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When you make anything Minecraft- or Frozen- or Star Wars-themed, it’s hard to keep kids away.
Big Think’s chief economist discusses the fledgling Chinese shadow banking system that national leaders want to regularize.
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Dietary fats were demonized in the fifties due to shoddy evidence. After decades of a diet heavy in carbs and sugars, we’re finally learning the truth.
Science is the best tool we have for predicting the future. Here’s what the next year ought to bring. “For last year’s words belong to last year’s language And next year’s […]
If we have serious ambitions to live on Mars, it might be.
The immersive nature of virtual reality is worrying. We need to fully understand the path we’re headed down as new technologies are seemingly recreating our physical, kinetic lives.
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has decided to keep the Doomsday Clock’s hands at three minutes to midnight. It cites the impending climate change and risk of nuclear war as the primary reasons for keeping the clock where it is.
Professional women are at a disadvantage due to what’s called “the confidence gap,” an idea popularized by Claire Shipman and Katty Kay. Shine is a new company that seeks to close that gap one text message at a time.
Radiophobia had the Fukushima region by the throat, so it was decided that all 360,000 or so children and teens would be offered screening for thyroid irregularities.
Out beyond Neptune lies the Kuiper belt, whose residents we can see. But what’s out there beyond that? “The great oak of Astronomy has been felled, and we are lost […]
I scored an exclusive interview with Dave Reitze, the executive director of LIGO. Take a trip inside his Universe. “When I was in high school, I was certain that being […]
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg defended the tenets of encryption and privacy yesterday in an event in Spain. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates was much more opaque when asked to describe his opinion.
A record number of American convicts were exonerated in 2015. Most of them were minorities, many mentally handicapped. A new report presents data that suggests there are hundreds (potentially thousands) of other innocent people behind bars in the United States.
And it couldn’t have done it without the heat from our world. “Cheap little rhymesA cheap little tuneAre sometimes as dangerousAs a sliver of the moon.” –Langston Hughes If you’ve ever […]
Passport specifications are regulated by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), the relative power of your country’s passport says a lot about its standing in thew world.
That our atoms come from stars? You’ve got to think bigger than that! “The older people that one admires seem to be fearless. They go right out into the world. It’s […]
After all of Google’s road tests, Tesla makes a bold move.
Elizabeth Kenny went against conventional methods for treating polio and believed a patient should have an active role in their recovery.
Hallucinations are a feature of our brain’s hardware. Could religious visions be accounted for by this neurological phenomenon?
Scientists don’t always use normal words when explaining their research to the public. Here’s a quick and easy to guide to understanding those words for people who aren’t scientists.
The implications of this new research could eventually extend to giving the mute the ability to speak.
If black holes suck everything in and nothing can get out, what does that mean for dark matter? “A single day is enough to make us a little larger or, another […]
The big story that probably most shapes our times is too simple. We can’t afford to go on ignoring its plot holes and more complex dark side.
Big Think is proud to partner with the 92nd Street Y’s 7 Days of Genius Festival to bring you an in-depth look at the many qualities and characteristics of genius.
Tech journalist Shane Snow introduces you to Contently, the company he co-founded with the intention of connecting brands with freelancers.
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NASA is getting really serious about its mission to land humans on Mars in the 2030s.
How one researcher created a pirate bay for science more powerful than even libraries at top universities.