Legendary aviator Amelia Earhart taught us more than just about aviation. She taught us the social value of failure and that no man or woman ever stands alone in victory.

Words of Wisdom from Amelia Earhart prior to her final flight: "I am aware of the hazards. I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be a challenge to others."

In this Big Think+ preview clip, author and economist Sylvia Ann Hewlett explains that the distance between merit and success is bridged by subtle, leaderly signals communicated through your actions.

And does it have its own type of charge, like all the other forces? “Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner […]

Companies are making information security a greater priority, throwing billions into departments involved. But is all that money enough to protect us from an attack?

Almost a century after its dissolution, two hilarious anecdotes are the Free State's main legacy.

Exciting new technologies with major health care implications are emerging. Singularity University's Daniel Kraft demonstrates some of these new innovations and explains how exponential technology will democratize health care for consumers.

Juvenile incarceration isn't just a minor sentence. Researchers have found it sets off a chain reaction that follows them into adulthood.

Telecommuting breeds bad habits. It's a good idea to adopt a schedule replete with forays out into the sunlight, as work breaks boost productivity.

The Universe was 99.999999% Hydrogen and Helium after the Big Bang. Billions of years later, there’s a new contender in town. “When it comes to atoms, language can be used […]

Research suggests jokey explanations will help little ones laugh, which will help them learn.

Researchers find extroverts are too distracted with their social lives to go green.

A recent New York Times op-ed advocating for student loan default has elicited a bevy of critical responses.

Your brain has a smart filter that pushes out irrelevant data so we can be unburdened from remembering.

Live long and prosper…and try not to hit us, please.

Stereotypes can be hard to shake.

"Education is far less about a set of facts than a way of thinking," says professor and theoretical physicist Lawrence Krauss. "And therefore what I always think should be the basis of education is not answers, but questions."

One potential solution is to continually freeze and unfreeze an organ in such a way that ice will never form.

The FDA has until the end of the summer to pass a decision as to whether or not flibanserin is safe for the consumer market. Emotions are high and many women would do anything for even a small improvement in their sex lives.

Emerson championed individualism and critiqued the countervailing pressures of society.