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The spacecraft currently in residence near Saturn will position itself to capture what our planet looks like from almost 900 million miles away. It's the first-ever intentional photo session from deep space, which means we have time to dress up.
Scientists have detected fracturing of the ocean floor near the Iberian peninsula, signaling the movement of tectonic plates that could eventually close the distance between North America and continental Europe.
Researchers at Japan's National Institute of Informatics have developed goggles that jam facial recognition systems.
One way or another: This week the agency announced an ambitious plan to locate and monitor any asteroid -- even the relatively small ones -- that could pose a danger to the planet.
In an act of defiance against poachers and traffickers, the government will destroy five tons of seized ivory worth millions on the open market.
Steven Mazie has a post on the front page today about Ben Bernanke's Princeton commencement speech this year, and his call to the graduating class to "share their luck with […]
The U.S. Supreme Court determined that biotechnology companies are not allowed to patent genes. The Court has not gone far enough.
Technology companies can create enormous value, but what about jobs?
As a staunch follower of Adam Smith, Jean-Baptiste Say aligned himself with the tradition of classical political economy. However, he quickly diverged from Smith, creating his own brand of economics. […]
“Workers of the world, unite!”Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels bellowed in The Communist Manifesto in 1848, largely in response to the Industrial Revolution (and Second Industrial Revolution) threatening not just […]
It's not quite a "Star Trek" holodeck, but two junior doctors based in London have developed a way to display 3D animated graphics of body parts on an auditorium stage.
We would have been able to attract an extra 700 million dollars in aid over 10 years by changing the names of hurricanes.
Even arch rationalists, people who think very carefully, are swayed by the presence of others.
Superman may have originally been envisioned as a telepathic bald villain bent on world destruction, but he was quickly transformed into a beloved hero of Depression-era America, with his all-American, […]
If you’re anything like me, you can’t wait for summer to finally start. The Chicago winter dragged on forever and now the weather just can’t seem to make up its […]
Turkey's Standing Man is inspiring protesters across the country.
Keynes did not just diagnose the problem, he also posed a solution: government intervention.
Bill Nye's viral Big Think video continues to spread the thoughts of an inspirational man.
We’re already used to describing our online social identity as a “digital tattoo” – something that we carry with us permanently wherever we go. So what if it were now possible to […]