Technology & Innovation

Massive data centers in the world require massive amounts of energy, not just for processing power, but also for cooling. While big companies like Google, Facebook, and Microsoft are looking into a variety of ways to make the cooling process greener, one particularly clever solution is coming from a Dutch startup called Nerdalize. 

The 2013 Edward Snowden leaks still resonate for tech companies wary of being seen as too aligned with the U.S. government.

Many experts — including Big Think expert Bill Nye — argue that the greatest extent threat to human survival is an asteroid collision. 

Thanks to Big Think’s favorite experimental philosopher Jonathon Keats, our great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandchildren will have a photographic record of how Tempe, Arizona, in 3015 ended up that way.

Introducing a performance aspect to your job interviews will help you identify which candidates possess the most acute learning skills.

The Icelandic government is considering a radical financial shift that would effectively end banking as we know it.

Steel yourself before a job interview — research shows nervous, slow-talkers tend to not get the gig.

Playing video games provides some bonus points for the real world. In a recent study, researchers found gamers were better able to adapt and learn visual tasks.

Automation is on the rise in areas previously regarded as beyond the reach of machines.

Redesigning your office space can measurably improve morale as well as the flow of creative ideas, but it doesn’t have to cost a fortune.

Online learning has set the stage for the start of democratized education, but some argue that total equality is still a long way off.

Clickbait and viral content may be fascinating or annoying depending on your perspective as an e-consumer, but to internet researchers the phenomenon is the stuff of scientific wonder.

New word tools can sometimes avoid old confusions. Let’s use “praxotype,” “cognotype,” and “technomorphic” to see human nature more accurately. Especially to see that we’re the least genetically constrained species ever.

Modern technology has provided us with a seamless way of life, but we’ve also become accustomed to taking shortcuts.

Computer science curriculum must be adopted by K-12 schools in order to increase diversity in the tech sector.

Scientists running the world’s biggest physics experiment will soon begin trials that will test for the presence of alternate universes existing in different dimensions of hyperspace.

College students will text anywhere — in the shower, on the toilet, and even while they’re having sex. So, why are young adults so compelled to respond?

Internet service providers have filed suit against the FCC over its recent decision to regulate broadband internet as a public utility.

A 29-year-old tutor faces felony charges after allegedly hacking into a California high school’s network to change students’ grades. The maximum sentence is 16 years in prison. 

With services like eBay and Craigslist connecting buyers with sellers, the internet age has been very kind to “middleman” marketplaces. Yet as with all forms of exponential technology, intermediates must adapt if they wish to survive.

The South By Southwest Festival in Austin has become so saturated with startups and investors that entrepreneurs have had to get creative in order to draw attention.

Classroom studies indicate that taking notes with pen and paper helps students to reform lectures in their own words, allowing them to learn and comprehend the material.

Companies are investing in data-driven solutions that can shine a light on which business practices aren’t working while offering solutions for improvement.

Only after riders spend $35 on cab fare is it less expensive to take an Uber in New York City, according to researchers at Cambridge University, UK.

Even though some people tend to be right more often than others, we often treat the opinions of everyone equally.

Should long-distance couples use social media sites to gauge the health of their relationship? Studies show it’s all about how you use the medium.

We are more connected than ever, and yet people will still accept myths as facts. So, when the truth is just a Google search away, why do we continue to circulate internet myths?

People who lose their jobs are less willing to trust each other and that feeling carriers over into their next job, according to a study out of the University of Manchester.

Uncertainty can be a powerful motivator, according to one group of researchers.

Nobody likes to be treated like a tool, so instead of networking, just work on building relationships with people in your field.