We have old genes that are well adapted to living in some previous environment that are constantly encountering new environments.
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A three-year project conducted by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds found that only one in five kids had a "realistic and achievable" connection with nature. Unsurprisingly, adults' attitudes may be to blame.
A report suggests that by 2030, nearly 325 million people could be living in the countries expected to be the most affected by natural hazards. In response, focus should be placed on disaster prevention, not just disaster relief.
We need to search for disconfirming evidence to correct mistakes.
How do you get a million and a half people to read a blog post on tax policy? Obama digital wunderkind Teddy Goff has a simple mantra: don't be lame.
Great strategists are willing to invest in the future. They’re patient, they’re willing to make harder calls.
I assert that if you are depressed after learning and being exposed to the cosmic perspective, you started your day with an unjustifiably large ego.
Can computers learn the same way a children learns? Yes. We are starting to tap into the power of cognitive computing.
My prediction is, in a few decades, we will come to accept entities that are not biological as conscious.
The Internet Pioneer generation loves advertising. They want advertising to be content.
I wish I could sketch well because it turns out that so many ideas start with images.
Particularly for people who are new to wine, the design of the label can affect both the bottle's ability to attract attention and the perceived flavor.
I was pretty disappointed to read a post from fellow Big Think blogger, Steven Mazie. The backlash has been substantial, he has already had to rehash. His post begins with […]
Why do we have some people who are very religious who look at the world and other people in very compassionate ways and we have other people who are very religious and they look at the world in very negative ways?
At the time of his arrest in 1995, Kevin Mitnick was the most wanted cyber criminal in the United States. The arrest marked the end of an intense two and a half year electronic manhunt, a game of cat and mouse that Mitnick likens to a video game.
Family size is a much larger determinate of personality than the order of one’s birth.
Your market is no longer a domestic market. Your market is a global market.
I think religious people can really help to bring the end of war about very rapidly if they embrace the tenants of their faith.
Good versus Evil will always be the stock and trade of storytelling, especially in comic books. The skill of separating good guys from bad comes early to readers, with the […]
We know that the Universe has been around for 13.8 billion years, but we also know we can see for 46 billion light-years. How is this possible? “Nature decrees that […]
Executives for the country's only major coffee chain says the multinational company's planned entry into their market should help entice more Colombians to try coffee drinks.
Will a wonderful pristine planet like Earth appear to be inhabited?
It’s your puzzle. Do it any way you like.
While Silicon Valley and Silicon Alley busy themselves making every aspect of our lives more efficient (except, perhaps, for the process of discovering these new technologies, learning them, and integrating […]
We’re no closer to solving this problem than we were 20 or 30 years ago.
A petition garnered 120,000 signatures, which is more than enough to merit a government vote, possibly before the end of this year. If it passes, it will apply to every member of the working adult population.
As people in different countries are able to tell their own stories they are responding to the idea of Africa as a place of permanent suffering.
Sickweather uses social media posts that mention sickness to create a geographical "illness map" so that users can navigate their way around potential "storm activity."
In their study, Monash University researchers put a number on it: During a 16-minute trip, the average parent takes their eyes off the road for nearly three and a half minutes.
Because Petri dishes are so 20th-century: University of Texas scientists have created microscopic habitats for bacteria using layers of protein and a high-precision laser. They mimic the natural environments found in human organs.