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Nobel Prize-winning physicist Frank Wilczek details the broad influence Albert Einstein had on his career, as well as society as a whole.

Bill takes us on a journey through a skeptic's brain to answer a question about spiritual existence.

Harvard Business School professor Bill George says more people of character ought to run for office… but probably won't.

Columbia University forensic psychiatrist Michael Stone dispels common myths about the intersection of violent acts and mental health disorders.

Microsoft needed a guardian angel when it decided to enter the console wars with the Xbox. Instead it got a Halo.

Stephen J. Dubner of Freakonomics fame thinks the United States would benefit from a National Firearms Safety Administration to collate firearms data, similar to how the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration handles transportation data.

The world is full of untapped potential. A lack of leadership leads to latent energy going to waste. In the Internet age, who will step up to be our much-needed figurehead for creative progress?

The universe is going to keep going with or without us. All we can control is how much we learn and explore.

Maintaining a positive perspective will afford you the ideas and versatility necessary for overcoming life's biggest challenges, explains The Amazing Kreskin.

Dr. Nichole Foubister gives a crash course on bipolar disorder and offers hope for the future of treating this difficult mental illness.

We're better at teaching robots to reason than we are at getting them to perceive. That's good for human laborers in industries that value the latter.

Science and art are complementary disciplines, according to Nobel Prize-winning physicist Frank Wilczek. Together they allow us to explore whether the world embodies beautiful ideas.

Theoretical physicist Lawrence Krauss explains his main gripe with organized religion: "It implies things about the real world that are just not true."

Big Think's chief economist discusses the fledgling Chinese shadow banking system that national leaders want to regularize.

Author and entrepreneur Jerry Kaplan offers an interesting crash course on computational ethics, the idea that robots and machines will require programming to make them cognizant of morals, decorum, manners, and various other social nuances.

Bill Nye is an engineer by trade, so you know his answer to this one is going to be good. Learn how the rudder of a Boeing 747 can potentially inspire an inventor to develop a better brand of prosthetics.

Stereotypes have consequences, especially when they're reinforced by loudmouths like Donald Trump.

Neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki chats about testing out her current hypothesis.

Dr. Michael Lindsey of NYU's Silver School of Social Work shares his views on the state of mental health within the African-American community.

Every time there’s a new technology, criminals immediately take advantage of it, explains Steven Kotler. It's only a matter of time before they find new, nefarious uses for 3D printing and synthetic biology.