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The life code (the famous A, G, T, and C of DNA) will be as important to the next generation as digital code (0’s and 1’s) is now.

Famed groundhog Punxsutawney Phil is notoriously inaccurate in his weather predictions, but there is still much that humans can learn from other species.

Arguably, the U.S. now has a corporate tax code that’s the worst of all worlds. The official rate is higher than in most countries, so enormous time and effort are devoted to finding loopholes.

The Google Art Project offers a new form of collaboration that allows museums to take extraordinary art works beyond their individual homes to create the first global art collection.

Nature is smart, efficient and innovative. That’s why scientists and engineers all over the world try to copy it in their labs. The field concerned with imitating nature is called biomimetics.

Two management consultants identify four guiding principles successful companies have followed to prepare for a world of constant Internet connectivity.

Matt Cutts, Principal Engineer at Google, accuses Bing of using Google data to improve its search results. Dr. Harry Shum, Corporate VP of Core Search Development at Microsoft, claims Bing […]

At Big Think’s search event in San Francisco, panelists and presenters talk about how new user interfaces and mobile devices are expanding the web into all aspects of daily life, […]

In part 2 of Big Think’s Farsight 2011 event Principal Engineer at Google, Matt Cutts and Corporate Vice President at Microsoft Dr. Harry Shum bump heads.

Water is nearly free in much of the U.S. But is pricing water at a higher rate necessary to maintain and improve an aging, inefficient water system?

Waste water is stigmatized, but it can actually be purified beyond the quality needed for drinking water. This makes it a viable solution to increasing water demands.

Old municipal water systems can leak away between 30 and 60 percent of water before it even reaches consumers—making the need for an updated, smart system even more pressing.

A conversation with the Chief Sustainability Officer of GE Power & Water.

The arts start the conversation. When the world is saved—and it really does require saving—the door will be opened through the arts and then the politicians. Then the policies will follow.

A brisk stroll every day helps improve memory in old age and wards off dementia, a study finds.

Closing our eyes allows us to simulate a decision more extensively and seems to make us more sensitive to the ethical nature of our own and others’ decisions.

Sometime during the next couple of years, there will likely be a fundamental shift (which) could lead to food and water shortages — and test our personal and community preparedness.

While it’s clear that media drives politics, “there’s a more complicated and symbiotic relationship” between social media technologies and popular revolts.

A core aspect of the Living PlanIT business model is the “urban operating system,” which could be used in existing urban environments as well as it is in new cities.

People with busy lives might feel as if they live longer. Our brains use the world around us to keep track of time, and the more there is going on, the slower time feels.

The main issues related to judging inequality and its changes over time come down to deciding whether the inequality is of the good or bad kind, says Nobel Laureate Gary Becker.

Statistics from the U.S. government suggest that our energy choices and level of consumption will not change much over the next few decades.

Success may be more a matter of strategy than the traditional notion of strength. We can and do offload the burden of willpower to the environment to scaffold our success.

Lack of sleep needs to be treated as a major health issue, according to a report published by the U.K. Mental Health Foundation.

They starve themselves and risk their necks for $150 a race. And depression is prevalent in the jockeys’ ranks. Who would be one?

Are cities the best place to live? Are suburbs OK? A fight grows in urban planning, with Harvard at the center.

Times are still tough, but American independent cinema turns out to be a movement defined by stubborn true belief and survival. This year’s Sundance featured strong noncorporate films.

In a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this week, the organizers pitted Larry Summers against Prof. Chua, perhaps better known as The Tiger Mom.