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.
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Wide Angle Motion Imagery (WAMI) is a surveillance game-changer. And it’s here.
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The host of Hardcore History has written his first book, The End Is Always Near.
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A new study challenges international life expectancies.
David Bienenstock has made it his mission to keep the history of cannabis alive.
Congo is one of the most culturally diverse, mineral rich, and beautiful places on Earth. But the “heart of darkness” colonizers dreamed into being still bleeds. Daniel McCabe’s documentary This is Congo lets this wounded nation speak for itself.
Some basic areas we could all use some improvement in.
Americans say we value free speech, but recent surveys suggest we love the ideal more than practice, a division that will harm more than it protects.
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Our antipathy toward the natural world is bad. But it’s not too late to change.
In Egypt, comedy can be a matter of life and death. But life in America’s no cakewalk either. Political satirist Bassem Youssef on reinventing yourself, crossing cultural lines, and the future of space exploration.
Few could match the famous physicist in his ability to communicate difficult-to-understand concepts in a simple and warm fashion.
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An extinction events expert sounds a dire warning.
When people think of the word “diversity,” what usually comes to mind are the basic categorizations, such as racial diversity, gender, age, and sexual orientation. However, diversity goes far beyond […]
The blob that’s astonishing science gets its own exhibit.
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The process of digging into hard questions makes the moment of discovery all the more satisfying.
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Forensic cartography 101: Explain what Brasilia is doing on this map of 1920s South America.
Many people, I find, in business,” says Bill McDermott, CEO and author of Winner’s Dream, “tend to delegate things, whether it’s an email or simply the body language like, “You’ve […]
Glenn Albrecht has ideas about how to cope with the effects of a changing world: Invent a new language.
A breakthrough app for ultrasonic squeak analysis.