Researchers at Purdue University created a high-resolution, interactive map that shows where U.S. carbon emissions originate. The highest amounts don't necessarily come from the places you'd expect. The southeastern states, […]

The ash from the Grímsvötn eruption in Iceland has now made its way to the British Isles and over 200 flights have been delayed or cancelled due to the ash, […]

Electronic ‘backchannels’ at conferences are commonplace these days. But are we ready for teachers who try to incorporate backchannels into their classroom instruction? Earlier this month the New York Times […]

One of the most exciting aspects of digital marketing is its measurability. But just because you can measure it does not always mean it is easy to know if your efforts are paying off.

Martin Belam's account of the BBC's Social Media Summit, including hostile questions over Al Jazeera's role in the Arab spring uprisings and why the NYT has social media right.

A lawsuit has accused Cisco Systems of designing a surveillance system to help the Chinese government track and ultimately suppress members of the Falun Gong spiritual movement.

Are social media above the super-injunctions that the so-called old media have to abide by? And is the current fuss in the U.K. really about press freedom or the right to spread poison?

New independent studies confirm earlier findings that cell phones can disrupt DNA, impair brain function and lower sperm count.

There was something missing from last night’s premiere of Too Big To Fail, a made for HBO movie which portrayed the inner workings of the U.S. Treasury during the financial […]

Ahead of the formal G8 summit this week in northern France, the world's technology visionaries are gathering in Paris to meet with the G8 leaders to discuss the future of […]

Baby Boomers have had it easy in many ways. One of the advantages of being born during a baby boom is that your generation is always going to be large […]

A traditional marriage consists of a husband, a wife, and the marriage itself. New York Times columnist David Brooks tells Big Think this type of relationship can only be understood as a whole. 

Sam Tanenhaus interviewed Harold Bloom for The New York Times; the video is here. It’s a very cool, very short, interview. It will be historic, too—not only for capturing Bloom […]

On a recent sushi night out, a friend of mine attempted to joke with the waitress asking her whether the sushi she had just served him was radioactive. She didn't find it […]

if you’re stuck in a bad marriage with bad behavior, then do things, certain habits that you do every day that you would never do otherwise.

If we took a much more supple view of how the world actually works, we wouldn’t spend all our time trying to break everything apart to study the details.

Alice Bell, science communication lecturer at Imperial College London, is a visiting scholar this month at American University.  At the end of the semester, she gave a guest lecture to […]

Actively pursuing happiness may not lead to an actual increase in happiness. In fact, it can do the opposite and make you less happy at the end of the day. 

We're now into the third day of the new eruption from Grímsvötn in Iceland. So far, the ash from the eruption has fallen only on Iceland and the North Atlantic […]