Malachy McCourt describes the worst career advice he’s ever received.

After 55 years in New York City, Malachy McCourt reflects upon its evolution.

The Irish author wonders what we can do about war.

When Malachy McCourt ran for governor, he promised to change the name of the state.

“He was the only smaller person that I looked up to,” says his younger brother Malachy.

“My purpose in life always has been to avoid work,” confides Malachy McCourt. “And I hear people saying, ‘I work hard and I pay my taxes.’ Well, you’re an asshole.”

The Irish, because they had nothing else to do, used language and glorious terms.

Over there we’re Yanks, over here we’re Irish. My brother Frank and myself decided a long time ago that what we are is New Yorkers.

In the US, they don’t let gays march, whereas in Ireland, gay people get prizes for being the most colorful group.

A conversation with the Irish author and actor.

Game changers that we see in mobile communication can really displace some of the need to move ourselves around.

In the future, commuting to work will be rare.

Why do we haul around ourselves in a vehicle that is 20 times our own weight because it’s got three, four, five, six, or seven empty seats?

Geoff Wardle and Dave Meyers put together an organization that promotes openness and collaboration.

Can consumers rid themselves of the “car or nothing” mentality?

People need to feel that they have the level of control over their journey as if they used a car.

A Conversation With the Director, Advanced Mobility Research, Art Center College of Design.

Automobiles get all the passion in the design world. Designers need to export that passion to other modes of transportation.

What’s the “women in science” problem, again? From the grad student whose thesis advisor stole her Nobel-winning ideas to the once-ridiculed theorist of dark matter, female scientific excellence has long […]

Will humans ever figure out how to time travel? Or discover an equation that explains the universe? The theoretical physicist describes a reality that’s stranger than the science fiction he […]

It’s foreign-born scientists that keep the U.S. winning all those Nobel Prizes. But we can’t rely on their superior education forever.

“Science is not about memorizing facts,” says Michio Kaku. It’s about innovation and curiosity and imagining Internet access in your contact lenses.

Thanks to a myopic Congress, the U.S. now lags behind Europe in particle physics research. If only our politicians were as enterprising as the young Michio Kaku, who tried to […]

Modern satellites pick up radiation from the aftermath of the Big Bang. But until we understand the Bang itself, Michio Kaku won’t be satisfied.

From envying comic book characters to pondering extra dimensions while staring at fish, Dr. Michio Kaku recounts the experiences that made him one of the world’s most colorful scientists.

Dr. Michio Kaku once had to deliver a 90-second sound bite on Einstein’s legacy. Asked to do the same for Big Think, he bends space and time and nails it […]

A conversation with the professor of theoretical physics at C.U.N.Y.

At some point in her sophisticated, adult life, the “Happiness Project” author had to break down and confess her undying love of “Anne of Green Gables.”

Whenever we get something we want, we seem to want something else. How can we escape the loop and learn to be content?

Some people stay cheerful no matter what. Other people want to strangle those people. But optimists work hard on their attitude, says Gretchen Rubin—and the rest of us should take […]