As we’ve reported here previously at Big Think, asking the right questions can be powerful. As leadership expert Daniel Pink explained in our video interview, managers and executives must know […]

When it comes to country size, Russia wins. But when it comes to people-per-square mile, Bangladesh has Russia beat. From History Pics: Bangladesh has 155 million people and Russia has […]

History Pics shared this image with the description “30 years of cell phones.” Recognize most of these? How many have you used? Image via History Pics

“Lovers in Mantua” are two 6,000 year old skeletons–a young man and a woman from the Neolithic era–who must have cared for each other very deeply. In 2007, their skeletons […]

"Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus." - Alexander Graham Bell

"I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers." - Khalil Gibran

“The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back.”rn rn― Abigail Van Buren

The Internet of Things is coming—are you ready? As Big Think reported recently in our interview with leading economist Jeremy Rifkin, the Internet of Things will connect everyone and everything […]

According to Open Culture, the New York Public Library just made 20,000 hi-res images of old maps available online. And they're free! Find your new wall art here. 

"Tectonic plates move and that's a fact and the world is getting warmer because of human activity. That's a fact.  If you had somebody who really strongly believed the earth was flat, you wouldn't have to have that person on a television show with the people who believe the earth is round." - Bill Nye

Is theage of climate change deniers over? Let’s hope so. Because we’ve got serious work to do. If we no longer need to debate whether the Earth is flat, then […]

"I have argued above that we cannot prevent the Singularity, that its coming is an inevitable consequence of the humans' natural competitiveness and the possibilities inherent in technology." - Vernor Vinge

Celebes crested macaque is an endangered species of monkey, which is obviously a shame especially considering what talented photographers they are. In Indonesia, one grabbed David Slater’s camera and snapped […]

According to Historical Pics, this is the original first page–from 1937–of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings

The singularity is near! Our smart phones and laptops will one day seem like the gadget equivalent of the horse-and-buggy compared to the machines we will rely on in the […]

The library of Trinity College. Dublin, Ireland Image via Historical Pics

"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." - Anais Nin

“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans,” said John Lennon. The most important details in life can pass us by if we’re not careful. Noticing […]

"I don't do drugs. I am drugs." - Salvador Dali

According to History Pics, everything in this 1991 RadioShack ad now exists in our smart phones. Check out the ad yourself and ask, “Is there an app for that?” Chances […]