All Videos — March 30, 2011

America’s Oil Industry, From Above

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How does the oil industry transform America’s landscape? This was partly the topic of Edward Burtynsky’s book “Oil.” Here, he discusses his stunning photograph of the Kern Oil Field in California.

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Three different 3D protein structures are displayed on a light grid-patterned background, each occupying a separate quadrant in the image.

Health

Gaming cancer: How video games and citizen science could help cure disease

By inviting players to tackle real scientific problems, games can offer a hand in solving medicine’s toughest challenges.

Infographic displays spacecraft names and missions around the Sun, planets, and moons, illustrating the current and planned science fleet exploring the Solar System.

Starts With A Bang

American science to soon face its largest brain drain in history

Over the first half of 2025, the US has cut science as never before. This disaster for American science may be a gift to the rest of the world.

Krel and Hana Koecher celebrate with StB colleagues after returning to the Eastern Bloc.

Big Think Books

Operation TRIGON: How a rookie spy helped change the world of espionage

In this excerpt from “Agents of Change,” Christina Hillsberg tells the story of Martha “Marti” Peterson, the first female case officer stationed in Soviet Moscow.

A man in a suit looks at the camera with a neutral expression, set against a light green background with abstract black scribble accents.

Big Think Books

John le Carré’s son joins the Circus with his new book

With “Karla’s Choice,” Nick Harkaway had an impossible mission: maintain his father’s legacy while staying true to his voice.

A woman, resembling a paranormal investigator, holds a rectangular glass dish above her eyes, which are illuminated by light shining through the dish in a dark setting.

Big Think Books

Why don’t Americans trust experts? Just ask a paranormal investigator.

For his new book, “The Ghost Lab,” Matt Hongoltz-Hetling spent time with paranormal investigators to understand their relationship with science and society.

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Guest Thinkers

Florida Governor Wants to Drug Test All State Employees

Florida’s Republican governor has a creative way to demoralize and demonize public sector workers: mandatory drug testing for all state employees who answer to the governor and all prospective hires […]