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Architect (and Big Think expert) Marc Kushner argues our current age of architecture will be remembered for experimentation and technological influence.

We’re thrilled to be bringing The Floating University to Big Think: It’s some of the most vital, timely, and mind-changing video content anywhere on the Web.

Everything else has a 5:1 dark matter-to-normal matter ratio. But get a smaller and smaller galaxy, and dark matter skyrockets! “For the moment we might very well can them DUNNOS […]

Also: Hear the powerful story behind how Mister Sulu got his name.

Turns out parents just don’t understand.

Dr. Helen Blair Simpson of Columbia University Medical Center continues our series “Big Thinkers on Mental Health” with an informative crash course on the intricacies of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.

And could what we see over there spell disaster for Earth? “An asteroid or a supervolcano could certainly destroy us, but we also face risks the dinosaurs never saw: An engineered […]

Author and activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali says she doesn’t buy into the major worries about Islamophobia.

It can diminish the quality of your work in the long-term.

Words like “liberty” and “freedom” represent big ideas that are about as amorphous as they are valued.

In this Big Think+ preview, TED curator Chris Anderson explains that you can attract the best talent in your industry by passionately championing a cause.

Is AI about to take over? Or does it struggle to be as smart as a toddler? 

Words of wisdom from the late, great Maya Angelou: “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said; people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” 

What makes a great artist? According to French writer Émile Zola, it’s talent coupled with tenacity.

The hurdles in life presented by traumatic experiences, if treated properly, represent opportunities for momentous personal growth.

What distinguishes real OCD from how it’s depicted in pop culture — a characteristic of someone’s perfectionist tendencies — is that sufferers respond to stimuli in the same way everyone else does.

There are many different levels, but one key difference separates science from the rest. “I cannot help fearing that men may reach a point where they look on every new theory […]

Just 10 years ago, the suicide-prevention community consisted mainly of families who had been affected by the suicide of a loved one. Today, it numbers in the hundreds of thousands. 

UPDATE: This has been solved, thanks to our unbelievably amazing fans. 

“If the election for U.S. president were held today, who would you vote for?” Response options included all of the Republican and Democratic candidates in the race at the time, along with options for “Other” and “I would not vote.”

Want to build a stronger brand? The first thing you need to do is win over your customers. Embrace consumer empathy now and be rewarded later.

A live-blog event of a fabulous public lecture given by Katie Freese on the unseen components in our Universe. “If you take everything we know… it only adds up to […]

Anxiety is typically a helpful evolutionary tool, but it can sometimes become a pathology.

Many experts — including Big Think expert Bill Nye — argue that the greatest extent threat to human survival is an asteroid collision. 

The threat is real and many scientists and engineers are standing behind them.

However, it takes time to condition your brain to believe its effects are real.

The Shipping Forecast is quite possibly the most British thing ever.

If you’ve ever wondered what happens to a tattoo, the answer’s more surprising than you think.

Well, that was an eye-opener. 

When Microsoft’s Windows 10 is released next week in seven countries, each market will receive a specialized version of Cortana, the system’s digital personal assistant (and Microsoft’s answer to Siri). Microsoft has put yeoman’s work into making sure each country’s iteration of Cortana is sensitive to local cultural nuances.