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Burma’s Muslim minority are fleeing the region in large numbers to live in self-made refugee camps and try to find transport to Malaysia.
On this day 46 years ago the Time Lord (aka Doctor Who) hit television screens, sparking several generations of hick British science fiction.
David Small’s graphic memoir, “Stitches,” may not have won the National Book Award in Young People’s Literature this year. But it did break new ground in a rapidly evolving medium, […]
Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin called the hacking of her Yahoo e-mail account the “most disruptive and discouraging” incident in her campaign.
A translation firm is offering prospective parents the chance to check their preferred baby-names don’t mean anything embarrassing in other languages.
Jim McManus visited Big Think today to talk about the poker habits of the men who have inhabited the White House. The stories he told come from his new book […]
Later this evening, the literary community finds out whether David Small’s “Stitches” will be the first graphic novel ever to win a National Book Award. This morning, Big Think asked […]
“You Better Not Cry” author Augusten Burroughs treats fans to a second Big Think interview this week, just in time for the holiday season. Famous since his 2001 bestseller “Running […]
An underwater photographer was shocked when a leopard seal tried to feed him a live penguin.
Should archaeological artifacts remain in the country in which they were found – or does the law of “finder’s keepers” prevail?
Is Lang Lang the most popular pianist on the planet? CNN talks to China’s biggest prodigy a year after he took to the world’s stage.
Tough guys don’t cry. But during what’s been called the “he-cession,” they have plenty of reason to. As writer/journalist Reihan Salam explained to Big Think in an interview today, not only […]
Former governor Sarah Palin has gone after the Associated Press accusing them of “opposition research” for fact checking her forthcoming book.
Residents in Auckland, New Zealand are up in arms about a “creepy” giant statue of Santa Claus sporting plastic surgery installed in the city centre.
Exam-marking by computers shows that the rules of grammar can hamper good writing – but are machines qualified to make literary assessment?
A new book by Osama Bin Laden’s first wife and son give an insiders’ view on one of the world’s most notorious terrorists.
How do you know someone’s just caught the jazz bug? According to Village Voice critic and “Jazz” author Gary Giddins, when Ken Burns started loving Louis Armstrong as a fan […]
Paul Auster is associated with two things, both in constant flux: the novel and New York City. The author of “The New York Trilogy,” “The Brooklyn Follies,” and the new […]
In response to Europe’s “Seven Wonders of the World” list which didn’t include Russia, the former Soviet Republic has compiled its own list of “wonders”.
Dita Von Teese has given up Los Angeles for Paris because “Europe gets her art.”
An attempt by Carrie Prejean to storm off Larry King was thwarted by dithering and a commercial break.
The hottest toy to hit the shops this Christmas looks like a cross between a hamster and a Furby.
Brooklyn band Vampire Weekend has disappointed Nicaraguan counter-revolutionaries by revealing that their new album “Contra” is named after a video game.
A group of NASA engineers have perfected a replicating machine that resembles something out of Star Trek.
There are only a few careers that can be launched over a campfire in a New Hampshire artist colony. Luckily for Jonathan Ames, storytelling is among them. Though–as the author, […]
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 […]
A new film about a hopeless ghetto teen is actually fresh and interesting – not just “another brick in the wall for African Americans”.
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.
Sometimes the best insights into the human mind can be found by poking about in odd places. This week Psychology professor and “Snoop” author Sam Gosling revisited Big Think to […]
A production of Hamlet starring Jude Law is a commercial success after recouping its $2.5m costs in less than three months.