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Words of wisdom from Maya Angelou: “I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.”

If You Work in a Creative Industry, You Should Steal Other People’s Ideas Just as Shakespeare lifted plots from his predecessors, young performers today ought to focus on emulating those […]

After reading Mike Slosberg’s gripping page-turner, you will never again view the idealistic process of adoption in quite the same light.

It doesn’t interact with normal matter hardly at all, and yet it may be necessary for life itself. “The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.” –Joseph Campbell Dark […]

Light pollution may be taking away the night sky, but it’s only a short journey to dark conditions for all of us. “In order for the light to shine so brightly […]

Words of wisdom from Sherman Alexie: “I don’t know what any individual should do about crossing her own borders. I only know that I live a happier, more adventurous life, by crossing borders.”

All those hours spent trying to get the doctor to fill a prescription should count for something, right?

Telling the stories of our lives, weaving dreams of lives we wish we had, and bringing back memories in a rush, music is a powerful force. We, as consumers, are primarily concerned with the application of the lyrics to our lives and danceability of the track.

13.8 billion years is a great number. But how sure are we of this, and how did we get there? “Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We […]

“Where did it come from” is pretty high up there! “Space is certainly something more complicated than the average person would probably realize. Space is not just an empty background in […]

Columbia University forensic psychiatrist Michael Stone dispels common myths about the intersection of violent acts and mental health disorders.

In this Big Think+ preview clip, author and economist Sylvia Ann Hewlett explains that the distance between merit and success is bridged by subtle, leaderly signals communicated through your actions.

We often think of willpower as mentally forging ahead. But to achieve such a mental state, our brain needs proper nourishment.

All cities have clogged traffic arteries, post-industrial pockets of hipness, and districts that hate each other’s guts for no other reason than that they’re across the river from each other, or on opposite sides of the tracks.

It depends where you look. The answer is relatively awesome! “If everything seems under control, you’re not going fast enough.” –Mario Andretti One of Einstein’s most famous fundamental laws is that […]

Nicola Thorp was recently sent home without pay for refusing to wear heels. Sexism in the workplace is only the first problem with this footwear. 

We have the ability to reach many more people than ever before in history with our stupidity.

Words of wisdom from Maya Angelou: “Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.”

Sleeplessness and fatigue getting you down? Turns out the trick is respecting that big star in the sky.

Astrophysicists have been looking for worlds like Proxima b since the 19th century. At last, they’re found! This article is contributed by Sabine Hossenfelder. Sabine is a theoretical physicist specialized in […]

Poaching of African elephants has been a huge problem for decades, and the U.S. just took a major step toward addressing the issue.

We need to talk openly about the world we live in because evil thrives on silence and secrecy. I’d go so far as to say that it can’t exist without them.

It’s possible to develop the areas of your brain that control feelings such as kindness, as well as the regulation of difficult emotions. In this way, you can train your brain to be a tougher guard against negativity.

Culturally and economically, modern Turkey is at a dangerous crossroads.

Dr. Nichole Foubister gives a crash course on bipolar disorder and offers hope for the future of treating this difficult mental illness.

The history of Guy Fawkes and the use of his likeness.

Did you know 30 percent of job recruiters have had a parent submit a résumé for their child? Or that girls tend to be helicoptered more than boys?

What we can see extends for 46.1 billion light years in all directions today. So how big was it at birth? “They say it all started out with a big bang. […]

Leaders at the Federal Reserve will meet later this month to discuss potential rate hikes that have most experts and economists split.

And the science of how we can find it. This article is written by Sabine Hossenfelder. Sabine is a theoretical physicist specialized in quantum gravity and high energy physics. She also […]