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Having spent over seven years as a member of the cast of the NBC sitcom "The Office," Rainn Wilson is known almost universally for his role as egomaniac Dwight Schrute. […]
Metropolis, Illinois, a tiny town with a grand name, is a distant echo of this area's planned greatness
It is the perfect time for teenagers who love writing, and writers, to have an outlet for their creativity: they are, or soon will be, reading Salinger in class, and […]
Feminist attorney Jill Filipovic takes a closer look at the sex crime allegations against Julian Assange of wikileaks. I think the post strikes exactly the right balance between being skeptical […]
In Big Think's series "How to Write Great Fiction," 12 celebrated authors give writing tips. Now see how well you know each writer's work and style.
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Young people need to look at the world in a fresh new way and say: "Enough is enough, you guys screwed it up, we need to take our planet back."
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Ricky Gervais was able to capitalize on a generational shift with an understanding that so much of the comedy is not set up, set up, punch line. It really is […]
Last summer I described how psychologists at Rutgers closed the usual gap between higher boys' and lower girls' scores on high-school chemistry tests. When the students used a textbook whose […]
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"You have to really key into what the other person you’re acting with is saying and how they’re saying it, and react in the moment to what is going on," […]
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The actor grew up a member of the Baha’i faith, and "soaked in all kinds of different beliefs." He lost himself in his career when he was younger, but then […]
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The actor says he would hire his TV alter-ego "in a heartbeat," because Dwight would do anything. "I could hire him for any job imaginable and he would morph himself […]
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I have a talent for playing oddball characters and I can make people laugh," says Wilson. "That can help bring families together ... it puts a smile on their face, […]
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Technology, like anything else that mankind creates, is a tool that can be used for good or for evil. It's supposed to bring people together and make life easier—but it […]
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People have trouble living creatively when they don’t know who they are or what they’re about. The best thing to do if you're blocked is to make radical changes and […]
Let me open this blog with a realistic statement: It is and will remain the case that the best way to feel good for members of our species is to […]
The Radical '80s Prom was a huge success. We drew over 100 paying customers and raised over $1000 for Women Action and Media, a national organization dedicated to creating gender […]
Over at USA Today, Dan Vergano's Science Snapshop blog is one of the top places to track news about science research, science policy, and the connections between science and culture. […]
One of the most wonderful things about the emerging global superbrain is that information is overflowing on a scale beyond what we can wrap our heads around.
If diplomacy and pressure fail, and if an Iranian bomb is built or advances to the very threshold, the supposed remedy of a “military solution” would be more unacceptable still.