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Dr. Katherine Shear, Professor of Psychiatry in Social Work at Columbia University, stopped by Big Think this week to discuss her research on anxiety, panic, and grief disorders. The many […]
Augusten Burroughs, author of the bestselling memoirs “Running with Scissors” and “A Wolf at the Table,” as well as the new holiday-themed “You Better Not Cry,” returned to Big Think […]
A Picasso remained unsold at an auction of Impressionist and modern art at Christie’s New York which yesterday failed to hit a $68.6m target.
A court in Saudi has upheld a ruling to behead and crucify a man convicted of raping five children.
The Chinese version of popular internet-based game World of Warcraft has been ordered to shut down by a government agency.
All creatures “great and virtual” – the newest innovations in cyber kittens and pooches are investigated by The Independent.
The Jerusalem Post remarks on the scarcity of Nobel laureates in the Muslim and Arab worlds after another Israeli is awarded a Nobel Prize.
The race to archive GeoCities pages began after the free website company’s imminent demise was announced.
French anthropologist Claude Levi Strauss, the founder of structuralist anthropology, has died aged 100.
A gifted student who publicly confronted Iran’s Supreme Leader has reportedly gone missing and an internet campaign has been launched to publicise his disappearance.
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition has launched a campaign to oppose a government amendment legally preventing political discussion about the legalization of drugs.
An undercover investigation of a Vermont slaughterhouse has revealed disgusting abuses of animals.
How will the introduction of e-book devices affect academics and fit into the scholarly ecosystem? And is the book as an artifact dead?
An application to challenge the patenting of human genes that could hamper diagnostic research has been upheld by a federal judge in New York.
Scientists suggest that having a high IQ has nothing to do with practical ability and good judgement, which means clever folks can behave stupidly.
A bizarre video of a bewildered Anna Nicole Smith painted like a clown has been submitted as evidence that she was being held in a drugged stupor by Howard K. Stern.
A wild bear mauled to death two militants of the Kashmiri militant group Hizbul Mujahideen in the mountains on Monday.
An 11-year-old Bulgarian girl gave birth on her wedding day – and her husband now faces prison for having sex with a minor.
Middle America is up in arms after fully exposed breasts were aired on TV – as part of a breast cancer exam awareness campaign!
Were former Vice President Dick Cheney’s vague responses to the FBI during the Valerie Plame affair clever question dodging or did he really not remember?
For years organ donors have suffered the medical costs of saving another person’s life – now health insurers are denying them cover too.
Hamid Karzai’s default election victory in Afghanistan spells difficulties for the supporters of the cancelled run-off, including President Barack Obama.
Russell Simmons says no. Between Jay-Z, LL Cool J and Ice-T, all signs point upwards. Big Think also asked the business mogul if he thought the world has changed at […]
What happens if America and other rich nations like Japan and Britain default on their massive debts and end up bankrupt?
An American girl sparked an international rescue effort after she alerted British authorities about a teenager’s Facebook suicide note.
Chinese meteorologists have successfully induced artificial snow to fall in Beijing after chemically seeding clouds to combat lingering drought.
The bizarre mating rituals of sea horses are fascinating – and they are the only species in which the male becomes pregnant.
A short stroll through the International Museum of Surgical Science in Chicago reminds us of the blood curdling medicine of yore.
Scientists have linked mental health problems like depression to the consumption of processed foods.
The Apple marketing department is taking subtle swipes at Microsoft via Google AdWords.