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An estimate from the Congressional Budget Office suggests that the House healthcare bill would garner $167bn in penalties over 10 years.
A law suit has been brought against computer chip giant Intel alleging it dominates the market through dodgy dealing and bribery.
An artist has been recreating masterpieces using rubik’s cubes instead of paint.
An examination of a Proceratosaurus skull suggests the Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaur is millions of years older than first thought.
A man reportedly killed in a car crash shocked his family and friends by turning up to his own funeral.
A mother and daughter were made to publicly hold placards admitting theft after stealing from a child on her birthday.
Scientists have discovered that female fiddler crabs trade sex with their male neighbours in exchange for protection from intruders.
Female bears at a zoo in Leipzig have baffled vets by getting collective alopecia.
While John Irving has come to stand as the American novelist parexcellence, he is not particularly into the novel—in its modern form—nor, for that matter, America. In fact, as he […]
Gabe Zichermann did not move to New York City for the Mexican food. In fact, he schedules layovers in California simply to satisfy his chronic cravings for Mission Street burritos. […]
Dr. Katherine Shear, Professor of Psychiatry in Social Work at Columbia University, stopped by Big Think this week to discuss her research on anxiety, panic, and grief disorders. The many […]
Augusten Burroughs, author of the bestselling memoirs “Running with Scissors” and “A Wolf at the Table,” as well as the new holiday-themed “You Better Not Cry,” returned to Big Think […]
A Picasso remained unsold at an auction of Impressionist and modern art at Christie’s New York which yesterday failed to hit a $68.6m target.
A court in Saudi has upheld a ruling to behead and crucify a man convicted of raping five children.
The Chinese version of popular internet-based game World of Warcraft has been ordered to shut down by a government agency.
All creatures “great and virtual” - the newest innovations in cyber kittens and pooches are investigated by The Independent.
The Jerusalem Post remarks on the scarcity of Nobel laureates in the Muslim and Arab worlds after another Israeli is awarded a Nobel Prize.
The race to archive GeoCities pages began after the free website company’s imminent demise was announced.
French anthropologist Claude Levi Strauss, the founder of structuralist anthropology, has died aged 100.
A gifted student who publicly confronted Iran’s Supreme Leader has reportedly gone missing and an internet campaign has been launched to publicise his disappearance.