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The anticipation of guilt implies personal responsibility, which researchers found to be a marker of trustworthiness.

Technology holds the promise of a better future, but our footprint on the planet threatens to undo all our dreams and progress. It’s pretty easy to look at the world […]

The hard part was keeping the list down to ten.

Are there really no good action and adventure films anymore, or is there an inherent bias toward them?

Turn on, tune in, and drop out and into a good psychedelic book.

Maria Konnikova, best-selling author and former Big Think columnist, will be speaking with poker legend Erik Seidel and Big Think president Peter Hopkins at a New York City event on August 1.

As one of the biggest manmade structures in the sky and at a cost of over $100b, it’s the place where the space age dream is still alive.

The widely beloved chef, writer and TV host Anthony Bourdain was found dead Friday morning at age 61. Here’s a brief look at the work and life that made him an international culinary star.

We look at the most common New Year’s resolutions and get expert advice to help you check them off 2019’s to-do list.

Explore how alcohol affects your brain, from the first sip at the bar to life-long drinking habits.

Infographics chart the growing acceptance of drinking during the day, compiled and created by Family Center for Recovery.

Have you ever been curious about how curiosity works?

America isn’t immune to attempts to remove books from libraries and schools, here are ten frequent targets and why you ought to go check them out.

Twenty years ago, Nintendo asked America to try to catch ’em all. We still haven’t (legitimately) captured a Mew.

Richard Feynman wrote a lot of things. Here, you can read his most touching letter.

Sticklers, pedants, and English teachers love to correct your grammar, but they can put their red pens down when it comes to these six folk errors.

Fortnite surpassed 40 million users recently. What’s the appeal?

Most of us show humility in the face of Nature as we flirt with the unknown.

The myths and legends of the Amazons are fascinating and telling of the Greek culture they enthralled and through them, our own culture as well.

Nobody foresaw that a science-fiction story about a moisture farmer’s adventure with a rag-tag group of interstellar ne’er-do-wells would break box-office records for 40 years and redefine American storytelling. But this Harvard Law professor has a few ideas why it’s stuck around.

Wild boars in the sewers of London. Augmented humans of the future. Jason’s high school friend, celebrated children’s author Jacob Sager Weinstein, on imaginary histories and possible futures. 

You see a gorgeous salamander. Science sees the key to regrowing limbs, eyes, and even bones.

Crazy Rich Asians is the first film to feature an all-Asian cast in 25 years. It is also a bonafide success, both financially and culturally. Inspired by its fanfare, Big Think looks at seven other films that shook American society.

The eccentric millionaire has been offered bribes and gotten death threats. Yet, he holds steadfast, as this remarkable treasure hunt stands as his legacy.

Amongst other reasons, because they don’t mind planes.

The IAU has just approved a dozen new names for features on Pluto’s moon Charon. They draw from an array of famous authors, characters, mythical objects and one U.S. filmmaker.

The Bermuda Triangle, one of the most mysterious places on Earth, doesn’t have an official map and the U.S. Coast Guard is why.

It’s one of the most common tropes in science fiction. But which movies actually get the science right? The way we travel through time, at a speed of one second per […]

Does money, even when borrowed, make us happier – or does the state of owing money add to our dissatisfaction and stress?

Debates about the kind of sex that we should be having are focused on the issue of individual choice and sexual autonomy. We are living, it seems, in the age of consent.