A learning collaboration between Pixar and Khan Academy helps aspiring animators familiarize themselves with the basics of the craft. The free course is called Pixar in A Box.
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Norway announced plans this week to construct a system of cycleways safely connecting nine of its biggest cities to outer suburbs. The project is estimated to cost just under $1 billion and is part of a broader transportation initiative to be completed by 2030.
Part art installation, part green design. Completely cool.
Disagreements over income inequality are always present in democracies, but at times the topic submerges. Today, the topic has reemerged and is driving the next presidential election.
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Big Think’s chief economist discusses the fledgling Chinese shadow banking system that national leaders want to regularize.
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Designed by Uruguayan-born, New York-based architect Rafael Viñoly, the new Laguna Garzón Bridge aims to reduce the speed of crossing cars and encourage drivers to enjoy the view.
Each might be as heavy as an asteroid and as tiny as a decimal point.
A Spanish collective has transformed an old abandoned church into La Iglesia Skate: a modern skatepark and cultural center, complete with a brand-new paint job by renowned interior artist Okuda San Miguel.
This week’s question arrives via Big Think producer Elizabeth — What’s Bill Nye frightened of? In two words: climate change.
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In Netflix’s “Stranger Things” characters enter a parallel dimension. Could this actually happen?
Take a deep breath, you’re in for a ride. Here is Penn Jillette on Libertarianism, taxes, Trump, Clinton, Sanders, Gary Johnson, sex, drugs and Kurt Cobain.
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Don’t be afraid of making decisions, says entrepreneur Scott Belsky. Decisiveness — even when the decisions aren’t the “right” ones — is a sign of a true leader.
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Before the Big Bang… after the Big Freeze… will everything look the same? “What is wild cannot be bought or sold, borrowed or copied. It is. Unmistakeable, unforgettable, unshamable, elemental as […]
It’s more than a conclusion that most scientists agree on; it’s the basis for all the science we do now! “Those who know that the consensus of many centuries has sanctioned […]
The self-driving car is the future of personal transportation. Wireless charging is the future of battery-powered devices. Marrying the two technologies makes sense.
The explosive success on Pokémon Go ushers in an age of augmented reality that will change us.
New bikes could be on their way to your local bikeshare system. PBSC Urban Solutions, the largest supplier of bicycles and stations in North America, has unleashed a pair of brand-new models designed to give riders a broader choice of how they use the system.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced new proposed rules to protect individuals from predatory lending services. And Google’s taking part as well.
How do we know governments and hackers aren’t surveilling our smartphones? The answer is we don’t. Edward Snowden is here to fix that.
And could every black hole our Universe creates give rise to a baby Universe itself? “Man is something that shall be overcome. Man is a rope,tied between beast and overman — a rope […]
NYC health officials estimate that fine particulate matter, often inhaled while biking or running in the city, contributes to nearly 2,000 premature deaths and more than 6,000 hospital visits per year.
For years we’ve wondered if educational programs are the reason for the disparity between women and men in engineering, but what if there’s another reason?
Will nanobots someday deposit Shakespeare directly into our brains? In this week’s episode of Big Think’s Think Again podcast, we’re joined Buddhist-influenced psychiatrist and author Mark Epstein
Helen B. Taussig was the original pediatric cardiologist. She founded a field of study, advancing medical research beyond what was thought possible at the time.
Mary Anning lived in a time when women couldn’t attend university.
The coffee pod design isn’t sustainable, so the German city of Hamburg has placed a ban on government-run buildings from using “Kaffeekapselmaschine,” or coffee capsule machines.
Hannah Rousey won a $1000 scholarship for college from a bottled water company. Here’s why she turned it down.
Responding to the shooting of a gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo, Bill Nye says the treatment of animals in zoos is plainly unethical. Yet zoos do have a role in maintaining the health of ecosystems.
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For a long time we’ve tried to polarize teamwork as either 100% positive or negative. But in truth there are ways it can be both.
There’s a big gap between Helium and Carbon. Come find out why! “And argon, krypton, neon, radon, xenon, zinc and rhodium,And chlorine, cobalt, carbon, copper, tungsten, tin and sodium.These are the […]