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Jonathan Letham used to think he was a hipster—until he realized the amount of nastiness people intended when they used that word.
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The author writes about neighborhoods in New York with such richness that they become characters unto themselves. Here, he discusses his favorite undiscovered hoods that haven’t yet made it into […]
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There is a bogus script in American life that everything was better during some imagined time in the past. We tend to characterize change as either sweepingly utopian or dystopian, […]
Well, when it rains it pours in the world of theNASA Earth Observatory - and this week we've been treated to three great images of volcanoes or volcanic landscapes from […]
Let's be honest: when we think about the futuristic scenarios, we don't think of Tom Hanks. Most frequently associated with his brilliant portrayal of Forrest Gump, Hanks exudes the kind […]
"The greatest of all freedoms, the one that more people want more than any other, is the freedom from responsibility and consequences," says Theodore Dalrymple.
An Economist blogger defends the right of corporations to make unlimited campaign contributions only if foreign corporations are granted the same right.
"Climate change activists no longer dwell on impending climate doom, but on the economic windfall that will result from embracing the 'green' economy."
"Chinese manufacturers have helped send the price of conventional solar panels plunging and grabbed market share far more quickly than anyone anticipated."
"Playwrights, directors and performers all seem to think that we want to be part of their act." The Washington Post's theater critic wishes to be left alone.
Why is there something in the universe instead of nothing? Big Questions Online gives ten answers to perhaps the biggest question to ever vex us.
Personalized cancer treatment once available mainly in Boston is moving across the pond; Britain's National Health Service is set to expand novel gene testing research.
Facebook and other social media present challenges like brand management and opportunities like cost-cutting for business willing to embrace modern technologies.
"With nearly one fifth of workers unemployed or under-employed, the best way to save jobs and boost productivity in the short term is for workers to accept lower wages."
A photo of one's beloved activates the brain's reward centers like a drug might; learning how to harness love could help relieve pain without drug-induced side effects.
The World has watched and cheered to the rafters the human drama unfolding in Chile. That thirty three miners could be trapped underground for two months, survive and be winched […]
Traditional political wisdom pushes the notion that a president has a magic wand bestowed upon him once he gets into the White House, a wand that should be able to […]
In another nod to biomimicry as a frontier of design innovation, industrial design student Brian Lee has just won Australia's Target 2020 competition for envisioning the car of the future […]
Jamaican Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, in his interview with Big Think, confirms what we know: crime, like global capital markets, is uniquely, irrevocably networked. The rare drug crime might be […]