If consumers thought about the economics of Restaurant Week, they might prefer to stay away.

While the vast majority of mainstream press attention (and capital) focuses on the 1st through 3rdVerticals, some of the real paradigm shifting technologies and approaches may be in the 4th and 5th Verticals. […]

In our material, measurable world, infinity is never a real, physical quantity; it is only an abstraction.

A new study warns that the rock that landed near Chelyabinsk in February may be part of a larger group of asteroid remnants, all with orbits that could potentially lead them to Earth.

The government announced the closing of the country's two public zoos in July, with many of their residents moving to private centers. However, a separate law passed in December means those centers don't have a lot of vacancies.

An Australian man's newly-launched campaign is the latest effort to address the phenomenon of people paying more attention to their phone than to other people around them.

Lee Smolin posits the idea that new universes are born from parent universes through the mechanism of black holes. 

Responding to U.S. strikes and personnel evacuations in Yemen, Big Think Waq al-Waq blogger Gregory Johnsen asks a simple question: why? 

Galileo must have developed "a new theory of optics as revolutionary as the device itself." This theory he kept secret. 

As of today (Aug. 6), the site's Art Store offers over 40,000 works of original and limited-edition art from more than 150 galleries and dealers. Prices range from hundreds of dollars to millions of dollars.

If the Nobel committee has the guts, it has been argued, it could deliver "a smackdown to the security state."

The NOAA visualization below depicts a giant plume of dust moving off the coast of Africa. 

Or, more specifically, stomach complaints: nEmesis monitors diners' Twitter accounts for certain words that might indicate a potential food poisoning issue. Tests showed its findings closely matched those of health inspectors.

Curiosity's landing on Mars - a marvel of 21st century engineering - was in and of itself probably the rover's greatest feat to date.

Everyone should be aware that a multitude of men are either chemically or surgically castrated for a variety of reasons in contemporary Western society.

Thomas Jefferson is known as the author of the Declaration of Independence, and the articulator of the separation of church and state. These high profile accomplishments tend to overshadow his […]

A team from Tokyo's University of Electro-Communications has created a system that creates an interactive surface from a tub of opaque water, basically "[taking] immersive entertainment to a whole new level."

A Finnish team made crowdsourcing a literal public affair by setting up large touchscreens in busy areas and watching passersby as they performed basic research tasks with them. The results were on par with those of paid online volunteers.

It’s the most natural thing in the world – for an American parent especially – to praise a child for her intelligence or talent, rather than for how hard she […]

As a marine biologist points out, upwards of 70% of Discoveries viewers fell for the ruse and now believe that Megalodon isn’t extinct.