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As a teenager, Derek Black was the webmaster for Stormfront, the Internet’s most prominent message board for white nationalists. But Black escaped that world thanks to an unlikely ally.

Sotheby’s will auction off 380 pieces from Bowie’s collection later this year. The collection is “eclectic, unscripted, [and] understated,” according to Sotheby’s European chairman Oliver Barker.

The late-night host’s departure from television is yet another reminder that our media consumption is changing.

Ian Fleming picked James Bond for the name of his hero because it was “brief, unromantic and yet very masculine”; he later became friends with the original James Bond, author of one of his favourite ornithology guides. 

The first in a series of short stories by the Hugo- and Nebula-winning author that inspired the cult hit “Pantheon.”

In the year 2000, physicists created a list of the ten most important unsolved problems in their field. 25 years later, here’s where we are.

Hawking’s refusal to upgrade his communication system preserved a voice that became iconic, not just for its sound, but for the profound identity it conveyed.

In a world of rising cynicism, a celebration of our capacity to create, adapt, and thrive.

Ryan Condal, who worked in pharmaceutical advertising before Hollywood, talks with Big Think about imposter syndrome, “precrastination,” and Westeros lore.

Boardroom veteran David Roche offers key strategies that can lay the groundwork for CEO success.

Is it genes or their special bond that drives identical twins to offend at similar rates?

It’s early days, but if the efforts can be efficiently scaled-up, such biological recycling could put a dent in the plastic waste problem.

Ideal models of family life have been broken by societal, technological, and cultural shifts — and we need to rethink our options.

Why does the DMT experience feel so familiar to some people — even those who are trying the psychedelic for the first time?

We don’t understand why loneliness is bad for us if all we can say is that it hurts.

From politics to culture, we blame “tribalism” for humanity’s problems. This explanation is entirely wrong.

“What am I missing?” is a question that journalist Mónica Guzmán thinks more people should start asking.

Why does Seattle continue to be a place that nurtures the development of breakthrough technologies but not Minneapolis, Memphis, or Minsk?

Our Sun will continue to grow, becoming a red giant and then a planetary nebula. Here’s how large it will get.

Chemical energy, where electrons transition in atoms, powers the reactions we see. But two other types hold more promise than all the rest.

Baruch Spinoza suggests how to lead a virtuous and blessed life.

All the latest titles from the experts at MIT.

Evolutionary success is not about the number of one’s children, but one’s grandchildren: the children need to survive and pass on their genes.

New study suggests the placebo effect can be as powerful as microdosing LSD.

The first Earth-sized planet without a parent star has just been discovered. For countless millennia, planets beyond our Solar System were mere speculation. Today, we know of over 4,000 confirmed […]

Our social emotions are now being hijacked by robots.

The protesters on the street aren’t just taking up space, they carry on a well thought out tradition.

David Bienenstock has made it his mission to keep the history of cannabis alive.

Americans’ inability to agree on what is true and what is false is a problem for democracy.