The world’s first research journal dedicated solely to cryptocurrency launched last month. It’s a sign of the times as academics begin tinkering with the study and theory of digital currency.
Search Results
You searched for: Systems
Because the technology is new, equipping a car with autonomous technology costs about $150,000 (the zero-emission fuel system comes standard).
Hello Barbie, the new interactive doll from Mattel, has some security flaws. As the Internet of Things becomes a reality, manufacturers must make security a priority.
Baby giraffes can stand within hours of birth and zebras can run in the first 45 minutes of life.
Why does much of the world stubbornly resist data and email encryption? Why don’t we enable it on all our devices all the time?
Edward Snowden lists services that will protect your privacy with just a few downloads.
It’s the rebels among us that change the world.
Even when everything sucks, you can still feel thankful.
Big Think’s Jason Gots reviews David McCullough’s 2001 Pulitzer Prize-winning biography John Adams.
These days it’s hard to believe there is still moral beauty in the world. This is why we still want to believe, and where we can start looking.
If we came along too soon, would we ever have discovered dark energy? “Even if I stumble on to the absolute truth of any aspect of the universe, I will not […]
A complete refusal to accept basic facts has made a religion of our gun obsession.
America’s railway infrastructure brought to you by: China.
Scientists are looking at increasingly risky ways of combating climate change.
How likely we are to bounce back from a setback is not predetermined. Here’s why, and what you can do to cultivate your inner fighter.
Learning how to code will get you a job and a salary. More importantly, it allows you the freedom of understanding that you can solve problems that seem overwhelming.
“Right now all of our eggs are in one basket and the basket is called Earth.”
▸
2 min
—
with
After hydrogen and helium, the periodic table is full of surprises. “The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.” –Harlan Ellison One of the most remarkable […]
Free riders choose to reap the rewards of a public good without paying their portion of the cost necessary to produce it.
Even if you have a good emotional mask, there’s a computer that can see through the cracks.
Life won’t let you go; not because brighter days are right around the corner, but because it just won’t.
Getting past your feelings is the first step to overcoming life’s problems. Wallowing in your emotions only holds you back.
Lab-grown meat will be on our plates sooner than we may realize.
First-of-its-kind CO2 air-capture demo plant is about to be completed in Canada.
Free markets aren’t like gravity. They’re ruled by neither laws of nature nor commandments carved in stone. Delegating our ethics to markets risks costly error. All things are not equally auctionable.
Forensic anthropologist Richard Neave has given us the most accurate portrayal of Jesus to date. This still will not change the ways we misrepresent his identity.
Warhol may be dead, but Pop Art is not—it’s more international, relevant, and alive than ever.
The world is full of untapped potential. A lack of leadership leads to latent energy going to waste. In the Internet age, who will step up to be our much-needed figurehead for creative progress?
▸
2 min
—
with
Work isn’t life, but it is certainly not in a company’s best interest to de-prioritize itself for the sake of its workers. What’s the solution?
Robots and computers will not just eliminate our jobs; they will also dissolve important aspects of the family and our pair-bonded partnerships.