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Websites aren’t just bits of information floating in nothingness until appearing on a computer screen. They can have significant environmental impacts that ought not go unchecked.

It’s the only thing separating real knowledge from ignorant misinformation. “The first duty of every Starfleet officer is to the truth, whether it’s scientific truth or historical truth or personal […]

Luis von Ahn, CEO of Duolingo and one of the inventors of CAPTCHA, explains how reCAPTCHA harnesses the abilities of both humans and computers in order to accomplish tasks such as the digitization of old books.

Leading a team of experts to reach creative heights may be the mark of today’s genius.

Stress causes us to feel threatened, and even if the “threat” is something as small as a test, our minds shift into self-preservation mode, which may cause us to make immoral decisions.

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, who invented the world wide web 25 years ago, spoke this weekend about the need for more MPs who know how to code. 

In this day and age, we and our gadgets are limited by the archaic ways we store our power. Tech guru Brad Templeton explains that a breakthrough in battery technology would spark an exciting wave of innovation and enable the future of computing to be realized.

He hasn’t shot an episode of Let’s Make a Deal for decades, but Monty Hall’s name still graces a statistical brouhaha from the early 1990s, and the drama he cultivated on […]

Through a clever experiment, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have arrived at a closer understanding of the foundation of the human imagination.

Is innovation always a good thing? In the right hands, the myriad tech innovations on the immediate horizon could help solve humanity’s most pressing problems. In the wrong hands, change could lead to struggle.

Sensors inside cars could soon monitor drivers for signs of distraction or tiredness, alerting them before an accident occurs as a result.

ABC News Correspondent Dan Harris explains why someone who tells you they’re a good multitasker is lying. In fact, what we perceive as multitasking is really just “doing many things poorly”

Mariam Sultana became her country’s first woman with a Ph.D. in astrophysics. This is her story, with an update on where she is now. Mariam Sultana, Pakistan’s very first woman […]

Biographer Walter Isaacson talks British mathematician Alan Turing, the inventor of the Turing Test and one of the subjects of Isaacson’s newest book, “The Innovators.”

Brad Templeton discusses the vast computational power that a quantum computer could have, provided that someone were to build one.

Despite worries that inevitable automation will swallow up only low-skill jobs, one writer thinks that doctors should be legitimately concerned about the prospect of computers performing their jobs better.

It’s harder to trace a smoking gun online than it is in real life. Yet with cyber warfare expected to grow in the coming decades, companies and countries alike are attempting to make sense forward strides in identifying the perpetrators of cyber attacks.

WIRED’s Mat Honan argues that recent advances in the way tablets foster communication should serve as a death knell for traditional phone plans.

Office work isn’t good for our health, sitting for long stretches of time is killing us. Treadmill desks offer a unique solution to those of us who are desk-bound for the better part of the work week. But can we continue to work productively while we walk?

A breakthrough in battery technology would spark a wave of exciting tech innovations.

Florida-based startup Magic Leap has been the talk of the tech world ever since securing a major grant from Google. Now it’s hired a respected sci-fi author to help guide their work.

Fingerprints are unique, but they aren’t a secure method of signing into your accounts, according to a recent report. Jan Krissler was able to replicate a politician’s from a few photographs.

After previously discussing surveillance and autonomous cars, Singularity University’s Brad Templeton returns to Big Think to examine some lighter fare: quantum mechanics and computing.

Forget the drones, 4K TVs and virtual reality headsets. This year’s Consumer Electronics Show was dominated by devices and services that connect your world.

The holidays are about celebrating with family and loved ones. So, during this time do we pocket our devices and untether ourselves from the web? No, data reveals that our internet usage actually spikes.

The Woman in White is a Victorian mystery novel containing a “songline” of a chance slice of London.

By scaling its already formidable storage and computational capacities, Google plans to store individuals’ genomes in the cloud so they can be analyzed en masse by healthcare researchers.

Make the world a better place — fighting disease and poverty while helping move science forward — with your computer’s spare time! Image credit: The Charity Engine, via slideshare.net. “While we do our good […]

Although he’s not a fan of the term, Dan Harris cites the practice of purposeful pauses as a superpower of sorts that can help restore one’s inner calm.

Looking down at your phone to read text messages puts a stress on your neck equivalent to tying a 60-pound bowling ball around your head, says Kenneth Hansraj, a New York back surgeon.