A group representing more than 100 of the biggest corporations in the U.S. has released a statement updating its definition of the purpose of American corporations.
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Your co-workers could be causing your insomnia.
It could put the American fossil fuel industry on a clear path to extinction.
Americans’ inability to agree on what is true and what is false is a problem for democracy.
The risk of space debris collisions grows greater every year.
“Everything in society today that can be solved by straightforward analysis gets solved immediately,” says Leonard Mlodinow, theoretical physicist and author of Elastic. Unfortunately, many problems aren’t that simple. To work […]
Are Americans growing more skeptical of promises of investment from massive (digital) companies?
When you zoom far enough out, our universe has a very unusual structure.
We’ve put so much together about the Universe. Could it all come tumbling down? We’re always on the lookout for the next big thing, and even our best guesswork is often […]
New research identifies an unexpected source for some of earth’s water.
The cartoon heard ’round the world and what happened after.
How can Innovation Central not manage to solve its own sprawling homelessness?
NASA announced the five winners of the latest phase of its 3D-Printing Habitat Competition for designing the structures to be used by humans on Mars.
Tiny and efficient, these biodegradable single cells show promise as a way to target hard-to-reach cancers.
A review of Matthew Engelke’s How to Think Like an Anthropologist.
A rare, ultra-diffuse galaxy is full of stars and not much else. Here’s how to make sense of it. One of the greatest puzzles in the entire Universe is the dark […]
In Upheaval, Jared Diamond points out the sad facts of American voter turnout.
You can practically see them slipping away. Yes, they’re still in the conversation with you, at least physically, but you know: The other person has disengaged. Who knows where their […]
On the latest episode of The Portal, the two men talk about the consequences of a public being shielded from battle.
It shows Europe divided into two bafflingly unfamiliar blocs – what do red and blue stand for?
There are three answers depending on what you consider the “edge,” but only two of them are known. If you were to go as far out into space as you can […]
Scientific surprises are often how science advances. But more often than not, they’re just bad science. When you’re a scientist, getting an unexpected result can be a double-edged sword. The best […]
China has long spied on its own citizens, but a new report shows how foreigners are increasingly falling under the nation’s watchful eye.
“Just tell me what you want me to do, and I’ll do it.” In her Big Think+ video, “Empower Your People — Conversational Moves for Engaging Your Team in Creative […]
The host of Hardcore History has written his first book, The End Is Always Near.
Average waiting time for hitchhikers in Ireland: Less than 30 minutes. In southern Spain: More than 90 minutes.
The nature of our quantum Universe is puzzling, counterintuitive, and testable. The results don’t lie. Although our intuition is an incredibly useful tool for navigating daily life, developed from a lifetime […]
Scientists may have seen a way to cure a maddening symptom of hearing loss.
New computing theory allows artificial intelligences to store memories.
A new study has identified 12 times as many viral populations as previous research.