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Here are three interesting items that make the process of packing, eating and separating trash a bit more practical, fun, and smart.  I love the idea behind the packaging of […]

Yet again, Very Serious men at an international organization seem determined to justify tightening monetary policy despite a continuing deep slump. Paul Krugman finds it scary.

A shocking discovery in the science of taste indicates that the source of gustatory pleasure comes after we eat food. It seems our guts prefer animal protein despite what we make our diet.

A leading neuroscientist calls into question the concept of volition and the foundations of our legal system—he proposes a new way forward for law and order.

A new antiviral drug that recently won federal approval to treat hepatitis C can effectively cure most patients of the infectious disease, which has been notoriously difficult to treat.

There is accumulating evidence that cellphones that operate on GSM networks emit significantly more radiation than do cellphones operating on CDMA networks.

As they adjust to the world’s ongoing global financial difficulties, some business chiefs are moving towards ‘conditional conservatism’ in accounting. Research shows it makes sense.

Want more authority? Acting more authoritatively is one step but you must also eliminate the limiting beliefs that undermine you. For instance, the need to be loved.

How will content be delivered to consumers moving forward in the 21st century? Billions of dollars are at stake, and Avner Ronen’s company Boxee is a key disruptive force.

Is it ethical to profit from someone else’s innocent error? Former New York Times columnist Randy Cohen answers the first in a series of Big Think readers’ ethical questions.

How gamification can help us achieve mastery and accomplish our goals. Excerpts from an interview with Buster Benson, founder of Health Month.

What’s the future of online retailing? Adam Bryant of The New York Times interviews Susan Lyne, CEO of Gilt Groupe, which offers insider access to top luxury brands at discounted […]

The U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan has responded sharply to President Hamid Karzai’s escalating denunciations of American and N.A.T.O. forces and aid efforts in Afghanistan.

Why do economic bubbles seem so inevitable? Why don’t we ever learn? And can they be prevented? Jonah Lehrer asks why society resolves itself to the boom and bust cycle. 

Discoveries in recent years suggest that nature knows a few tricks that physicists don’t: Coherent quantum processes may well be ubiquitous in the natural world.

During the lead up to the financial crisis certainly several of us saw at some point that there were major problems and we talked with clients.

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Author Lois Frankel talks about how to go from a nice girl to a winning woman in the workforce. Tips include to talk less and not be shy about using connections.

Companies can  be focused, diligent, and dedicated to constant improvement—even excellence—but when markets shift it’s easy to become obsolete. Has that happened to Dell?

According to Chahal, the right hiring is key to innovating, executing, and winning as a company.

Is a virtual currency free of intermediaries tenable given the recent string of hacker attacks? One user of Bitcoin, a decentralized virtual currency, claims $500,000 was stolen from his account. 

A panel of Big Think experts debates the impact of education on the industries of the future.

Members of an Italian commission that assesses major risks like earthquakes have been accused of manslaughter for allegedly not adequately informing residents of risk in 2009.

When Spain claimed to have dismantled the leadership of the leaderless hacktivist organisation Anonymous”, was this real ignorance or an intentional attempt to disinform?

Twitter excels in aligning relevance with those who understand how to filter streams to their advantage. The paradox is that this human seismograph shouldn’t work, but it does.

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has strongly criticized N.A.T.O. for becoming a tiered alliance where some members enjoy the benefits without being willing to pay the costs. 

With President Saleh convalescing abroad, there is an urgent need to establish a clear political order not only for Yemen’s security but also its economy, which could collapse within months.

When scientists looked at how the existence of political boundaries affects our behavior, they found we invest them with irrational significance. Ditto for the ego, says Oliver Burkeman.

Eric Greitens is a former Navy SEAL and the current CEO of The Mission Continues. He is also the author of The Heart and The Fist: The Education of A […]

Professionals who use ingratiation as a career aid may avoid the psychological distress that affects others who are less cunning about their workplace behavior, says new research.