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If learning institutions have become money machines, where does that leave their educational mission?

Author and environmental strategist Andrew Winston explains the unique ideas espoused in his book The Big Pivot, in which he promotes a green shift in business priorities away from short-term profits and toward long-term sustainability.  

Bill Nye discusses the Rosetta comet landing, ruminates on the expanse of potential discoveries it could open up, and explains why this current space adventure may one day prevent a major global tragedy. 

Neuroscientist and author Sam Harris discusses a form of spirituality founded on science and reason.

Big Think is a knowledge forum that features insights from the world’s leading thinkers. Whether it’s Michio Kaku discussing energy sources of the future or Stephen Dubner, the co-author of […]

The Facebook CEO says he won’t hire anyone to work directly below him unless he’d feel comfortable if roles were reversed. It’s a simple way of saying, “Hire team players who share your values.”

Everything that makes Twitter great also makes it difficult to monetize. As investors flee, the days may be numbered for the Twitter we know and love.

If you’re in the business of analyzing social networks, it’s vital to establish strategies for mapping human interaction. It’s also vital to remember that human interactions are dependent on knowledge […]

Businesswoman and investor Barbara Corcoran shares her tips on amassing social capital by way of branding. This is the first video in a helpful Corcoran playlist focused on guiding small business owners and emerging entrepreneurs.

The CEO of SAP discusses leadership ethics and why never missing a Little League game is good for business.

We second-guess ourselves all the time. It’s part of being human. Is this a good idea? Will I regret it later? People frequently approach me with anxieties like these when it comes to crowdfunding. Their next, big question is always, Do you think my idea will be successful?  

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nicholas Kristof discusses the importance of a compelling narrative that appeals to human biases when promoting a good cause.

If you ever loved something most people didn’t understand, you’ll get it. “Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a […]

Because intelligence is such a strong genetic trait, rapidly advancing genetics research could result in the ability to create a class of super-intelligent humans one-thousand times higher in IQ than today’s most brilliant thinkers.

Entrepreneurs who commit themselves to the trade, attempting to build another business if their first one (or two) fail are more likely to succeed. 

Will future historians condemn our present era as barbaric because our political institutions have failed to take bold steps toward halting the flow of greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere?

Online dating allows you ample opportunity to run a campaign of trial-and-error in order to fully optimize the dating experience.

Boarding an airplane is painfully slow, and while the back-to-front method used by most airlines is an intuitively good way to get people into their seats quickly, the results are mostly disastrous.

A medication commonly referred to as female Viagra, because it works to stimulate female sexual desire, is once again before the Food and Drug Administration for approval.

Besides the political fallout from yesterday’s midterm elections, America’s long war against recreational marijuana is slowly but steadily coming to an end.

If it happened billions of years ago, what’s it still doing here? “We like to admit to only that which already glows, although it is nobler to support brightness before […]

Vivek Wadhwa walks us through innovations that will disrupt the manufacturing, communications, finance, healthcare, and energy industries.

Exercise isn’t just for the outdoors anymore. An array of websites and YouTube channels dedicated to diet and fitness is at your fingertips. And many of them are completely free to use.

America has a big problem mistaking courage for cowardice and it stems from a fundamental misunderstanding of bullies, according to The Baffler’s David Graeber.

Psychologists recognize a thin line between creative genius and destructive psychopathy: general intelligence and so-called diversifying experiences that happen in childhood or young-adulthood.

Environmentally friendly office space makes employees happier and more productive, according to a broad range of studies that have examined temperature, sunlight, and plants. 

Before the first star ever formed, the Universe was filled with light. But how? “Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light […]

In the future robotic utopia, grandma and grandpa will have electronic helpers around the house to fold the laundry, collect the dirty dishes, or straighten a necktie.

Sometimes it’s important to do absolutely nothing at work, or least not the job you’re supposed to be doing.

“What is a scientist after all? It is a curious person looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature, trying to know what’s going on.”