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While there are currently two dozen apps on the market designed to help people quit smoking, a new study says none of this software is likely to do the job.
Some news for today: Taiwan: Most people don't realize that the island of Taiwan has potentially active volcanoes. One such volcanic center is the Datun (as known as Tatun) Group, […]
Physics are nothing but the laws of harmonies on a string, and the universe is a symphony.
My fellow BIG THINK blogger, Mark Seddon, has written that Glenn Beck is "Goebbels" or a Fascist or Nazi rousing the masses up in a dangerous, murderous way. Palin and the Tea […]
Though they may not admit it explicitly, most string theorists have given up on the idea of a Unified Theory of Everything.
Are the revelations promised by string theory's quest for the "Theory of Everything" leading physics in the wrong direction?
The competitiveness pact put forward by Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy to end the crisis is ambitious, but threatens the social traditions of most European countries, warns El País.
How and why the Pentagon embraced the once-dreaded business of nation-building, and the “tectonic shift” that this new mission portends for American foreign policy.
Official groups and allied militia, frequently attack dissidents. It has now happened in Egypt. The most important Facebook page for the protests is being flooded with abusive comments.
Reality is discouraging, unproductive, disconnected, and broken in about a dozen other ways. Meanwhile, electronic games are already "fulfilling genuine human needs."
What happens to those chimps? Major ad agencies have pledged not to use great apes. Why won't CareerBuilder?
This incredible culture that seemed to be able to control the senses in a way through the architecture, through the features of Chavín, and these Strombus shell trumpets.
The matriarch of modern cancer genetics doubts her career would be possible today: "I was doing observationally driven research. That’s a kiss of death if you’re looking for funding today."
Why AOL's purchase of the Huffington Post is causing such intense media interest. Part of Huffington Post's success was its position outside the establishment.
So what do you do? Do you respond to their bizarre, inane and frequently offensive attention seeking bombast, or do you deny them the oxygen of publicity? In Britain last […]
“I was in a cult for thirty-four years. Everyone else could see it. I don’t know why I couldn’t."rnIn this profile, film director Paul Haggis talks about his departure from Scientology.
Researchers discovered that levels of a molecule called neuropeptide Y (NPY) directly relate to whether we have a "glass half empty" or "glass half full" attitude towards life.
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As we turn our lives into information property, technology poses fundamental threats to privacy, anonymity and freedom. Salim Ismail outlined these threats in his presentation at Big Think's Farsight 2011 […]
Around 2012, the sun's magnetic cycle will reach its peak, increasing the chances of massive magnetic storms that could wipe out the satellites that govern GPS, television streams, and even the Internet.
Note: I had one more Egypt dispatch in my notes to post, but as I left the country and bounced around my new (temporary) home events on the ground have […]