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Reaching out and contributing to the lives of others doesn’t only make you a good Christian (or simply a good person). The act of compassion has major health benefits, starting […]

The things that scare you are probably not the things that will actually kill you, says the CDC Director. It’s important to accurately assess risk, he advises.

This game show probability brain teaser has puzzled people for decades. Which door would you pick?

The first step to applying game theory to your career is to assess your playing field and understand the skills and goals of all the different actors—your bosses, your peers, […]

How does a leader decide whether to be lenient or to set an example? Nancy Koehn presents this question by drawing from a harrowing scene in Shakespeare’s Henry V.

More than ever, the resources for autodidacts are out there and accessible to anyone, but you have to have the wherewithal to take advantage of these opportunities.

In this scene from the 2004 Stephen Hawking biopic entitled “Hawking,” the young physicist uses Einstein’s theory of relativity to get a girl to fall in love with him.

Because of relativity, time moves faster the farther away you are from the center of the earth, meaning that your head ages slightly quicker than your feet.

Every Wednesday, Michio Kaku will be answering reader questions about physics and futuristic science. If you have a question for Dr. Kaku, just post it in the comments section below […]

This video companion to Richard N. Katz’s E-Book “The Tower and the Cloud” explores how computing power has reduced our reliance on traditional brick-and-mortar institutions in favor of new and […]

Trailer for PBS Series E2 Energy.

Of all the Shakespeare analogies of recent years (George W. Bush as Henry V; Hillary Clinton as Lady Macbeth), President Barack Obama is perhaps the most elusive.

The dollar is still the dominant reserve currency, but for how long? The IMF has recently forecast that China’s economy will overtake that of the U.S. in 2016. How will […]

The English language is a key factor in retaining America’s competitive advantage in the world – like a linguistic reserve currency. But as more Indian and Chinese people learn English, […]

Some scholars say that Shakespeare’s notorious tragicomedy is too politically incorrect to stage in modern times. Is there really no room for such “polluted” texts?

The global risk expert explains the three crucial things you must know if you plan to invest in the developing world.

The New York Times chief theater critic points to key instances where lines from Shakespeare are taken out of context and misunderstood.

As part of Big Think’s “How to Think Like Shakespeare” series, our panel discusses the most common misunderstandings and misapplications of Shakespeare.

“Shakespeare steals stories from everybody, but what he does with those stories is clearly an act of his imagination and his will,” says Kahn.

Einstein believed that free will was just an illusion, and that awareness of this lack kept him from taking himself and others too seriously. But Einstein was plain wrong, says […]

A laser fired from a US warship off the California coast has ignited a nearby boat. This is the first time that the high-energy laser (HEL) has been fired from […]

If you ask conservative and liberal judges whether George W. Bush is a war criminal for invading Iraq, you are unlikely to find agreement. But ask them about Henry V, […]

The Beatles take on the roles of the “rude mechanicals,” performing the Pyramus and Thisbee scene from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” in 1964.

The global risk expert explains how the Saudi royal family is like the Vatican.

Mubarak is gone, but the military is still there and will remain the most powerful player in that country for a long time.

While technology may not have sparked the fire in the Middle East, it has helped people pressure their governments to reform.

There’s no doubt Wall Street’s over-leveraged risk-taking was a key cause of the financial crisis. Many critics charge there has been little or no accountability. And yet, will putting bankers […]