The Present

Oppression causes many people to run for the hills. Literally.

Your new year’s resolutions should benefit not just yourself, but the whole planet.

This technology could close the gap between nature and the man-made environment.

Even when they suffer costs in doing so.

The countdown continues! Our 8th most popular video of 2018 cuts through the political fray.

Renowned scientists and technologists who’ve passed away in 2018.

This is the most talked about Big Think video of 2018! What’s your take?

Americans must choose the middle path, away from the fundamentalist positions on both the right and the left, argues a Washington think tank.

The social media company has long been expected to make a move into blockchain.

Why one Italian bank is counting on wheels of Parmigiano-Reggiano as collateral.

American society is in trouble if we let fundamental disagreements cancel entire relationships.

Superpowers team up to heat up the ionosphere by over 200 degrees.

A new report shows how legalizing marijuana nationally would likely be much more effective at curbing drug smuggling than building a border wall.

They’re fun, so why not? Well, maybe because they’re often inscrutable.

Most people think human extinction would be bad. These people aren’t philosophers.

Cutting edge social innovators should consider hybrid models

An exhaustive report from The New York Times shows the alarming extents to which Facebook has been sharing user data.

Sunken nuclear submarines and covert operations against the Soviet Union eventually led to Titanic’s discovery.

It’s safe to say not everyone was immediately impressed.

Looking at the 2011 earthquake in Japan, researchers found that natural disasters make men — but not women — more fond of taking risks.

Moving from HOT to HAT, a dazzling new acoustic technology.

The most powerful editors in the world? Algorithms.

The findings of the controversial study flew in the face of past research on ice gains in Antarctica.

“We must end the needless and unjust convictions and the debilitating criminal stigma and let’s legalize the adult use of recreational use of marijuana once and for all,” the governor said.

A new study from Nvidia researchers show just how far artificial image-generation technology has come in recent years.

Explore the many different iterations and times of New Year’s celebrations around the world.

Decades of studies have shown parents to be less happy than their childless peers. But are the kids to blame?

Cryptocurrencies have had their time in the spotlight. Now it’s time to focus on solving bigger problems.

Dialogue and an open mind can go a lot further than angry rhetoric.

The Russian robot named “Boris”, promoted as hi-tech by state tv, was revealed to be an actor.