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Beyond being healthier, walking offers numerous social and cognitive benefits as well.

Artists, illustrators, and adventurers of the 1800s has fantastical imaginations for the distant future, i.e. our present day. How do their magical predictions stack up against our reality?

And what you can do to fight it. “October extinguished itself in a rush of howling winds and driving rain and November arrived, cold as frozen iron, with hard frosts every […]

Big Think’s podcast where experts discuss surprise topics outside of their comfort zones. This week, science writer Mary Roach on dark matter, philosophy, artificial intelligence and more. 

Could the Universe have been born completely uniform and still given rise to us? “First, you should check out my house. It’s, like, kinda lame, but way less lame than, like, […]

In a world that’s always connected, we give away an essential part of our selves with constant distractions.

A view that no one ever had — not even from space — until Astronaut Don Pettit changed everything with these stunning photographs. “This job is a great scientific adventure. But it’s also a […]

How many kinds of stories are there? From Harry Potter, to Oedipus and Romeo and Juliet, scientists at University of Vermont use data modeling to figure it out. 

The Freedom From Religion Foundation sent out over a thousand letters warning public schools away from this creationist propaganda.

Many of the skills that make for good improvisational comedy also make for successful behavior in life: slow down, listen, be positive, and have integrity. Take it from longtime improv coach Chris Gethard.

Why can’t we marshal the enthusiasm we have for exploring Mars to solve problems on planet Earth? Bill Nye says we’re natural explorers and that potential discoveries on Mars have captured our imagination.

Roam is one of a new subset of companies aimed at cultivating the coworking and coliving movements. Only now the horizon is abroad.

A fascinating international study takes a look at what the average person does in a lifetime, broken down by days and percentages.

Why we get earworms and how to get rid of them.

Novelist and “Life of Pi” author Yann Martel explains how travel confronts you with facts you cannot ignore and suggests that multilingualism makes us richer individuals.

What led Steve Jobs to create the iPod and the iPhone? The latest brain research on risk-taking.

And it doesn’t mean we should give up, but it does mean we’ve got a lot of work to do! “‘Star Trek’ says that it has not all happened, it has […]

Scientists and pretty much anyone who’s taken a biology class is used to talking about reproduction in a certain way. Is that way accurate?   

Ursula Nordstrom changed children’s literature. During her time as the editor-in-chief of juvenile books at Harper & Row, she helped nurture the talents of many authors, such as Shel Silverstein author of The Giving Tree and Maurice Sendak illustrator and author of Where the Wild Things Are.

Will Curiosity outlast Opportunity, the rover it was designed to supersede? Or will it fail, since it’s too big for its britches? “By refocusing our space program on Mars for […]

Shakespeare never visited America, yet the map of the U.S. is dotted with references to his work. 

Author-musician James McBride claims that James Brown, the Godfather of Soul, holds the secret to America’s race-torn soul.

How do you map a half-discovered country? You make up the other half!

Could we redesign shopping as a system of “catch-and-release,” so that, like sport fishing, it’s the adventure and not the prize that becomes central?

Hello Barbie, the new interactive doll from Mattel, has some security flaws. As the Internet of Things becomes a reality, manufacturers must make security a priority.

Words of wisdom from Sherman Alexie: “I don’t know what any individual should do about crossing her own borders. I only know that I live a happier, more adventurous life, by crossing borders.”

The best-selling Christmas toy embodies and encourages acceptance of surveillance as a necessary aspect of modern life.  

There are apparently some high-stakes moral implications to taking selfies.

Coloring books for adults are an intriguing new hobby, breaking into the mainstream like the young-adult fiction boom before them. 

Say goodbye to being the smelly dude on the plane.