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"Do people really die of broken hearts?" asks the Times' health blog. Elevated stress hormones following an emotionally trying event may cause cardiomyopathy, a.k.a. broken heart syndrome.
You have the right remain silent. But now, according to a new Supreme Court decision, if you want to exercise your right to remain silent, you're going to have to […]
Exactly one decade ago, on June 2, 2000, President Bill Clinton proclaimed June to be Gay and Lesbian Pride Month in the United States. Last year, President Obama updated the […]
Over the past decade, Creative Commons has been the most important link between creativity and copyright law, championing a new breed of licenses that use the law to propel, rather […]
Early Monday morning Israeli commandos rappelled from helicopters onto the deck of the Mavi Marmara, a Turkish ship bearing tons of humanitarian aid to Gaza. There were about 700 passengers […]
Because of the climate crisis created by wealthy countries, developing countries could be pushed to slow their development. Would that be fair? Charles Ebinger, Director of the Energy Security Initiative […]
Edmund White is one of the finest writers writing today, and the fact that he is writing a blog for the New York Review of Books—or, moreover, the fact that […]
Dan Ariely, the author of "Predictably Irrational " and "The Upside of Irrationality " stopped by Big Think's offices yesterday to talk a little about the findings in his new […]
There have been repeated attempts by activists to deliver desperately needed supplies to Gaza since the Israeli blockade, ably assisted by Egypt, turned this narrow strip of land – one […]
"Remarkable claims require remarkable proof." -- Carl Sagan The "multiverse" idea—once thought to be so crazy it only belonged on late night television—has now become the dominant theory in all of […]
How did writer, actor, and filmmaker John Cameron Mitchell come out? "I think I told a woman who was on top of me," he jokes in his segment of Big […]
In the wake of the deadly flotilla boarding involving Israeli troops and resulting in multiple deaths, outrage has been expressed around the world. One of the strongest cries of outrage […]
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"In the final analysis, governments generally don't embark on policies that may well mean their political demise sooner rather than later."
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If we’re being even a little optimistic about future CO2 levels, warns the energy and risk analyst Charles Ebinger, then we’re in trouble.
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Will futuristic energy solutions such as fusion and biofuels ever live up to the hype surrounding them?
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Even if there is, "dirty" coal in developing countries still poses a major problem.
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The "global nuclear renaissance" may finally be at hand. But can the technology be kept in the right hands?
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Wind is becoming a more viable (if still controversial) energy source, but effective solar power may have to wait until the nanotechnology boom.
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Pushing developing countries to slow development because of the energy crisis we’ve created is not just unfair—it’s dangerous.
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A conversation with the director of the Energy Security Initiative at the Brookings Institution.