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Utilizing nuclear waste converted to diamonds, this company’s batteries will reportedly last thousands of years in some cases.
Will nefarious players use social media to sway public opinion again this November?
A new study examines the under-researched area of water theft around the world.
Big Think co-founder and CEO Victoria Brown breaks down the process of transitioning from founder to boss in her new book, Digital Goddess.
Google’s Arts & Culture app just added a suite of prehistoric animals and NASA artifacts that are viewable for free with a smartphone.
A small proof-of-concept study shows smartphones could help detect drunkenness based on the way you walk.
The Himalayan Kingdom best known for its concept of “Gross National Happiness.”
By projecting lifetime risk, an alarming new medical study centers the human lives that will be lost due to gun violence and drug addiction in the United States.
The system is basically facial recognition technology, but for cars.
What are schools for and who is leading the ship?
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New documents confirm that the government agency—one of many—has been using a tracking company.
What good is a conspiracy theory you can’t profit from?
It doesn’t help that Hollywood has cast the ‘coder’ as a socially challenged, type-first-think-later hacker, inevitably white and male.
Sharing QAnon disinformation is harming the children devotees purport to help.
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Pandemic-inspired housing innovation will collide with techno-acceleration.
In a recent study, researchers examined how Christian nationalism is affecting the U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Parental anxieties stem from the complex relationship between technology, child development, and the internet’s trove of unseemly content.
Apparently the Catholic Church is a small business.
What happens if we consider welfare programs as investments?
The planet is making a lot less noise during lockdown.
Study finds quantum entanglement could, in principle, give a slight advantage in the game of blackjack.
Having lots of kids is great for the success of the species. But there’s a hitch.
The English Department is instituting a series of reforms that cuts across the entire university.
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Mexico City, already progressive, takes more steps to protect its LGBT+ citizens.
