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So this astute and classy article by James Patterson explains why so many conservatives wrongly took the side of the Board of Visitors against University of Virginia President Teresa Sullivan on […]
There aren’t a lot of things still considered sacred in Canada. There’s hockey and… well, there’s hockey. And when it comes to the country’s two most-historic National Hockey League franchises, […]
The fear of unleashing forces beyond control has haunted science for centuries.
The child has no control at all and the adult tries to control too much. But there is a third way.
Does Platonic love actually exist?
Oliver Burkeman — author of "Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals" — tells Big Think about modern life lessons from a 6th-century monk.
While weltschmerz — literally "world-pain" — may be unpleasant, it can also spur us to change things for the better.
"Hardcore History" host Dan Carlin recently spoke with Big Think about the history of humanity's drive to create — and whether or not we can control it.
Out of the four rocky planets in our Solar System, only Earth presently has plate tectonics. But billions of years ago, Venus had them, too.
"Burke's the butcher, Hare's the thief, and Knox the man who buys the beef." Read the story of 19th-century Scotland's corpse dealers.
In a world without clocks, people used common activities in place of time units. How long it took you to go to the toilet mattered.
Awe-inspiring moments can be found in our daily lives, and they have surprising benefits for our health and sense of well-being.
Today, we could use Big Data to radically reform democracy. Tomorrow, we could build nanofabricators and usher in an era of abundance. Is society ready?
It may depend on whether you're an "easily empathetically embarrassed" person.
Fintech companies are using elements of video games to make personal finance more fun. But does it work, and what are the risks?
How do you overcome the tension between autonomy and solidarity?
The owner's personality was the most important factor in examining the stress-hormone relationship between pet and owner.
From Godzilla to The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, it's everywhere.
The South Korean tech company unveiled its new Infinity Flex display and other product upgrades at a developers conference on Wednesday.
50 years ago the city of Chicago erupted in a legendary police riot.
The costs of the War in Afghanistan are astounding and without end, with the war about to enter its 17th year.
A new study says climate change could cause an additional 40,000 suicides in America and Canada by 2050.
In a sense, a proton acts very much like a star.
Envisioning all possible outcomes is far healthier than only praying for the best.
Americans are, often with justification, regarded as not being versed in philosophy. This is a shame, as the United States and the colonies that proceeded it have produced many great thinkers
You might think philosophy is a boy's club. We are here to correct that misconception.
What - if anything - makes metaphysics still relevant? And what's the relationship between science and metaphysics?
Adam Smith hated greed. He'd likely be horrified to see how his name is now used. And any Smith fans who believe selfishness is a virtue distort what Smith called his best work.
Beauty and duty are increasingly involved in an undeclared conflict. It's not a fair fight; one side is much stronger (illustrating how art works on our "hidden brain").