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"A car that runs on methane gas produced by human waste has been launched and its makers claim drivers cannot tell the difference." The Telegraph reports on an alternative to electric vehicles.
There is much more to the stock-market than meets the eye: highly complex and sometimes secretive trading methods, known as "dark pools", manipulate the market in power's favor.
Google's engineers, who necessarily see individuals as conduits of electronic information, are ill-equipped to design privacy regulations—the company should hire anthropologists.
Covering U.S. highways with solar panels would provide enough electricity to power the entire nation, says an Idaho engineer charged by the government to develop self-sustaining roads.
Photographic artist Edward Burtynsky, who is particularly known for his sweeping images of desolate industrial landscapes and their implications for the ruin of the natural world, recognizes that there is […]
“My violin is one of my voices,” says concert violinist and humanitarian Midori Goto. In her Big Think interview, Midori talks about her very personal connection with her 1734 Guarnerius del […]
Christopher Hitchens describes his treatment for cancer of the esophagus as travelling to a disorientating new land that is ironically comforting, though he is now bored by his fate.
Researchers at Harvard and MIT are working to create real-life Transformers: robots that can change their shape depending on the electronic commands they receive.
The Senate's effectiveness is plagued by antiquated rules, fundraising pressures, ideological aides and an omnipresent media. The New Yorker says a once-great body is crumbling.
While defining spirituality is 'like shoveling fog', an increasing number of Americans self identify as spiritual but not religious. One political scientist sees it as an outgrowth of the 1960s.
"Is the international scholarly pecking order about to be overturned?" America's dominance in higher education is being put into question by emerging institutions overseas.
An expert on constitutional law at the University of Berkeley says yesterday's ruling against California's same-sex marriage ban could ultimately undermine broader gay rights objectives.
Reality TV concerns its viewers with artificial status, confuses celebrity for infamy, and has a tendency toward violence and moral depravity. Welcome to the circus, says Christine Rosen.
When evidence for a conspiracy theory falls short, an opportune moment to study cognitive dissonance arises as followers easily find 'proof' for an alternative explanation.
Scientists have developed a video game that allows players to predict and build protein structures that have stumped computers because of their inadequate spatial reasoning.
As marijuana legalization moves closer to being a legitimate political topic, the issue could divide the Tea Party along its libertarian and social conservative lines, says The Atlantic.
Hip hop legend and Big Think expert, Wyclef Jean may soon add the title of president to his list of accomplishments. The former Fugee is expected to announce his bid for […]
Today we introduce our newest blog, Dollars and Sex, written by Marina Adshade, an economics professor at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. There she teaches a popular undergraduate course […]
Interior design star Thom Filicia just stopped by the Big Think offices to tell us a thing or two about good taste and what it takes to be a tastemaker. […]
While many minorities in our society face discrimination, being gay is a little different, according to GLAAD President Jarret Barrios. “You don’t wear that on your sleeve,” says Barrios. “It’s […]