Big Think conducted a special interview today with George Halvorson, CEO of Kaiser Permanente. As the world’s largest nonprofit health plan and hospital system, Kaiser Permanente is a micro-healthcare system unto […]

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A letter written by former US president Abraham Lincoln to a schoolboy around 150 years ago is to go on sale.

A businessman has pleaded guilty to setting fire to $200m worth of vintage wines in what is believed to be an attempt to cover up a pyramid scheme.

Privacy concerns have been raised after a leading genetics company pioneering personal DNA testing went bankrupt yesterday.

Senate leader Harry Reid is planning to include a public option so that states can opt out of his version of the healthcare reform bill. But what else could this volatile debate trigger?

Young children who are insensitive to fear are more likely to go on to commit crimes, according to psychologists.