Culture & Religion

A small village in western Minnesota has just re-elected a dog as their mayor for his third term.

We are only just beginning to understand how easy access to information is reshaping how we think.   

A solution to the problem of internet trolls may evolve that will protect us from them, but also from the free exchange of ideas.

Pascal’s Wager has been betted on for three-and-a-half centuries. Was he asking the right question? 

A recent study by researchers from Oxford and Cornell University examines the relationship between trust and moral principles.

Like a culinary canary in the coal mine, coleslaw can tell you everything you need to know about a restaurant.  

A new study highlights the extent of the drug overdose epidemic in the United States.

We know that both aerobic exercise and meditation help curb depression. What happens when these interventions are combined? 

We know the benefits about positivity. What about grumpiness? 

Will economies and societies continue to innovate, finding new ways of increasing agricultural efficiency or will insufficient resources lead to catastrophes? In a 1958 work, Aldoux Huxley offered an answer.

While cupping hit the mainstream thanks to Olympic athletes, the practice has a religious history in Islam. 

Language expert David Bellos talks about the difficulties of learning about languages other species may be speaking.

Despite recent bad press, Tesla’s autopilot likely saved the life of a man who experienced a severe medical condition while driving. He asked his car to drive him to the nearest hospital.

There are some who feel that cemeteries should be treated as sacred places and should be exempt from the Pokemon experience. There are others who feel that they want to catch a Pokemon right now.

The explosive success on Pokémon Go ushers in an age of augmented reality that will change us.

Vampires and the Fountain of Youth are living legends once again. New studies that hope to find youthful properties in the blood of humans under the age of 25. What could go wrong?

One of the famous ukiyo-e admirers was French artist, Vincent van Gogh. He was a versed collector of Japanese prints, claimed that all of his work is founded on Japanese art.

Alcohol is only a truth serum for a brain that’s not working well, not your everyday brain.

One year ago, Syrian refugee Yusra Mardini was swimming for her life in the Mediterranean Sea, desperate to escape her war torn country. This week, she will swim for gold at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

A new study from the Mayo Clinic revealed that only 2.7 percent of Americans live a healthy lifestyle. Perhaps the problem is their definition of healthy.

Many of us balk at the idea of biotech implants as an affront to privacy and good old-fashioned humanity – but what if it could restore your eyesight and prevent Alzheimer’s, what then?

Credit card debt is an increasing problem for many Americans. It seems insurmountable, but it can be overcome. It just needs to be conquered one step at a time, and […]

The movement’s members demanded the voting rights for women and advocated against gender discrimination in political and economic life. 

Nuts!, a new documentary film by Penny Lane, focuses on John R. Brinkley, a “doctor” who amassed a fortune by surgically inserting pieces of a goats’ testicles to treat impotence in men.

Up to 70 per cent of runners are injured every year. Is this really necessary?

Modern detective work reveals the haunting story behind one of the most important rock records ever: Elvis Presley’s “Heartbreak Hotel.”

Think Again – a Big Think Podcast With Experimental Philosopher Jonathon Keats on Buckminster Fuller, Vicarious Sex, Taboos and How to Get Around Them

Neil deGrasse Tyson compares our actual progress in space to what was predicted in the 1968 movie 2001: A Space Odyssey.

From Greek myths to hot air balloons to Elon Musk’s Space X, people have always dreamed of ascending to the clouds. 

Saudi clerics see Pokemon Go as anti-Islamic and full of forbidden symbols and ideas (like evolution!), so have renewed their 2001 fatwa on it.