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Experts and Big Think writers recommend their favorite reads for diving deeper into the history and perspectives found in the Book of Books.
Omer Bartov, who spent decades studying the unspeakable horrors of genocide, shares how his studies have impacted his own mental health.
The history of hell doesn't begin with the Old Testament. Instead, hell took shape in the 2nd century from Mediterranean cultural exchange.
Discover how the threads of myth, legend, and artistry have been woven together by storytellers to craft history.
The negative associations of introversion help to explain why loneliness now carries such social stigma.
The 'Great Polish Map of Scotland' is the coolest map story you've never heard of.
In honor of John Glenn, here are some of the most badass things that happened in space that you might not know about -- but totally should.
When Howard Zinn first published A People’s History of the United States in 1980, he hoped to start a “quiet revolution” in the way people viewed history. By giving voice […]
Here’s what it would look like if we started dreaming again. “There is just one thing I can promise you about the outer-space program — your tax-dollar will go further.” –Wernher von Braun […]
There are a number of issues at stake in the way Americans choose to think of their heritage and celebrate their creation story on Thanksgiving. After all, creation stories serve as a guide for how we function as a society today.
“Knowledge is limited,” Albert Einstein once said, “imagination encircles the world.” A new program at the CERN physics laboratory, home to the Large Hadron Collider, takes Einstein’s words as their […]
In a nation of over 300 million people, you would think that ABC could find someone else besides Andrew Breitbart to analyze election results. Who are they going to feature […]
Previously I posted that journalists and news organizations have a “limited carrying capacity,” meaning that they can’t pay attention to all issues all the time, so that when one issue […]
The fear of unleashing forces beyond control has haunted science for centuries.
Before becoming America’s most infamous assassin, John Wilkes Booth was a magnetic actor who was beloved by audiences and courted by critics.
As Beijing encroaches on the territory of the Himalayan kingdom, its ultimate aim is leverage over India.
Barthes is dead — long live the artist.
Jono Hey — whose sketches have been shared by the likes of Bill Gates and Steven Bartlett — draws some of his most valued leadership insights.
The artistic and the mathematical mind are not so far apart.
From tulips to Bitcoin, bubbles have been given a bad rap as destroyers of dreams — but they’re essential for our brightest future. Here’s why.
Why do we tip waitstaff and cabdrivers but not flight attendants and retail clerks?
In a world of rising cynicism, a celebration of our capacity to create, adapt, and thrive.
Whenever something goes wrong — in business as in life — we tend to get cause and effect totally muddled up.
Researchers are working nest by nest to limit the threat while developing better eradication methods.
Without authenticity, curiosity, and risk-taking we get stuck in the mud — here’s how to make space for resilient progress.
Across a variety of industries, trust and “upside-down management” have paid dividends.
The pseudoscience phrenology swept the popular imagination, and its practitioners made a mint preying on prejudices, gullibility, and misinformation.
Claims of a sudden infestation appear unfounded.
Hermann Minkowski called Einstein a "lazybones" with a "not very solid" education. Less than 10 years later, he would eat his words.
In ancient Rome, collective bathing was the norm. In the West today, it’s the exception — and that’s too bad.