued American health care reform? In a conversation with Big Think today, Yale […]
Knowing full well that I tee myself up for easy, Whitney-Houston-themed ridicule, I’m here to say that the children are our future, and that childhood in the Gaza Strip — […]
Because government troops in Guinea massacred civilian protesters at about the same time as I started blogging for Big Think, I’ve committed myself to using this space to track events […]
One word haunts Seymour Hersh’s new investigative piece about the potentially shaky security of Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal: “mutiny.” As Hersh writes, “the Taliban overrunning Islamabad is not the only, or […]
Like any mere bystander, I’m always at risk of getting etherized by the abstractions of war. So there was something compelling and arresting about hearing writer Mark Danner detail the […]
The passing of Obama’s healthcare bill has dismayed abortion-rights groups due to the anti-abortion amendments that have been made.
A French van driver suspected of making off with €11.6m in cash has become an internet star.
Internet viruses are known for being pretty sinister – but what if they could make you an unsuspecting collector of kiddie porn?
Interactive TV could be on the verge of allowing viewers to take part in the on-screen action.
Flooding and mudslides in El Salvador have killed 124 people and dozens of others are missing after three days of rain.
On this day 20 years ago the wall dividing East and West Berlin was toppled heralding an end to the cold war and the division of Germany.
The man suspected of killing 13 at America’s Fort Hood military base had told colleagues that infidels “should have their throats cut”.
Shocking images of a 12-storey building lying flat on the ground in China have led to safety fears and a literal real estate crash caused by overcapacity building.
Another victory for Obama’s healthcare campaign as the House narrowly endorses the reform bill.
The boss of banking giant Goldman Sachs has caused worldwide smirks by claiming banks do “God’s work”.
Shaking hands with Cornel West, it’s difficult to imagine that this is a man filled with rage. As the prominent “bluesman” put it in his Big Think interview, the key […]
Bisphenol A—generally known as BPA—is an organic compound used in the manufacture of plastics. It’s also what’s known as an endocrine disruptor. Because it’s chemically similar to our own hormones, […]