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Self-driving cars aren't the only emerging technology facing major questions about ethics and accountability.

This week's question arrives via Big Think producer Elizabeth -- What's Bill Nye frightened of? In two words: climate change.

One of the classic definitions of mindfulness is that it helps us not cling to what is pleasant and not condemn what is unpleasant.

How does a couple get past mutual boredom? Behavioral economist Dan Ariely suggests they reframe their perception of the dilemma.

Eat lean meat, eggs, and seafood, if that's what you want. But remember the bulk of your diet should be vegetables, fruits, whole grains, beans, lentils, nuts, and seeds.

The short answer: Fear inhibits our natural compassionate instinct.

Asteroid mining will be a major engine for future economic growth, says author and entrepreneur Steven Kotler.

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."