Kathryn Harkup, chemist and author of V Is for Venom, joins Big Think to discuss why Christie isn’t just a brilliant writer but a unique science communicator.
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Features & Reviews
An atheist’s case for why American democracy needs a more Christlike Christianity.
Stephen Johnson is the Managing Editor of Big Think. Formerly a long-time contributor to Big Think, he is a St. Louis-based writer and editor whose work has been featured in[…]
The Gospels aren’t historical biographies but genre-defining works that blend myth, theology, and a promise of hope.
Kevin Dickinson is a staff writer and columnist at Big Think. His writing focuses on the intersection between education, psychology, business, and science. He holds a master’s in English and[…]
Experts and Big Think writers recommend their favorite reads for diving deeper into the history and perspectives found in the Book of Books.
Scotty Hendricks is a graduate student and long-time contributor to Big Think. He resides in Chicago.
Interviews
John Green opens up about his struggle to remain hopeful while writing about suffering and injustice.
Tim Brinkhof is a Dutch-born, New York-based journalist reporting on art, history, and literature. He studied early Netherlandish painting and Slavic literature at New York University, worked as an editorial[…]
A.J. Jacobs looks back at what he learned about religion, himself, and modern American culture during “The Year of Living Biblically.”
Tim Brinkhof is a Dutch-born, New York-based journalist reporting on art, history, and literature. He studied early Netherlandish painting and Slavic literature at New York University, worked as an editorial[…]
Most people think that writing fantasy or science-fiction requires a strong imagination. Podcast host Mike Duncan shows a knowledge of real-world history is just as important.
Tim Brinkhof is a Dutch-born, New York-based journalist reporting on art, history, and literature. He studied early Netherlandish painting and Slavic literature at New York University, worked as an editorial[…]
Wordcraft
A thesaurus isn’t for finding fancy words; it’s a resource to help you keep your rhythm.
Kevin Dickinson is a staff writer and columnist at Big Think. His writing focuses on the intersection between education, psychology, business, and science. He holds a master’s in English and[…]
In “Enough Is Enuf,” Gabe Henry traces the history of simplified spelling movements and the lessons they teach us about language.
Kevin Dickinson is a staff writer and columnist at Big Think. His writing focuses on the intersection between education, psychology, business, and science. He holds a master’s in English and[…]
While death-bed utterances are more famous, baby’s first words have influenced us too.
Michael Erard is a linguist and author who writes about language, languages, and the people who use and study them. His work has appeared in The Atlantic, Science, The New York[…]
Next Reads
In “The Shortest History of the Dinosaurs,” Riley Black reveals the bold mammals that thrived in the Age of Reptiles.
Riley Black is the award-winning author of more than ten books about fossils, evolution, and dinosaurs. Her book The Last Days of the Dinosaurs won the AAAS/Subaru Prize for Excellence in Science[…]
In “Raising AI,” De Kai argues that today’s AIs are already more like us than we think they are.
De Kai is an AI pioneer honored for his contributions as a founding fellow in computational linguistics. He is the independent director of the AI ethics think tank The Future[…]
English could settle into a state of “diglossia” where a gulf exists between the written form and its spoken varieties, but the two are bound into a single tongue.
Laura Spinney is a journalist and the author of Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global, Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World, and two novels.