A Bitcoin payment processing company says that in the last two years, more than 8,000 mostly small businesses have signed up for their service. Some merchants say accepting the digital currency helps them stand out.

The words "nerd" and "geek" are often used interchangeably, as if they mean the same thing. They actually don't.

Sir Ken Robinson wants to help remedy a dangerous and growing trend in developed countries toward career dissatisfaction and disconnectedness. 

When Man of Steel opened in theaters on June 14, 2013, it pulled in $116.6 million USD that opening weekend alone. Superman remains a box office bonanza in his eighth […]

The biggest lesson from Popper's philosophy is that skepticism is the ultimate open-mindedness.

This week, Business Insiderwrote about a study reporting the sad news that women are just not selling screenplays at the rate of men. In fact, they’re grossly being left out […]

On Thursday (June 27) PayPal announced a new initiative that will research possible protocols for off-world currency transactions. With space tourism opportunities around the corner, it's not so farfetched an idea.

Eric Blair (George Orwell's real name) himself might not like the use of the damning, eponymous term "Orwellian"

New Yorkers no longer have to worry about recovering lost or stolen keys: KeyMe automated kiosks can provide replacements at any time from a stored digital copy.

This week’s Supreme Court decisions have been the main topics streaming into my Facebook and Twitter feeds (along with a few heartfelt thoughts for Nelson Mandela). Escaping a thumbs up […]

A plant at the southern tip of Spain is the first to purposely cultivate algae from wastewater in order to create clean gas for garbage trucks and other vehicles.

The Human Bionic Project catalogs all the FDA-approved prosthetics and other bionic devices currently available. Its creator says it should serve as a starting research point for amputees and others, and will grow with input from the public.

Norms take time to catch up to technology, but they are all the regulation we need.

Don't lament change, find the opportunity in it.

Create It Real, which also manufactures 3D printer components, says its software -- which currently only works on its hardware -- is able to detect a gun schematic and prevent it from printing.

By creating ideas, humans achieve immortality.

In this darkly hilarious outtake from his interview for Big Think Mentor, Neil deGrasse Tyson – astrophysicist and director of the Hayden Planetarium – warns that the universe is homicidal […]

What does the design of a new Google campus say about the company's future vision?

The image above depicts the body of an albatross that was found on Midway Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. 

We’re hardwired to be free, but we’re also hardwired to be relational beings. Man of Steel is nothing if not a celebration of fathers. Maybe the most repulsive feature of […]