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What's the best single piece of advice for grads in a fragile job market? Take the poll, then find out what other Big Think readers are saying.
Following in the footsteps of urban bicycle sharing programs, a folding car originally designed at MIT in 2003 may finally reconcile the long dispute between the city and the car.
One of the great mysteries of art is why it exists. Although our desire to create and enjoy art is so widespread that it appears as natural as eating or […]
Recognizing that technology is here to stay, and that how we live online is increasingly how we live, a new kind of theater company in Philadelphia is trying to translate the danger, intimacy, and intensity of offline experience to cyberspace.
The stereotype of Sweden as a liberal utopia of robust sexual health was somewhat complicated recently in the American imagination by the biker gangs, neo-Nazis, and serial killers that populated […]
This morning Ibrahim Mothana, an incredibly smart and funny young Yemeni, has an op-ed in the New York Times on Drones, Yemen and blowback. I would encourage you all to […]
This morning Noah Shachtman and Spencer Ackerman have a thought-provoking piece on US military involvement - yes, lets call it a war - in Yemen. At the end of their […]
A Japanese design studio has created a coordinated artificial organ system that conserves the body's stores of water, necessitating that humans drink just 0.1 cups of water per day.
MIT researchers have created a silicon-based chip that uses the body's own glucose energy to power tiny neural implants, which could help patients recover from spinal cord injuries.
Researchers at an English university have created a robot that learns language like an infant. The achievement represents a major advance in the creation of artificial intelligence.
Can President Obama’s re-election campaign use the new FEC ruling on political donations via text message to help them regain the fundraising crown next month? Small donors have only given […]
Say “nationalism,” and most minds immediately think “war.” Word association games aside, nationalism comes in all shapes and sizes, but the most dangerous form historically has led to armed conflict […]
SSA Week is ongoing, as atheist bloggers come together to raise money for the Secular Student Alliance. At the time this post was published, they've collectively raised $61,250 out of […]
Struggling with a foreign language is practically the definition of mental strain: what is the word for "screwdriver" again? did I produce that "ĥ" sound correctly? are they laughing with […]
Nearly two decades ago, I walked into my first Abnormal Psychology class. Given the course title, I thought I had a pretty good handle on what the subject matter would […]
The Mars rover Curiosity will be given more time to look for signs of life when it lands on the planet this summer thanks to NASA scientists' ambition to better define the rover's landing site.
According to a Pew survey, there has been a huge spike in the number of Millennials -- those Americans under 30 -- who doubt the existence in God. According to the […]
The space agency is set to launch the world's best black hole-hunting telescope in a novel way by strapping the satellite to the underbelly of a jet, firing it into orbit from a high altitude.
Ahead of a major physics conference in mid-July, scientists at Europe's Large Hadron Collider have concluded analyzing data which may finally confirm the existence of the Higgs boson.