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Scientists may have discovered a batch of the mysterious dark matter which makes up 95% of the universe in—Minnesota. Where else?
Some 100 Guantanamo inmates are scheduled to be relocated to an empty prison in the rural town of Thompson, Illinois raising several legal questions.
France has fined Google $14,000 per day until extracts of French books are removed from Google’s online book-digitization project.
Seven more banks have been closed by regulators as mortgage lenders suffer plummeting real-estate prices that will likely cause more banks to close in the future.
This afternoon, Michael Kupperman, the man Conan O’Brien calls “one of the best comedy brains on the planet,” came in for his close-up with Big Think. Despite freezing weather in […]
Well, not exactly. But Jessica Valenti, founder of Feministing.com, spoke with Big Think about how she admires the pop star for her pluck and blunt sexuality. Much of the interview […]
Researchers claim a woman’s attractiveness is not in the eye of the beholder but is instead to do with the “golden ratio” or distance between key facial factors such as nose and mouth.
A fragment of a temple to Isis submerged for centuries but recently hoisted from the Mediterranean sea is believed to date back to the era of Egyptian queen Cleopatra.
Some struggling mortgage-holders are finding themselves having their homes sold from under them without notice by banks, according to McClatchy.
The popular microblogging Web site Twitter was hacked overnight, leaving the millions who use the site tweetless.
Physicists believe they have discovered “a ghostly sea of subatomic particles known as dark matter” at the bottom of an old iron mine in Minnesota.
Scientists have discovered, and caught on film, the deepest undersea erupting volcano at nearly 4,000 feet beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean surrounding Fiji, Tonga and Samoa.
Investigators have concluded that Twitter had no role to play in the drowning of a 2-year-old whose mother’s postings prior to his death have been criticised for having “a contributory effect”.
Beijing is being accused of standing in the way of a climate change treaty and “holding the world to ransom” with its demands despite recent US backing for a $100bn climate fund.
An iron sign bearing a Nazi slogan, “Arbeit Macht Frei”, was stolen early this morning from the main entrance of the Poland-based death camp Auschwitz, according to police.
Rescue workers are searching for survivors after a ship carrying more than 80 people and a cargo of livestock sank during a storm off the north Lebanese coast.
When James Hansen created one of the world’s first climate modelers—then termed “Model Zero”—thirty years ago, he sounded a novel and somewhat abrupt alarm. The world, he predicted, is getting […]
A heated discussion has ensued about Big Think’s interview with Peter Thiel on Scott Sumner’s blog, The Money Illusion. Check it out after the jump. STATSGUY: “His message about blaming […]
Iraqi militants have used cheap computer software to intercept live video feeds from US drones in a security breach which could give them enough information to evade air strikes.
Senate member and former vice presidential candidate Joe Lieberman is seen to be “holding Obama to ransom” by using his deciding vote to go against the health care reform bill.